As Stephen said, there really is no way to do this. I've seen a few devices come on and off the market and they always get pulled because they never work.
The short answer is, you need to buy a laptop that has a firewire port (or CardBus slot so you can add one) if your workflow requires firewire; there is no substitute.
~jr
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