New Mac mini Arrived, how do I transfer files from my external FW drive?

I noticed my brand new Mac Mini seems to have a different firewire port than I'm used to seeing on my old G4 Dual 1GHz PowerPc.I was hoping to hook up my external Lacie drive to the Mini to transfer my files. Is it a different connector and is there an adapter for the Mini, or am I out of luck?
Rskover

It is firewire 800. You can get a firewire 400 to 800 cable or adaptor, or you can use the USB port if your external hard drive have that option. I did a google search and got some information on the firewire 400 to 800 products.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html
http://www.radtech.us/Products/ProCableFW400800.aspx

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