Any straight-through serial cable will do, you should be able to get one at a Radio Shack or a computer store.

Your problems could be a bad drive, or they could be something much simpler that can be repaired yourself. It might not even be hardware trouble, it could be this issue.

jEmplode (follow the jEmplode link at the top of this page) will work on the mac.
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Tony Fabris