FirewireDirect Ships First FireWire 800 1394b Cables

The company already has two FireWire 800 product releases, and with the introduction of a line of 800Mbps cabling jumps out to a clear leadership position in establishing the new FireWire standard.

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 30, 2003 - FirewireDirect.com, Inc has announced the introduction of a series of FireWire 800 / 1394b cables designed for both legacy FireWire / 1394a devices and the new class of faster 800Mbps FireWire devices. The company is opening their cable line up to 800Mbps with the sale of a family of FireWire 800 cables that include beta" and bilingual" versions of cabling fully compatible with the new standard and ready to support your existing FireWire devices as well.

Beta" refers to true FireWire 800 cables, with new 1394b 9-pin connectors on both ends and designed for connecting new 800 devices and peripherals to 800 equipped computers.

Bilingual" refers to cables used to connect legacy FireWire to the new FireWire 800, and have a high speed 800Mbps connector on one end and either a 4-pin iLink connector or a standard 6-pin FireWire connector on the other. Firewire 800 is backwards compatible, but legacy devices connecting to FireWire 800 ports will require these special cables.

Both types of cables are available and for sale now at http://www.firewiredirect.com/firewire/products/cables.shtml

FirewireDirect is offering the cables for sale as standalone products, but also in money saving bundles with their other FireWire 800 products.

For FirewireDirect, this is the third FireWire 800 announcement in 2 weeks, signaling to FireWire watchers a busy Summer ahead as new, faster FireWire products roll out. FirewireDirect has made a clear commitment to the new standard and has jumped ahead with the announcement of a CardBus Adapter last week and a PCI Host Adapter card the week before.

FirewireDirect will be announcing more FireWire 800 devices in the coming weeks.

In addition to their groundbreaking line of new FireWire 800 1394b products, FirewireDirect continues to offer the most extensive line of FireWire/1394/iLINK devices available anywhere including hard drive and RAID storage, CD and DVD removable media storage, and an extensive family of connectivity products. All FirewireDirect products are available worldwide direct through the FirewireDirect online store.

More information about FirewireDirect and their line of FireWire products can be found at their web site at http://www.firewiredirect.com.

The company can be reached by telephone at 512-302-0012 or by fax at 512-302-0064.

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