Re: Looking for IIc external hard disk cable

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

pitz wrote:
> I recently bought some Apple IIc systems from some nice folks.  They
> have not used it for years and I'll be trying to test the systems in
> the next couple of days.
>
> One of the things that came with the stuff is the rare Chinook
> external hard disk for the Apple IIc.  I've tried googling for
> information about it, and it seems that even if the hard drive (SCSI
> type) has failed because of age, it would be easy enough to put
> another SCSI drive in there.  I've posted a couple of pictures in
> Flickr:
>     http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplepractices/2099981780/
>     http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplepractices/2099981588/
>
> It's the model CT-40c which has the DB-19 connector.  My main problem
> now is that we looked all over and we could not find the DB-19 cable
> that connects from the back of the IIc to the unit.  Googled for it
> again, and got nothing.  Anybody have a DB-19 cable?
>
> Or do I dig out my soldering iron and start cutting away on the cable
> of one of my extra external drives?  Even macdog's cable for his Q-
> drive looks like he had done it this way.  Jamie, are there really no
> DB-19 cables being sold out there?

If it's any consolation, dollars to doughnuts it's a straight-through
cable, and could be easily made from ribbon cable and IDC connectors.

The trick, of course, will be finding the 19-pin connectors...they were
never popular, and Apple was probably most of the market.  ;-(

-michael

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