> > Greetings: > > Well, I tried the e-mail route, so I'll try here: > Small Dog people; I'm looking for a HDI-30 SCSI cable to > hitch my PB 190 with my 6320 for file sharing. I want to do business > supporting good Mac guys but being a 911 job victim I have to haggle > prices here; makes no sense buying a $50.00 cable when 5300s are > going that rate on eBay! > Thanks! > JimWG >
If you wish to do SCSI disk mode file sharing, just getting a HDI-30 "cable" (I've never seen one) will NOT work; you have to use the hardware adapter to make the SCSI disk mode magic work, there's a different pinout. In that case, the thing to do is to get a $10 powerbook SCSI adapter (may or may not support SCSI disk mode, be sure you get the right one) and use a regular cable. The SCSI disk mode adapters are usually available on ebay, or try the swap list. the ones for disk mode, can switch back and forth from the SCSI disk mode to regular adapter mode. If you really can't find one for sale, email me off-list, I might have a spare one kicking around. For hooking up a CD-ROM or whatever, get a $3 powerbook scsi adapter (they used to be $9) from www.datamemorysystems.com in the clearance section. Then buy a DB-25-to-whatever-your-external-drive-needs cable for $7 to $14 from your local computer store. HTH. Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
