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From: jordan@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Steve J. Jordan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Need Help With Profile
Message-ID: <29110010@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Oct 90 16:42:26 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO
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Does anyone have experience with A Profile Hard Disk?  Aren't they
an old, slow, 5Meg hard disk that was one of the first available for the
Apple II?  Several questions:

What type of interface is needed?  Do they come with a card or do you need
to buy a separate card?  (And at what cost?)

How slow are they, compared to some of the fast, new SCSI drives available?

Will it work with both my Apple II+ and my Apple IIGS?  With my GS, can I
boot the system disk 5.0.2 (finder) off of it?

I probably can't afford even the cheapest new SCSI drive (Which is probably
$500 plus $100-$200 for the SCSI interface card), but I noticed the Profile
hard disks are pretty cheap.

Assuming the Profile will work fine, does anyone know the best place to get
one (CHEAP) ??

Steve Jordan
jordan@hpfcdj.hp.com