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By pita Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:21 am
Hey yall, can someone post links to some cheap SCSI Cables for connecting an iomega zip 100 drive? I don't know the specifics :/ d-sub etc.

thanks!
By Acid Mitch Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:31 am
pita wrote:Hey yall, can someone post links to some cheap SCSI Cables for connecting an iomega zip 100 drive? I don't know the specifics :/ d-sub etc.

thanks!


What country are you in ?
No point posting cheap cables if you'll need to pay for overseas shipping and customs charges.


And your looking for db25.
By deepah84 Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:42 pm
You should avoid cheap db 25 cable like thoses available in computer store etc.., i always had odd problem like unable to format properly, or frequent error message when loading files. It seems that they are good for parallel connection for printer etc, but not for scsci connection, even if it is a similar db 25 plug.

It all works fine since i use an iomega scsi cable.
By Acid Mitch Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:12 am
deepah84 wrote: It seems that they are good for parallel connection for printer etc, but not for scsci connection, even if it is a similar db 25 plug.

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Yes , Parallel cables and SCSI cables are wired different.
So long as you get DB25 SCSI and not DB25 parallel ( printer) cables it's fine.