Tech rambling alert 
So I'm using a Delock CF FW800 reader as an medium between my revived G5, Powerbooks G4 and Thunderbolt display ( which has my MBP Retina connected to it ) .
All this using either FW800 or FW400 cables and a very fast CF card.
Today I was setting up a Cisco lab and there is an old technique to stack - cluster 2950 switches together
called GigaStack .
It uses proprietary Cisco cables and GBIC adapters which are now pretty cheap versus Fiber optic solutions.
I had these cables lying around for a while now and never paid attention them until today.
Hmm, looks like a FW400 cable and yup connected them to the CF reader to the Powerbook, they are Firewire cables.
Off course I tried it the other way around, took a normal ( non Cisco cable ) FW400 cable , tried to use it
with the Cisco switches , no luck , have to use THEIR cables, sigh.
This to show that Firewire was/is still a brilliant interface solution , and to sign off , here's some FireWire stacking action :
So I'm using a Delock CF FW800 reader as an medium between my revived G5, Powerbooks G4 and Thunderbolt display ( which has my MBP Retina connected to it ) .
All this using either FW800 or FW400 cables and a very fast CF card.
Today I was setting up a Cisco lab and there is an old technique to stack - cluster 2950 switches together
called GigaStack .
It uses proprietary Cisco cables and GBIC adapters which are now pretty cheap versus Fiber optic solutions.
I had these cables lying around for a while now and never paid attention them until today.
Hmm, looks like a FW400 cable and yup connected them to the CF reader to the Powerbook, they are Firewire cables.
Off course I tried it the other way around, took a normal ( non Cisco cable ) FW400 cable , tried to use it
with the Cisco switches , no luck , have to use THEIR cables, sigh.
This to show that Firewire was/is still a brilliant interface solution , and to sign off , here's some FireWire stacking action :