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--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "trickstar303" <trickstar303@...> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I did some further troubleshooting and it turns out that
> the Mac won't boot even when the CD-Drive is NOT attached on the
> other end of the SCSI cable. But when I plugged in my Zip drive SCSI
> cable it will boot wether zip drive is attached or not. This tells
> me somehow that my CN50 to DB25 SCSI cable must be somehow messed
> up?
> 
> Would you agree or am I missing something?

Youre on the right track. It could be a bad DB25-CN50 cable, a bad CD terminator plug (have you tried swapping the terminator plug and CN50 cable connections on the back of your CD-Rom?), the internal cables may not be not be seated properly/disconnected inside your external CD case, or your CD-Rom drive itself may have become faulty.

PS: Some SCSI cables are self terminating which could explain why your Zip cable allows boot without the drive attached.