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Those people have long since resigned themselves to either using a separate, older Windows/Mac computer to run those items, or migrating to a current Mac with "Thunderbolt" port that is (clumsily) convertible to FireWire with a dongle accessory. Most of the people who still need FireWire 400 connectivity need it for legacy devices that are either too expensive to give up (medium format digital photography backs) or irreplaceable (Nikon/Imacon film scanners, Creo flatbeds, etc).
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Demand for such a converter is strong, but it comes from a tiny niche group of users so small that developing such a thing isn't cost effective (if it was, commodity Windows laptops would still have IEE1394 ports or include Thunderbolt). You're not seeing such a converter for several marketing reasons, aside from any technical hurdles. If anybody knows of any place at all that sells such a device, regardless of how much it costs, please post a link to the website in a reply to this post.
FIREWIRE 800 TO USB 3.0 PROFESSIONAL
Maybe I'm looking only at stores dedicated to selling consumer level devices, but I should be looking at online stores that sell professional level devices instead, if I am to find a USB 3.0 to Firewire 400 converter. Of course, maybe I'm just looking in all the wrong places. Despite the fact that it is technologically possible now, I see no such products for sale. Therefore, it is now possible to manufacture a USB 3.0 to Firewire 400 converter. However, with the invention of USB 3.0, it is now possible to have USB devices that communicate just as fast as Firewire devices (at least if you are talking about the older Firewire 400 standard, as I think the newer Firewire 800 standard is faster than USB 3.0). Is there an adapter I can get that will let me connect my old Sony Handycam's Firewire port to my new laptop's USB 3.0 port? I realize that it used to be impossible to manufacture a USB to Firewire converter, simply because of the speed difference (USB 2.0 is much slower than Firewire).
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