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Internal SCSI Extension cable?
- Thread starter oz390gta
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Hi,
I don't know about extending the existing cable, but it might just be simpler to get a longer one instead.
There were some PCs and Mac clones which used multi-device cables, and those are pretty long in some machines.
You could also get one out of a Quadra 900/950, or perhaps a Mac II.
I hope this helps. I don't really have any other ideas, unfortunately.
Hopefully someone else will chime in.
c
I don't know about extending the existing cable, but it might just be simpler to get a longer one instead.
There were some PCs and Mac clones which used multi-device cables, and those are pretty long in some machines.
You could also get one out of a Quadra 900/950, or perhaps a Mac II.
I hope this helps. I don't really have any other ideas, unfortunately.
Hopefully someone else will chime in.
c
It's not as easy as just getting a longer one, because the SCSI ribbon is part of the custom slide-in rail system of the CC/5xx series.
When I needed another SCSI connector on my CC-Zip I stripped the stock SCSI cable out of the CC's wiring harness and pressed a longer one in its place.
If you're good at soldering, you could probably make a little two-socket board... Or you might be able to talk one of the solder-wizards around here (of which I am not one) into making it for you
When I needed another SCSI connector on my CC-Zip I stripped the stock SCSI cable out of the CC's wiring harness and pressed a longer one in its place.
If you're good at soldering, you could probably make a little two-socket board... Or you might be able to talk one of the solder-wizards around here (of which I am not one) into making it for you
At a Computer Fair in NJ. I bought a couple of extensions about 20 years ago from, what was then, a little company in Brooklyn . . .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/23inch-Internal-IDC-50-Pin-SCSI-Male-Female-Extension-Ribbon-Cable-CablesOnline-/280754237369
. . . you can shorten it to whatever length you want.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/23inch-Internal-IDC-50-Pin-SCSI-Male-Female-Extension-Ribbon-Cable-CablesOnline-/280754237369
. . . you can shorten it to whatever length you want.
Or get a couple of crimp IDC connectors and some ribbon cable, and make one up to the desired length. If you don't have a proper crimping tool, a bench vise will do the job. Pliers even, if you're desperate. I did it with my teeth once, but I don't recommend that approach.
In that case, just get the IDC-50 male and lop off a redundant internal SCSI cable.
The ready-made cable is by far the most convenient.If not quite the most economical solution at $8.95, it's not far off. Even a single IDC-50M will be likely be a couple of bucks shipped.
The ready-made cable is by far the most convenient.If not quite the most economical solution at $8.95, it's not far off. Even a single IDC-50M will be likely be a couple of bucks shipped.
