Re: Need an EXPERT! HELP

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <886875076.1757347849@dejanews.com>,  <djcharr@MNSi.net> wrote:
>Been looking high and low for an answer to my question... Recently, I was
>given an old external Apple hard drive called a 'Profile'. After taking
>it apart and a little research, it is only 10M and I believe was meant to
>be used with the Apple II. 

   Apple II, III, or Lisa. There were 5MB and 10MB versions. And
that's no SCSI drive at all, even though that's the same cable
connector Apple recycled later for SCSI. It's a bidirectional parallel
setup that requires a specific interface card for the II or III to
use-- a generic parallel card won't work.

>I have tried connecting the hardrive (via SCSI) to the SE but get a
>"question mark" icon at boot up.

   True plug and pray, and you got bitten. Nobody's innocent in that
department. Sorry, don't even think about using that on a Mac SE, even
though it's a HD and the cables fit fine.

Nathan Mates
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