Is there a USB to Firewire 800 adapter?

Hi,
I've seen that I can get a USB external hard drive for much cheaper than a firewire800 one so was wondering if there is an adapter to plug a usb hard drive into the firewire800 port on my MBP so I can save my USB ports?
Thanks in advance
Simon

No. No adapter exists to connect USB devices to a FireWire port; hubs which provide both USB and FireWire ports don't transfer any data between the interfaces.
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