Re: Profile HD info needed

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32FFD56C.7BA4@ix.netcom.com>,  <jcreid@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>I just picked up a Profile hard disk at my local thrift store.  
>The model number is A9M0005 so can I assume this is a 5Mb unit?

   Quite possibly. There was only a 5MB and a 10MB variant.

>What card is recommended for using this on an Apple II?  Will it work on
>an Apple II?

   The only card that's recommended for making it function (and the
only card that does make it function) is the Profile controller
card. What you have there is a drive that communicated to the host
through about the only Apple II (and Apple III) bidirectional parallel
card. Yes, like a printer. Worse, due to Apple's attempts to shaft the
Apple II starting back in the 1980s, you can only format that drive on
an Apple III.

>Is there software required to make the Apple SCSI card function? 

   It's not SCSI, don't even think about connecting it to a SCSI card
unless you swap out the drive mechanism for a real SCSI one. [If you
bought it with a SCSI card, and the two can already talk to each
other, looks like a previous owner might have done that]

> How hard is it to find 5 or 10 Meg drives should this unit go
>belly up?  And is 10 Megs the limit?  Inquiring minds want to know.... 
>Thanks in advance.

   10MB was the limit of the profiles. If you can find one of the
controllers for these beasts, and get it working, great. If you have a
SCSI controller, buy a SCSI drive from elsewhere and use that, unless
you like the museum piece.

Nathan Mates

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