Re: ProFile HD system for the IIe?

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes...
> 
>You certainly can't buy a ProFile new any more (I don't think Apple
>sold them after about 1986; I seem to recall a modification to the
>interface card to get it to work on a IIgs, which would have been in
>late 1986 or 1987).

	The card (labeled "Apple II Interface") required no modifications
to work on an Apple IIgs system. However, if you wanted to use the ProFile
under GS/OS, it required you update the ROM on the card. The correct ROM
part number is 341-0299-B.

>You can probably get the drive and Apple II controller card from
>somewhere like Shreve Systems.

	It may be difficult to track down the required ProFile controller
card, I've heard these are very rare to come by. This is why I'll probably
hang on to my Apple II version of the ProFile controller, just incase I
happen to find a ProFile HD in future. I also have an Apple III handy if
there's a need to low-level format it, although I don't have the III-version
of the controller card (doubt I could find one anyway at this point in time).

>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca