Is firewire connection possible

my 80 gig Classic came with a USB connection. My "Classic Classic" {2003} used a Firewire connection.
Problem:
The "new classic" would not mount using firewire. Is this "the way it is"?
UBS is fine if you can wait overnight. I mean it's only 25 gig and it's gonna take a while.
Is there a way have either an eMac or an iMAC DC see it thru Firewire?
Oh yeah: I downloaded the manual. Firewire shows up in the back under ..."Firewire is a copyright...."
Running the latest iPod firmware and the latest iTunes.
TIA
wbajr

USB 2.0 is pretty comparable in speed to Firewire, but my question is this: does anybody know why Apple chose not to incorporate Firewire into the newer ipods? I have a 5G ipod, but an older mac that does not have USB 2.0 ports- only USB 1 and Firewire. I can still transfer using USB 1 but it takes much longer. This is a major inconvenience, and it kind of boggles my mind that Apple would drop Firewire support for the ipod. It is their interface, after all, why not use it?

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    relno      6400
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    patchno    43
    intno      20020600
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         shared lib "dw_xtc.dll" version 43 successfully loaded
         shared lib "dw_stl.dll" version 43 successfully loaded
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    DpSysAdmExtInit: JAVA is not active
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    DpShMCreate: sizeof(tm_adm)          2780232     (13832)
    DpShMCreate: sizeof(wp_ca_adm)          24000     (80)
    DpShMCreate: sizeof(appc_ca_adm)     8000     (80)
    DpShMCreate: sizeof(comm_adm)          290000     (580)
    DpShMCreate: sizeof(vmc_adm)          0     (372)
    DpShMCreate: sizeof(wall_adm)          (38456/34360/64/184)
    DpShMCreate: SHM_DP_ADM_KEY          (addr: 04540040, size: 3192688)
    DpShMCreate: allocated sys_adm at 04540040
    DpShMCreate: allocated wp_adm at 04541B58
    DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm_list at 04544478
    DpShMCreate: allocated tm_adm at 045444A0
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    DpShMCreate: allocated appc_ca_adm at 047F0EA8
    DpShMCreate: allocated comm_adm_list at 047F2DE8
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    DpShMCreate: allocated ca_info at 04839AF8
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    CCMS: start to initalize 3.X shared alert area (first segment).
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    MBUF component UP
    DpMBufHwIdSet: set Hardware-ID
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    my types changed after wp death/restart 0xbe --> 0xbc
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    my types changed after wp death/restart 0xbc --> 0xb8
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    ERROR => W5 (pid 3816) died [dpxxdisp.c   12187]
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    killing W1-2080 (SIGUSR2)
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    killing W2-3556 (SIGUSR2)
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    killing W3-2604 (SIGUSR2)
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    killing W4-4024 (SIGUSR2)
    ERROR => DpWpKill(4024, SIGUSR2) failed [dpxxtool.c   2468]
    killing W5-3816 (SIGUSR2)
    ERROR => DpWpKill(3816, SIGUSR2) failed [dpxxtool.c   2468]
    killing W6-2820 (SIGUSR2)
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    killing W7-1448 (SIGUSR2)
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    NiISelect: timeout 10000 ms
    NiISelect: maximum fd=1597
    NiISelect: read-mask is NULL
    NiISelect: write-mask is NULL
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    Workprocess Table (long)               Wed Jul 22 14:34:14 2009
    ========================
    No Ty. Pid      Status  Cause Start Err Sem CPU    Time  Program  Cl  User         Action                    Table
    0 DIA     2956 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    1 DIA     2080 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    2 UPD     3556 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    3 ENQ     2604 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    4 BTC     4024 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    5 BTC     3816 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    6 SPO     2820 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    7 UP2     1448 Ended         no      1   0             0                                                             
    Dispatcher Queue Statistics               Wed Jul 22 14:34:14 2009
    ===========================
    --------++++--
    +
    Typ
    now
    high
    max
    writes
    reads
    --------++++--
    +
    NOWP
    0
    3
    2000
    10
    10
    --------++++--
    +
    DIA
    5
    5
    2000
    5
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    UPD
    0
    0
    2000
    0
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    ENQ
    0
    0
    2000
    0
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    BTC
    0
    0
    2000
    0
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    SPO
    0
    0
    2000
    0
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    UP2
    0
    0
    2000
    0
    0
    --------++++--
    +
    max_rq_id          13
    wake_evt_udp_now     0
    wake events           total     9,  udp     8 ( 88%),  shm     1 ( 11%)
    since last update     total     9,  udp     8 ( 88%),  shm     1 ( 11%)
    Dump of tm_adm structure:               Wed Jul 22 14:34:14 2009
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    Workprocess Comm. Area Blocks               Wed Jul 22 14:34:14 2009
    =============================
    Slots: 300, Used: 1, Max: 0
    --------++--
    +
    id
    owner
    pid
    eyecatcher
    --------++--
    +
    0
    DISPATCHER
    -1
    WPCAAD000
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    NiISelect: write-mask is NULL
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    NiIWrite: write 110, 1 packs, MESG_IO, hdl 3, data complete
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    4 ETW000  [dev trc     ,00000]  Assigning username to user session 01DF23E0           16  0.068960
    4 ETW000  [dev trc     ,00000]  Assigning password to user session 01DF23E0           24  0.068984
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    4 ETW000                                                                            1521  0.070532
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