>If you decide to get an EXTERNAL Yamaha though, I do warn you about one
>thing. If you wish to use it externally, make sure the SCSI cable is
>included with the drive, or make sure you have one already. It requires
>an HDI-50 high-density 50-pin SCSI connector that isn't easy to find a
>cable or adapter for. Locally here (Florida, USA) the cables, when you
>can find one, run $80 USD for a two-footer. The adapter is $50. So, the
>cable may cost much more than the drive! The swap list won't help, as
>few people have them, and fewer are willing to part with them, as they
>are so hard to find affordably.
I stumbled across a couple of external HDs with HD50 external cases, and was
able to snag some HD50>DB25 cables for about $3 a piece on ebay.
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