Need cable info for Micro Solutions model 164550

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As the subject says, I'm in need of cables for these units (four). What are
the pinouts for such a cable? Are there crossed wires similar to a nul modem
cable or are both ends standard printer connections? Could a person not make
his own? I have sufficient parts on hand for such a project.

Thanks
 
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| As the subject says, I'm in need of cables for these units (four). What are
| the pinouts for such a cable? Are there crossed wires similar to a nul modem
| cable or are both ends standard printer connections? Could a person not make
| his own? I have sufficient parts on hand for such a project.
|
| Thanks
 
labatyd said:
As the subject says, I'm in need of cables for these units (four). What are
the pinouts for such a cable? Are there crossed wires similar to a nul modem
cable or are both ends standard printer connections? Could a person not make
his own? I have sufficient parts on hand for such a project.

Thanks
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All Backpack drives use standard DB25 parallel printer cabling. Any good
quality printer cable will work. Source:

http://www.micro-solutions.com/support/more_tips/moretips1.asp

Sunny
 
Sunny said:
All Backpack drives use standard DB25 parallel printer cabling. Any good
quality printer cable will work. Source:

http://www.micro-solutions.com/support/more_tips/moretips1.asp

Sunny
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My next question. Could these backpacks be used with a hard drive as well. I
notice there are some wires cutoff on the ribbon cable between the board and
drive. Apparantly a CDrom doesn't need as many conductors as a HD. This
cable would have to be replaced I expect.

Thanks
 
labatyd said:
My next question. Could these backpacks be used with a hard drive as well. I
notice there are some wires cutoff on the ribbon cable between the board and
drive. Apparantly a CDrom doesn't need as many conductors as a HD. This
cable would have to be replaced I expect.

Thanks
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You want to install a hard drive in a Backpack CD-ROM enclosure?

I think it will probably work, but I'd try it with the existing ribbon
cable first because the cutoff wires are likely for master/slave
selection (i.e. not applicable) and/or printer pass-through. You are
unlikely to damage anything, even if it doesn't work - but you will be
experimenting in unknown territory, so don't blame me if something nasty
happens ;-)

A more cautious approach might be to obtain a Backpack hard drive
enclosure first, so you can see if it uses the same internal wiring as
the CD-ROM version.

Sunny
 
Sunny said:
You want to install a hard drive in a Backpack CD-ROM enclosure?

I think it will probably work, but I'd try it with the existing ribbon
cable first because the cutoff wires are likely for master/slave selection
(i.e. not applicable) and/or printer pass-through. You are
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Makes sense.
unlikely to damage anything, even if it doesn't work - but you will be
experimenting in unknown territory, so don't blame me if something nasty
happens ;-)
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Not to worry. I've a number of old smaller HD's around. No great loss.
A more cautious approach might be to obtain a Backpack hard drive
enclosure first, so you can see if it uses the same internal wiring as the
CD-ROM version.
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If I could find one to look at.
 
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