[meem]

hey a friend of mine has an out of waranty tiBook with 2 broken usb 1 ports. he has a music keyboard which needs to be hooked up via usb. i was wondering if any one has heard of a cable or hub which had both usb and firewire which he can connect through the single firewire port on the tibook. been searching google but can only found combo ones that connect to a usb2 port.

any help appreciated

[meem]

well I still can't find a hub but did find a usb pcmicia card which looks like it would work well. just curious if anybody has used something like this and if there are any brands that one would recommend.

http://microcenter.com/single_produc...uct_id=0170216

http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr-usb-usb2cb.html

[tooki]

You are asking for a FireWire to USB converter. No such thing exists. (All the combo USB/FW hubs require both connections to the computer.)

I agree that a CardBus USB 2 card is probably the best way to go. The only way to go, really! Whether the card also has FireWire or not sounds irrelevant, since it sounds like the TiBook's FireWire ports are in fine shape.

tooki