Export to Multiple Camcorders Simultaneously

I want to 'export to tape' from Adobe Premiere Pro but to multiple camcorders at
once.

Would a Firewire Hub work? I'm wondering if Premiere Pro would be able to do
device control through a hub or would get confused as to which camera or not
work at all.

The point is I want to create some backups of the final edited product and right
now I have to sit through real time recording to each MiniDV and Hi8 that I
record onto; it would be great if I could record to them all at once in one fell
swoop, so to speak.

I've considered having one of the cameras go out to a composite switcher thing
and then back into another camera and so on (but only on an older Sony Hi8
camera that allows for recording back onto itself through that plug); but it
would be so much simpler if I could just do the dump once from the computer
straight to 3 or 4 cameras through firewire at once.

There are Firewire repeater hubs -- perhaps one of those can be configured to
duplicate a Firewire stream ..?

That's what I was wondering ; the issue I'm concerned about though is how the
camcorders will be notified to begin recording. Right now, it's the software's
device controller that sends the signal to 'record' that makes the camcorder
start recording.