This 1ft IEEE 1394 Fire Wire Cable provides one Fire Wire 9-pin & one Fire Wire 6-pin male connector & is expertly designed & constructed of high quality materials & IEEE-1394 rated wire to ensure optimum performance & reliability. Capable of data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps, Fire Wire technology provides a high speed link that saves your valuable time during large file transfers (e.g. transferring digital video files from a DV Camcorder to a computer, etc.). This 1ft IEEE-1394 Firewire Cable (9-pin to 6-pin) cable provides a means to connect a Fire Wire 1394b device to a PC that only supports Fire Wire 1394a & vice versa, without costly upgrades.