Re: Profile hard drive cable questions

From: Jason Perkins <quanda_computing_at_email.domain.hidden>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:03:04 -0400

The early lisas shipped with an unshielded cable. But DB25 SCSI cables are easy to come by, and work great!

-Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Chafee" <gchafee_at_email.domain.hidden> To: "LisaList" <lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Profile hard drive cable questions

> Ray,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I seem to remember someone telling me it was
> shielded
> in some special way. Will a standard unshielded cable work OK?
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LisaList [mailto:lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden]On Behalf Of Ray
> Arachelian
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:36 PM
> To: LisaList
> Subject: Re: Profile hard drive cable questions
>
> You need a DB25 Male to DB25 Male straight through cable (i.e. pin 1
> goes to pin 1, pin 2 goes to pin 2......, pin 25 goes to pin 25).
> The Lisa motherboard has one of the pin holes plugged, you may need to
> use long nose pliers to pull out the corresponding pin so that it will
> fit.
>
> I suspect that this cable will work, but am not sure:
> http://www.jdr.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=CBL-DB25MM-E
>
> Serial cables will _NOT_ work. All 25 (except for the blocked pin)
> wires should be connected.
>
>
> Jerry Chafee wrote:
>
>>Hello all and please excuse my post if this is covered elseware,
>>
>>I have a Lisa with the external Profile drive, but I have lost the cable
>>that connects them together. I have a number of serial male-to-male
>>cables,
>>but as you probably know, many of these cables have only a few wires
>>inside
>>and some are crossover cables.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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