RE: I need a cable.
They made special devices to go on a string of cables, one at the front and one at the back. I have an extra one here, should I use it ? Doug From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wesley Furr Sent: March 21, 2011 7:30 PM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I need a cable. Almost...the ZIP drive is definitely (unless there is some variation I've never run into) DB-25 - like this - http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/115/scsi_extern_db25_st.jpg . Make sure it's a SCSI ZIP drive and not a parallel ZIP drive... By the original description, I'm guessing the Mac end is probably HD-50? Like this - http://www.cs-electronics.com/images-large/ValueLine-HD50.jpg So perhaps the perfect cable would be one like this - http://store.stsi.com/assets/images/products/scsi-db25-hd50-06_2.jpg ? Just search ebay (or google) for hd50 db25 cable and you'll find what you need... Wesley _ From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Abel Ortiz Monasterio Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:43 PM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Cc: Mark Kronquist Subject: Re: I need a cable. Is this what you are looking for? I have one on my ZIP (never have tried it one of my projects from when my 2 year old turns 3) http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-HD5O-Male-Cent-50-Male-SCSI-II-Cable-SCIS2-6-/2603758 46406?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0 http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-HD5O-Male-Cent-50-Male-SCSI-II-Cable-SCIS2-6-/260375 846406?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item3c9f9c1e06 hash=item3c9f9c1e06 Do a search for SCSI II on ebay there are several types of cables on of those must be it. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Mark Kronquist m...@teleport.com wrote: SCSI A (small 25 pin to SCSI B wide 50 pin) On Mar 21, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Doug wrote: Hello all. You've given me great service in the past so now I'm asking again. I have a Quadra 610 and I recently got an Iomega ZIP drive. What I need now is a cable with a wide end, the other end being a smaller end. I owned the Quadra for nearly 20 years and it works, as well as can be expected But I know none of the cable names. Is there such a cable as I describe. Doug -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:vintage-macs%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:vintage-macs%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
RE: I need a cable.
Are you sure it's a SCSI zip and not a parallel port zip for a PC? Here's an image so you can see what both of them look like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronica/3235092343/ Wesley -Original Message- The ZIP comes with a cable with db 25 male on one end and a db 25 female on the other end. I do have two 25/50s that work with the comp and Iomega but when I plug it in nothing works. The comp has a blinking question mark and that's it. When I unplug the extra cable it works . . . ? -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
Re: I need a cable.
the male /female db 25 is for parallel port ZIP drives. (i.e. PC type) probably will not work if plugged into the Q 610. did you check the pictures sent from Wesley Furr notice the difference between parallel and scsi drives. only the scsi drive will work pugged into the scsi port on the Q 610. the cable will be a male/male db25. if any other type of connectors, the zip drive will not work without some type of adapter if ever.. dale - Original Message - From: Doug xenis...@telus.net To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 8:50 PM Subject: RE: I need a cable. The ZIP comes with a cable with db 25 male on one end and a db 25 female on the other end. I do have two 25/50s that work with the comp and Iomega but when I plug it in nothing works. The comp has a blinking question mark and that's it. When I unplug the extra cable it works . . . ? -Original Message- From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of dale-gmail Sent: March 21, 2011 7:40 PM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I need a cable. there should be a db 25 connector (25 pins) on the back of the q 610 the other question is how many pins on the zip drive? 25 or 50 and if the connector on the zip is a wide connector or narrow dale - Original Message - From: Doug xenis...@telus.net To: Vintage Macs vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: I need a cable. Hello all. You've given me great service in the past so now I'm asking again. I have a Quadra 610 and I recently got an Iomega ZIP drive. What I need now is a cable with a wide end, the other end being a smaller end. I owned the Quadra for nearly 20 years and it works, as well as can be expected But I know none of the cable names. Is there such a cable as I describe. Doug -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
Re: I need a cable.
Pc ZIP drives on a mac will cause the drive or mac to go boom. If the back of the zip drive does NOT have a setting for termination/id and if the back of the zip says PC over one of the ports, DO NOT USE. On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM, dale-gmail motod...@gmail.com wrote: the male /female db 25 is for parallel port ZIP drives. (i.e. PC type) probably will not work if plugged into the Q 610. did you check the pictures sent from Wesley Furr notice the difference between parallel and scsi drives. only the scsi drive will work pugged into the scsi port on the Q 610. the cable will be a male/male db25. if any other type of connectors, the zip drive will not work without some type of adapter if ever.. dale - Original Message - From: Doug xenis...@telus.net To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 8:50 PM Subject: RE: I need a cable. The ZIP comes with a cable with db 25 male on one end and a db 25 female on the other end. I do have two 25/50s that work with the comp and Iomega but when I plug it in nothing works. The comp has a blinking question mark and that's it. When I unplug the extra cable it works . . . ? -Original Message- From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of dale-gmail Sent: March 21, 2011 7:40 PM To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I need a cable. there should be a db 25 connector (25 pins) on the back of the q 610 the other question is how many pins on the zip drive? 25 or 50 and if the connector on the zip is a wide connector or narrow dale - Original Message - From: Doug xenis...@telus.net To: Vintage Macs vintage-macs@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: I need a cable. Hello all. You've given me great service in the past so now I'm asking again. I have a Quadra 610 and I recently got an Iomega ZIP drive. What I need now is a cable with a wide end, the other end being a smaller end. I owned the Quadra for nearly 20 years and it works, as well as can be expected But I know none of the cable names. Is there such a cable as I describe. Doug -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
Re: I need a cable.
On Mar 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Britt Dodd wrote: Pc ZIP drives on a mac will cause the drive or mac to go boom. If the back of the zip drive does NOT have a setting for termination/id and if the back of the zip says PC over one of the ports, DO NOT USE. That's a good point. I only happen to have the first 2, but there are 3 types of 100 MB Zip drives: 1.) SCSI - these will work on PC and Mac 2. ) USB - these will work on PC and Mac 3.) Parallel - these will only work on a PC -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
Re: I need a cable.
On Mar 22, 2011, at 3:59 PM, D Finnigan wrote: On Mar 22, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Britt Dodd wrote: Pc ZIP drives on a mac will cause the drive or mac to go boom. If the back of the zip drive does NOT have a setting for termination/id and if the back of the zip says PC over one of the ports, DO NOT USE. That's a good point. I only happen to have the first 2, but there are 3 types of 100 MB Zip drives: 1.) SCSI - these will work on PC and Mac 2. ) USB - these will work on PC and Mac 3.) Parallel - these will only work on a PC There was also the abomination of the SCSI / Parallel. It had a single DB-25 connector for either interface. Aside from finicky operation what made it an abomination is that IOMega required / recommended it be the only device on a SCSI bus. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
