No Firewire on new Vista PC

I have one of the older iPods with the wheel. (No video, no color). It has a firewire cable which used to work fine with my XP system. That crashed and I bought a new PC with Cista and the new system does not have any firewire ports - only usb 2. I don't want to put a firewire card in - and can't seem to find a firewire to usb converter. How can I connect my iPod to the new system?

*I don't want to put a firewire card in - and can't seem to find a firewire to usb converter.*
There are no adapters that will convert USB to Firewire or Firewire to USB. If your iPod only supports Firewire then you'll need a Firewire card on your PC. If you can identify your iPod from these links you should be able to work out if it's Firewire only or if you can use an iPod to USB cable:
Identifying different iPod models
iPod: Minimum System Requirements

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