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Ok, what cables do I need to make these work together?

ipod connector

toshiba laptop connector

You could use this cable: »www.uxsight.com/product/5847/fir···ble.html

It's just an example; you might find one cheaper at TigerDirect or Newegg.

edit: I believe this is a male-to-male cable. For the other stuff you're asking about, your assumptions are correct.

reply to DeeC
Both should be male ends. Mdoc hit the spot.
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reply to DeeC
Ok, thanks guys.

I thought the 6 pin connector (for the iPod) would have to be female since there is something in the ipod connector ....but I guess it connects differently....

reply to DeeC
That's not an ipod connector

You're right, but it's a firewire port on an ipod.

reply to DeeC
you need a 6 pin to 4 pin Firewire cable

some may call it IEEE 1384

reply to DeeC
The Ipod has a Firewire400 connector and the Laptop has a Firewire800 connector, so you need a 400 to 800 cable (may be listed as a 1394A to 1394B cable). Check the pin count.

Correct... it's out of focus, but that says "S400" in the pix. That's a 400 MHz firewire port.

You're right, thanks for the correction.

reply to DeeC
Hi Guys,

Sorry for the "out of focus" close up on the laptop connector. It was the best I could with a cell phone camera, lol It does say s400 by it, and the connector (on the iPod) is a firewire ; Its an original 1G iPod (no dock connector back in those days)

I believe its a IEEE 1394 cable M/M like the guys posted earlier that I need. I had one, and didn't realize it, found it in a stack of cables. I tried it out, and it worked -- Even the newest iTunes recognized this classic 1G iPod .....thanks again everyone

EDIT: Typo

welcome

reply to DeeC

said by DeeC:

Hi Guys,

Sorry for the "out of focus" close up on the laptop connector. It was the best I could with a cell phone camera, lol It does say s400 by it, and the connector (on the iPod) is a firewire ; Its an original 1G iPod (no dock connector back in those days)

I believe its a IEEE 1394 cable M/M like the guys posted earlier that I need. I had one, and didn't realize it, found it in a stack of cables. I tried it out, and it worked -- Even the newest iTunes recognized this classic 1G iPod .....thanks again everyone

reply to Subaru

said by Subaru:

said by Mdoc:

Correct... it's out of focus, but that says "S400" in the pix. That's a 400 MHz firewire port.

400 Mbps

MHz and Mbps (or Hz and bps, for that matter) are completely different units of measure so that they are unrelated. And it's not "bytes per cycle," it's "bits per cycle," or "bits per second" for bps.

I was thinking frequency (400 MHz) when I should be thinking throughput or speed (400Mbps), and they're unrelated to each other, so technically speaking, he was correct and I was wrong.

Just a slip up.