[MacDV] the new iMac

[Dennis R. Cohen]

On 7/15/11 at 9:27 PM, Tom Meyer <tmeyer at lps.org> transmitted 
the following electronic message:

>The iMacs in my school lab I believe have the Firewire 800 port as it
>is a completely different plug than the old firewire. I don't know if
>that means it is firewire 800 or just 6 pin versus 4 pin or whatever.
>Anyway I bought an adaptor that allows me to plug in the old cables
>into the new iMac and I have had no trouble with older firewire items
>plugged straight into the new iMac. Don't know if that pertains here
>but for what it is worth.
>

FireWire 800 is a 9-pin connector and it takes an adapter, as 
you cite, to move down to FireWire 400's 6-pin connection (or a 
9-pin to 4-pin adapter to connect to a FireWire 400 camcorder).

-- 
Dennis R. Cohen