Re: Any good samaritans out there?

[The Mad Scribbler <madscrib@geek.com>]

On Mon, 27 May 2002 09:45:11 -0700, "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
wrote:

Can you elaborate a little more on how to make a cable for a //c?  I
purchased one over the weekend ($10 at a tag sale!) and would like to
pick up some software for it.  All I have are the disks that I used in
High School and some of those are damaged beyond repair.  I have a PC
with a 5 1/4" drive available, but if you can provide specs for a
cable, I don't think I'll need to worry about using it.

BTW, CAN you use a PC 5 1/4" drive to transfer files to an Apple //c
disk?  If so, how?

>Thats a good way to do it, but it requires a lot of cables and connectors.
>Being handy with a soldering iron, I make my own.  I cut one end off a Mac
>printer cable and solder the wires to a DB-25 female connector. The
>necessary pinouts are available on the net.
>
>Using this technique you can also make cables for the IIc and IIc+, which
>are difficult to find cables for.
>-Paul
>