Re: Questions about a Apple ProFile 5MB Harddisk

["Stefan Miganowicz" <nrsdpms1@tiac.net>]

Where would one find an Apple III system disk image?  I had one and I lost
the disk.



Thanks,
Stefan
Louis Schulman <louiss@gate.net> wrote in message
news:7tttdp$k26$1@news.gate.net...
> To high level format, you use the system utilities disk.  To low level
format,
> you need a special ROM for the drive, and special formatting software.
Apple
> kept the ROM and the software secret, only available to authorized service
> people, and therefore there are very few people with copies.  Apple
refused
> to provide copies, even to well-placed dealers of Apple equipment.
>
> Louis
>
> In <7tskpd$e8j@news-central.tiac.net>, "Stefan Miganowicz"
<nrsdpms1@tiac.net> writes:
> >How do you format a ProFile on an Apple III?  This is driving me nuts.
> >
> >
> >Patrick Schaefer <pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de> wrote in message
> >3801ACED.7346@fz-juelich.de">news:3801ACED.7346@fz-juelich.de...
> >> Alberto Cavalcoli wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I have opened my ProFile drive, and I have found a big Hard Disk. I
> >> > think it's a MFM type, but I'm not sure, have anyone idea ?
> >>
> >> This is a Seagate ST506 mechanism with Apple electronics. You can swap
> >> in the mechanical parts of a ST506 or ST412 MFM drive, but then you
> >> will  have to format the thing, and up to now this is a big problem.
> >>
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >
> >
>