I got my 1541 drive today and got to work on this project. The 1541 power supply was not up to the task so I'm going with an external power supply for now. The CD-ROM drive and the HD fit well in the case. I decided to use the adapter with the external db25 connector that matches the external connector on the computer. I have a cable to attach the computer to the drive assembly that creates a mirror of the connector on the back of the computer. so 1 on the computer attaches to 1 on the device and so on. This doesn't seem to work. Any ideas on what cable arrangement is needed for this?

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It was late last night and I didn't explain the cable I have correctly. The cable is basically a "gender Changer" it is a male db25 on each end but 1 goes to 13 and so on. Is this my Problem?