Re: Imagewriter and ProFile Questions

[transit@wco.com (Chet Gerhardt)]

Gary Sutton (cvotter@prairienet.org) wrote:
: We recently picked up, dirt-cheap, a ProFile hard drive, an Imagewriter 
: II printer, and a Performa 14.4 modem; but we are having trouble getting 
: them to work.  The problem with the Profile is just the lack of a cable 
: to connect it to the GS.
: 
: Any info and insights would be greatly appreciated.
: 
: Yerf!

Sorry to tell you that you will need the Profile Apple 2 interface card to
use it on any apple 2, then you will only have 5 or 10 megs of memory
(most likely 5) and it will be SLOWWW.  Anyone have a spare interface card
for a Profile for this man?\Not to mention the shielded cable for the
drive to the card.

(I used 3 of these for many years until I went SCSI).  You cannot connect
this to a 5.25 controller, or a 3.5 controller, or a UDC for that matter.
They are a specialized drive unlike all others.  BTW there is only one to
a controller card, not 2 (this was Apple's first drive meant for a III),
but usable on a II with the correct card.

:)