Re: PROFile Drive???

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

In article <2d6df6$37d@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> valthoff@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Victoria M Althoff) writes:
> 
> I have heard (unsubstantiated rumor) that I must be very careful with my 
> proFile, because it cannot be reformatted on the Lisa or on a ][e/gs.  My 
> understanding is that the formatting procedure requires the use of an Apple 
> III, and the exchange of one of the PROMS on the ProFile logic board.

This is correct.  An Apple III with Apple III ProFile interface card
is required, along with a special ROM which replaces the ProFile's ROM
(piggybacked onto the processor, which I seem to recall being a member
of the Z8 family).  I'm not sure if special software is required on
the Apple III.

A friend of mine has done this for several ProFile drives - my user
group's BBS used to use ProFiles, and we cycled between a few of them,
doing a low-level format on each one after it failed (which was a
regular event).

We now use a SCSI drive, and the BBS is a lot more reliable.  :-)
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David Empson                                                               
dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz                                                
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