firewire ports ?

[quaz]

What does 1 IEEE-1394 Port (4 PIN) mean?.
Do firewire ports have different connectors I should look out for?

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[Slim Shady]

The 4 pin connection is most often used by video cameras and some PC laptops. Mac's generally use the 6 pin cable, the same as you'll see on firewire hard drives etc. They are both IEEE 1394 (this is the "official" name of firewire).

It's pretty easy to find 4 to 6 pin firewire cables - in general the 4 pin connectors can be a bit more fragile as they connections are small and easily bent or snafu'd, but 6 pin or 4 pin, it's all firewire.

[quaz]

Are they interchangable?

[quaz]

Disregard my reply. "4 to 6 pin." I got you.


Thanks for quick responce.

[Muzza]

6 Pin connectors have a power bus on them. Devices which need external power need this type of cable, like portable hard drives.
4 pin connectors do not have power on-board and require external power sources, like video cameras.