Re: Profile drive question

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <3B78ABC5.6654B504@intergate.bc.ca>, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

> Ernest wrote:
> 
> > What kind of hard drive did the Profile 5mg  use? If I have one with a dead
> > HD, what could I replace it with?
> 
> Can't answer that but you can look up the drives specs at
> http://www.webtradecenter.de/pcdisk/
> 
> Mine uses a Seagate ST506 mechanism.

There is a picture of a naked Profile drive on my Apple III page at
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/appleiii.html. As Wayne wrote,
the basic drive mechanism is a Seagate but it uses proprietary Apple
add on boards. You should be able to change the mech for a working one
but you will then need to low level format the drive. I have never read
an authoritative explanation of how the drive is formatted although
perhaps that might change...

Phil