Ieee 1394b firewire 800 cables from cables to go are perfect for connecting your firewire 1394b devices to your legacy 1394a ports 1394b is the standard for transporting and networking multiple types of digital data between users and systems these cables are backwards compatible ensuring continued use of your digital video camcorders scanners printers video conferencing cameras and fixed disk drives with windows me or apples firewire target disk mode you can also use an ieee 1394b cable