Re: ProFile interface for Apple ][+?

[dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <CHMMKH.J34@sed.csc.com> jruschme@sed.csc.com (John Ruschmeyer) writes:
> Sitting across from me is an Apple ProFile 5mb drive which has come into
> my hands through various sources (my own stupidity really).  Nearby sits a
> 64k Apple ][+ with dual floppies ($20 at a local flea market).
> 
> Some thoughts arise...
>   1) Is/Was there an interface from the ][+ to the ProFile?

Yes.  I have a (borrowed) ProFile with interface card.  The card is
rather nondescript - a lot of TTL logic chips, an EPROM and so forth.
It is labelled "APPLE II INTERFACE 820-5006-B".  The EPROM is labelled
"341-0271-A".

There is a 25-way cable soldered onto the card, leading to a DB-25
female plug with pin 7 blocked up.

The cable to connect to the ProFile looks like a short RS-232 ribbon
cable, except that both plugs are missing pin 7.

It may be possible to buy one of these cards from Sun Remarketing.  I
don't have their address handy - it should be in the FAQ for this group.


A different interface card (which I haven't seen) is used to connect
the drive to an Apple III.  It can also be connected to an Apple
Lisa's parallel port (no interface card is required, as far as I know,
but I don't know if the same cable can be used).

>   2) By some chance would one of you (who have no doubt long since upgraded)
>      still have the card, cables, etc. needed to connect these two?

Sorry, it isn't spare...
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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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