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

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
>: The Profile is pretty much useless without modification.  However,
>: after you convert it to SCSI, it is still a Profile, IMHO.  It still looks
>: great.  And you can still use it on an Apple III or III plus.  The
>: BOS OS has Apple HS SCSI drivers, so you can use such a card
>: with an SCSI converted Profile.
>
>Profiles are useful on ancient boxes which can't use anything else. HS SCSI
>cards aren't overly plentiful any more either so I wouldn't consider using one
>in a III. So that's a non issue in addition to being a goofy idea to convert
>an Apple III's Profile to SCSI then have to put a SCSI card in the III to use
>the drive if you ask me.

Since you already have Profile cards, of course it seems silly to you.
However, Profile cards are a hell of a lot more rare than High Speed
SCSI cards.

>As someone else pointed out, regular ol' SCSI enclosures are cheap and
>plentiful so there's no need to ruin a not-so-plentiful Profile to make one.

The low level formatting on the Profile mechs do not last forever.
You can't low level format without special hardware setup.  For
what it is worth FOR AN APPLE II USER, it seems better to
convert.

If you own some Lisas, that's a different story.

>: I wouldn't call it "gutting" a Profile.  More like a transplant.  ;-)
>
>I'll keep mine as is.

Well, sure, but if I had some non-functioning Profiles in my
attic, I'd rather put them to use via conversion.  They are
not going to be of any use for Lisa units anymore, right?