Re: Need an EXPERT! HELP

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:
: In article <886875076.1757347849@dejanews.com>,  <djcharr@MNSi.net> wrote:
: >Been looking high and low for an answer to my question... Recently, I was
: >given an old external Apple hard drive called a 'Profile'. After taking
: >it apart and a little research, it is only 10M and I believe was meant to
: >be used with the Apple II. 

:    Apple II, III, or Lisa. There were 5MB and 10MB versions. And
: that's no SCSI drive at all, even though that's the same cable
: connector Apple recycled later for SCSI. It's a bidirectional parallel
: setup that requires a specific interface card for the II or III to
: use-- a generic parallel card won't work.

It's NOT the same connector that Apple used later for SCSI.  Well, okay,
it sort-of is.  It's a DB-25 cable with one of the pins blocked off.  So
while the ProFile will connect easily and unsuccessfully to a SCSI port,
you cannot connect a SCSI or serial cable to a ProFile or to the ProFile
controller.

: >I have tried connecting the hardrive (via SCSI) to the SE but get a
: >"question mark" icon at boot up.

:    True plug and pray, and you got bitten. Nobody's innocent in that
: department. Sorry, don't even think about using that on a Mac SE, even
: though it's a HD and the cables fit fine.

Fit fine sort-of.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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