I have an old SCSI Zip Drive that I want to use with my old Macintosh Plus as a replacement for a HDD. The Zip Drive has two female DB-25 SCSI ports on it, one for connecting to the computer, and the other for connecting to another SCSI device. The Mac Plus has one female DB-25 SCSI port. The problem is, I don't have a DB-25 SCSI cable for this purpose. But, I do have a Parallel Cable, with two male ends, that would fit into the SCSI port on the computer, and the correct SCSI port on the Zip Drive, so would I be able to use it as an alternative, since it's just a cable, or is it wired differently?
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No, and you will be dissatisfied with the lack of speed if it does happen to work.
Shielding and pinouts on those ZIP drive cables were not what you get with random RS-232 printer cables.
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