Fire wire 400 to 800

can you use fw400 from old mac book to fw 800 external drivers i have seen adapters the other way around but not this way

Yes, here's some on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_19?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field -keywords=firewire+400+to+800+cable&sprefix=firewire+400+to+800%2Celectronics%2C 271
Or if you just want an adapter to use an existing 800 cable http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_19?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field -keywords=firewire+400+to+800+cable&sprefix=firewire+400+to+800%2Celectronics%2C 271#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_16?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=firewire+ 400+to+800+adapter+for+mac&sprefix=firewire+400+to+%2Celectronics%2C264&rh=n%3A1 72282%2Ck%3Afirewire+400+to+800+adapter+for+mac

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