Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!mit-eddie!killer!ltf From: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Cheap (inexpensive) hard drives Message-ID: <6224@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: 25 Nov 88 20:27:49 GMT References: <2570@m2-net.UUCP> <6080009@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <11728@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: ltf@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Lance Franklin) Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 26 In article <11728@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: >Final note: you'll save yourself a lot of time (and possibly grief) by >simply buying a so-called "Mac System Cable" (50-pin Centronics to 25-pin >DB25); the brand I use is Data-Spec (just as good and much less expensive >than the stuff from Apple and other 3rd party mfrs). I agree...I got mine from Connections Unlimited, Inc., here in Dallas. Cost me $14.95, I think...check the Computer Shopper for their address and phone number. I had to connect a Microbotics StarDrive interface (with a 25-pin connector) to an Adaptec 4070 SCSI interface (with a 50-pin header). I bought one of these 25-to-50 pin MAC-SCSI cables, then went out and bought a 50-pin flat-cable-type header, a Centronics-type connector that works with flat cable and some 50-wire flat cable...made up a cable with the 50-pin header on one side and the 50-pin centronics-type connector on the other. The 50-pin header plugged into the Adaptec, I mounted the 50-pin centronics connector to the back of the HD case, plugged the 50-pin end of the MAC-SCSI cable into it, and the 25-pin end into the Microbotics interface...works perfectly, and cost me about 30 bucks for the whole cable setup. Lance -- +-------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+ | Lance T Franklin | | I never said that! It must be some kind of a | | ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US | | forgery...I gotta change that password again. | +-------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+