Firewire to USB 2.0 adapter

We have a few computers whose firewire ports aren't working correctly. I'd still like to use an external firewire drive with them if I can find an adapter for firewire 400 to USB 2.
Does anyone know of any?
Thanks,
Dan

I don't know if there is an adaptor or not but what is wrong with the firewire ports? They generally don't go bad. Have you tried resetting the ports?
I believe to reset the ports you have to power down the Mac, and unplug it for about 5 minutes then plug it back in and reboot. If the port needed resetting that should take care of it.
Take a read through the last paragraph here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88338

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