Re: Pegasus HD - Help, need SCSI 50-to-DB25 x 2 cable

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

My memory must be failing me -- I'm not sure if it was a dual DB25F, a
dual DB25M, or a DB25F+DB25M combination coming out of that Chinook
SCSI enclosure...

On Jan 10, 5:27 am, pitz <pitz.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The last time I saw one of those was on the housing of an external
> Chinook SCSI drive.  It had dual DB25F connectors instead of the more
> common dual CN50 connectors on external SCSI enclosures.
>
> From your description, that latter cable is used to allow another
> external SCSI device to attach to the DB25F that comes to the back of
> the IIgs.  The other DB25F goes to your internal DB25M/IDC26
> connecting to the SCSI card.
>
> 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 outhttp://www.jaykang.com/dbtoidintoex.html
>
> On Jan 9, 7:16 pm, Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >     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). :(
>
> >     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....
>
> >     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.
>
> >     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