Re: Profile HD- What is necessary to make it work w/ the II's

["Jim Thompson" <pdsrome@roman.net>]

First of all, thank you for the help! While I did not intend to provoke as
lively a discussion as this did, the insights were useful. I will likely
set the Profile aside until I locate a card for my IIe or my IIIplus and
plan on tracking down a SCSI card for my IIgs to use with an external
drive.

Again, thaks for the information!

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote in article
<19980928035956.02004.00002910@ng28.aol.com>...
> 
> Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
> 
> >: I think you read me wrong, Randy.  I don't have much feeling
> >: for the original Apple II.  Now if it was a working Apple IIGS or
> >: a working Apple IIc Plus that he was messing with, I would
> >: probably feel what a waste.  I don't think I'd have much use for
> >: an original Apple II, no matter how rare.  On the flip side, the
> >: Apple IIe is one of the more capable Apple IIs, so even though
> >: it is the most plentiful, I hate to see one destroyed.  ;-)
> >
> >Boy you're not nearly the Apple II fan I was figuring then. I have an
> >original ][ in like new shape in its original box with original manuals,
> >plus a copy of the red book. These are a couple of the most prized
members
> >of my antique Apple collection. IIe's and IIgses are a dime a dozen now
and
> >I wouldn't trade that ][ for a truckload of them. BTW I have a Woz
signature
> >edition IIgs with ROM 0 and the original VGC in my collection as well.
> 
> We are different kinds of Apple II fans.  You are the collector.
> You want things "as they were" which explains your love for
> something like ROM 0 IIGS with faulty VGCs.
> 
> I, on the other hand, want to hack units to push them as far as
> they can go for doing useful tasks.  Even though I have a
> Windows PC and have access to Macintoshes, I still like to
> use the IIGS for computing tasks much of the time.
> 
> The original Apple II can't be pushed very far.  Certainly,
> it can't be pushed no matter how I hack it to word process
> a simple letter on an ink jet printer.  Thus, the original Apple II
> is useless to me, no matter how rare.
> 
> The Apple IIGS and even the Apple IIe are useful
> computers to me.  They can actually DO the computing
> tasks that I'm interested in.
> 
> There is nothing wrong with your point of view.  There is
> nothing wrong with my point of view either.  Both camps
> are represented here on csa2.  The Profile controversy has
> just brought these differences to a focus, that's all.
> 
> You see a ROM 0 IIGS with faulty VGC and thing "gee,
> that's rare, I want it."
> 
> I see a unit that needs upgrading to be useful.
>