iMac USB question

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Feb 11, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Ron West wrote:

> anyone???
>
> i have an old iMac G4/800 that i want to give to my mom. it has 3 USB
> 1.1 ports and 2 firewire 400 ports but the USB ports are too slow for
> current peripherals. is there anything that will convert USB 2 to
> firewire 400? if so, what would you recommend?


http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-firewire-to-usb-adapter.htm

However, that doesn't mean that your Firewire devices are useless if  
you have a USB port, or vice versa. Although a Firewire to USB adapter  
does not exist, and cannot exist because of differences in the two  
technologies, several companies do provide dual Firewire/USB hubs.  
This type of device has two ports in a single hub, which may be either  
external or internal; one for Firewire and one for USB - allowing  
either type of device to function. The combination hub is actually two  
separate ports combined into a single form factor for convenience;  
there is no conversion between Firewire and USB taking place when you  
use one of these hubs.

here is examples

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=199941

http://www.cwol.com/firewire/firewire-usb-2-hub-uf300.htm

http://www.cwol.com/usb/ads-dual-link-usb-firewire-hub.htm


you can google "dual firewire usb hubs"
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