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Since you still have the DB25M/IDC26 cable, you might want to look
into getting a cheap internal IDC50 cable with multiple taps (I've
seen from two taps to seven taps) and then getting a couple of those
DB25F/IDC50 adapters -- first hit in Google turns out
http://www.jaykang.com/dbtoidintoex.html

On Jan 9, 7:16=A0pm, Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> =A0 =A0 Last night I was going about replacing my IIgs motherboard
> which (quite probable) may have been a long-time source of
> instability with my ZipGS. That went well, however in the process
> I inadvertently damaged an internal SCSI cable *AND* it killed
> my hardisk along with it (i.e. burning smell, smoke). :(
>
> =A0 =A0 I've been using an internal Pegasus drive. The original
> cable is long lost, but years ago I used an alternative by
> joining two cables: an IDC-26 to DB25m, attached to a
> dual DB25 to IDC-50 SCSI cable. It appears the latter
> cable is what is damaged and needs to be replaced.
> The hardisk and data hopefully I can replace in time,
> but this cable is a bit more tricky to find....
>
> =A0 =A0 Anyone have or know where I might find this cable?
> It's just a standard SCSI 50-pin female cable that plugs
> into the hardisk, and at the opposite end are two DB25
> female connectors (one was used to join the other cable,
> the second attached to the back port of the GS). At best
> guess I would say this came out of a Macintosh or
> possibly an external hardisk enclosure. I have a bunch
> of similar cables, but they end with dual centronic 50
> connectors, not DB25.
>
> =A0 =A0 Really hope someone out there knows about the
> cable I'm talking about. I was hoping to put my IIgs
> back into active use, now it's looking like it could
> end up going into the closet...
>
> Mitchell Spector