SCSI cable needed

Roy J. Tellason wrote: ________________________________ I've been going through a whole mess of stuff trying to get a CD burner working here, one I have won't work at all, one won't open and close its drawer reliably, and what I finally got to work was an external unit, a Yamaha CRW4260tx. Not new, but hey, it works... The thing is, I've currently got it hooked up by having the cover off, using a 50-wire ribbon cable from the rear of the actual drive assembly to the internal connector of the Adaptec 2940 that's in the computer, which also has its cover off. I'd like to put the covers on again, particularly since someone mentioned in here that cooling is critical with those drives, but to do that I need the right cable. The person I got this stuff from gave me *all* of their SCSI stuff, they ssy. And included in that was a ribbon cable, but that's apparently for internal use as it has three connectors on it and they're all the same size. I do have the book for the burner handy, and the cable shown in there is round. And the connector on the burner (2 of them actually) is *smaller* than the external connector on the 2940, I don't know exactly what you'd call this one. Anybody have such a cable they'd be willing to part with? I don't have much cash to work with at all, but could probably cover postage, or maybe trade some stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy, I've read this twice but couldn't figure out which cable you need. Where does the cable go - drive to external box, external box to PC connector or internal to PC? How many pins on each end, what kind of connector etc. I can help you, albeit slowly, since the stuff is up North, 400 miles away. I have three of the Yamaha units that you are welcome to. I'll even ship them free. But all three have a bad laser diode. It was one of the early burner designs and has a limited number of on-hours. I really liked the Yamaha externals, but they wore out quickly. The flat cable with the three connectors was used on one of the Yamaha boxes to go from the drive to the TWO connectors on the back of the external box. My other two Yamahas had the two rear connectors soldered together with loose wires going into a 50 pin connector plugged into the back of the drive. I also have boxes of SCSI cables, all types, and terminators. But because of the wide variation in types, I need to know exact pin count and connector types. I have a few down here in Orange County, so maybe we'll be lucky. Just send me a detailed description. So let me know exactly what you are looking for. And if you want the other Yamahas, I'll be going up 3rd week in October and can send them to you then. Billy