What fire  wire cable?

I want to attach a fire wire device to my new Mac mini. I can not find a cable with a connector that fits the little fire wire receptical on the Mac. The standard plug is 6 pin, the same as on my old FW800 Mac. So I bought a 6 pin to 4 pin, not right. The IEEE 1394 says there are 6 pin to 6 pin (which I have) , 6 pin to 4 pin, and 6 pin to 9 pin. Could the Mac have a 9 pin receptical?? I wouldn't ask but the cables are $8.00 each and the store won't take it back once it's ripped open.
Thanks Bob

Bob, there is a brief description of the options on this page:
http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/06/firewire-connectors-a-profusion-of-plugs/
Face with the same problem I chose to buy an adapter. I use it everyday to connect my TM backup drive. This is the one:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fw_adapter.html
I did have one problem using the adapter, which I reported here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2125939&tstart=0

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