Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard Disk cables Message-ID: Date: 25 Nov 88 21:41:41 GMT References: <2570@m2-net.UUCP> <6080009@hpcupt1.HP.COM>, <860@applix.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: <860@applix.UUCP> scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes: > 1) buy a standard-part Mac-style DB25 to Centronics SCSI cable > 2) fabricate a ribbon cable to run from the Centronics > connector to the 50 pin disk header. > I have (1). Finding the parts for (2) are damn near impossible. Electronics distributors in Pittsburgh are lucky to know what a computer is, let alone carry parts for them. Radio Shack doesn't carry 50-pin anything. And my tour through Computer Shopper was none too helpful either. > I got > mine at U-DO-IT electronics in Needham, MA) What is their number, and do they ship Federal Express? I have had an idle hard disk sitting next to my Amiga for over a week now, and I'm getting pretty upset about the while affair. --M -- Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University INET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu / BITNET: mp1u+%andrew.cmu.edu@cmccvb UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ "my friends say she's a dumb blonde, but they don't know she dyes her hair"