Need 6" Firewire 9 pin - 9 pin cable

[MamaMoose]

I have 4 LaCie Firewire drives stacked in a module. Because of cable length limitations (18 feet total), I want to piggy-back them. Since the drive's ports are within a few inches of each other, I wanted 6 "cables. However, the shortest I could find were 6" 9 pin-6 pin cables. Since I am chaining from drive to drive and then to the Max, can I use 6"  plugs as part of the chain. I am concerned because the 6 pin end implies one is connecting a FW 400 device to a FW 800 device. Therefore, using that cable will slow down the entire chain to FW 400 speed.

Anyone have any ideas>

MamaMoose

[Paddy]

3 foot cables: http://www.firewiremax.com/3fshfi800caf.html

18" cables: http://www.provantage.com/belkin-f3n405-18...pl~7BELC11P.htm (note: Amazon sells the same thing for an astonishing $39!!)

12" cables: http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl/it.A/id.613/.f

And that's the shortest I could find.

Edit: shortest I could find for a reasonable price, that is. If money is no object and you really want to lose another 4", you can get 8" cables for a mere $39 EACH:

http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/firew...FW800Cables.php (scroll down to the 9 pin to 9 pin section....)

[MamaMoose]

Paddy,


I found 8" 9 pin - 9 pin cables at a company called Visit My WebsiteDatOptics[/url. I have no idea how good they are but the price was too good to pass up!


Thanks,

MamaMoose

[krissel]

Tom, you might just want to email them and ask about the text on the page where the 800 is listed.

QUOTE

DatOptic’s FireWire cable has a transfer rate of 400 megabits per second for the fastest possible data transfer.

http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web.cgi?pr...&detail=yes

It may be that they just used the same description on the 400 and 800 pages but if it does only have a 400 megabit transfer then it will slow down your connection.