Re: Imagewriter and ProFile Questions

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, David!

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> >(I'm not sure what is inside, perhaps a Winchester mechanism?).
> 
> The 5MB ProFile uses a standard Seagate ST-506 mechanism, which is the
> original version of the hard drive which was the basis for the IBM XT hard
> drive and subsequent larger "MFM" drives in PCs.  I expect the 10MB
> version uses an ST-512 (or whatever it is called) but is otherwise
> identical.

        Emphasize MECHANISM.  !ALL! electronics were Apple supplied, and
on the board over the power supply.  The ST506 mech was as much a ST506 as
a bigblock RAT motor is a full-ton pickup truck ... <B-)  BTW, the 10meg
was the ST412 mechanical (MUCH faster access than the 512, 85ms vs. 105ms
.. <B-) )

        (This is more for the lurkers than anything ... )

        RwP

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