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From: phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ProFILE repairs
Message-ID: <24073.2646bb2f@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 8 May 90 02:27:27 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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I recently bought a 10MB ProFILE cheaply which had suffered some sort of disk
crash.  When turned on it starts the self-test read/write routine, but after
about five cycles it stops, the ready light goes out and stays out.

My thoughts in buying this were that I could attempt to fix the disk, which
might involve replacing the hard disk unit (Seagate), or remove the ProFILE
innards and use the power supply to run a SCSI drive in the enclosure.  However
I remember talk about problems with formatting a ProFILE.

A friend who works for a dealer says that he remembers that formatting had to
be done using a special dealers only program that ran on an Apple III.  If this 
is the case is there any way around it?  Otherwise I guess that I need to get a
copy of the program and find someone with an Apple III.  Any words of advice
are welcome - I would like to get a working hard disk, but can't afford other
methods at present. 
-- 
Stephen Harker
Monash University