Re: ProFile drive

[aw133@lafn.org (James Poore)]

In a previous article, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) says:

>    The Profile controller card is a rather rare beast; it's one of
>the very few bidirectional parallel interface cards for the Apple
>II. These cards appear to be scarcer than the actual drives nowadays,
>as judging by your and many other posts.
>
Jus outta curiosity, would these controller cards serve any purpose in 
perhaps adding a parallel-port tape-backup unit in the II's?

I know there would probably be some software hacking involved in getting 
data in and out thru a parallel card, but hey that what challenges are 
made of.

Jus thinking out loud...
Jim

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