IEEE 1394b Fire Wire 800 cables from Cables to Go are perfect for connecting your Fire Wire 1394b devices to your legacy 1394a ports. 1394b is the standard for transporting & networking multiple types of digital data between users & systems. These cables are backwards compatible, ensuring continued use of your digital video camcorders, scanners, printers, video conferencing cameras & fixed-disk drives. With Windows Me or Apple's Fire Wire Target Disk Mode you can also use an IEEE-1394b cable to connect two computers together to allow for file sharing.