Connecting Firewire to Mavbook

I have an external hard disk am using with my iMac. It uses a cable with a fairly standard looking connector at the iMac end. I would like to use this hard disk with my MacBook. Do I need any kind of adapter to match the cable to the Macbook? Or, does the same connector that plugs into the iMac also plug into the Macbook?
Thanks, John

If it's FW400 then it works on both computers.

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