Re: Need help with HD Cable

[cschroed@hercii.lasc.lockheed.com (Curt Schroeder)]

In article <3kk7tg$7mr@sue.cc.uregina.ca>, macdon@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA (charles macdonald) writes:
|> In article <bongini.181.2F6B6830@law3.law.ucla.edu>,
|>  <bongini@law3.law.ucla.edu> wrote:
|> >
|> >	I purchased a external HD and am having great trouble in hooking it 
|> >up.  The problem is that I need a cable with one end being a female ribbon 
|> >connector to hook up to the HD.  So I need either a female ribbon connector 
|> >to DB-25 (standard Apple connector) cable.  Or I could use a ribbon 
|> >connector to standard SCSI interface (centronics) connector (& then I can 
|> >use a regular Apple SCSI cable).  
|> >
|> >	Also, the drive came with a cable but the other end is a SCSI 2 
|> >connector (scuzzy 2 - which has 50 little pins & looks like a small DB 
|> >connector).  So I could also use a SCSI 2 to DB-25 connector.
|> >
|> >	Does anyone know where I can get such a cable? 
|> 
|>   Well, my SCSI manual says that there is an Apple][ SCSI cable available.
|> But does one need this SUPER SPECIAL cable, or could one go to the local
|> computer store and purchase an off-the-shelf model?  My advice would be 
|> check your local Apple dealer and see what he/she has to say...

When I added a SCSI drive to my II+ I purchased two cables.  One was the
"standard"  Apple SCSI cable with a DB-25 at one end and a DB-50 at the
other, which is available at any good computer outlet.  The second cable I
had custom made locally which has the 50-pin molex connector on one end and
the matching DB-50 connector on the other end to mate with the first cable.
The second cable (50-conductor ribbon) is about six inches long, so I can 
add a second molex connector at the three inch mark for a second drive at 
a later date.

If you can find an Apple SCSI cable with a DB-25 at one end and the small 
SCSI-2 connector at the other end to mate with the cable provided with your 
drive, I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

Hope this helps,

Curt
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