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From: george@flight.UUCP (George Rachor )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple /// & profile
Keywords: apple /// profile
Message-ID: <323@flight.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 21:11:51 GMT
References: <321@flight.UUCP> <1990Nov1.122833.12003@nstn.ns.ca>
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR
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> It uses a Profile Card.  They're connected by a ribbon cable or a round
> cable (which depends on your Profile, old or new.  The round cable _I 
> think_ will work for both kinds of Profiles) that looks a lot like an 
> RS-232 cable with pin 7 missing.  But don't use an ordinary RS-232 cable 
> with pin 7 cut off- you'll get weird I/O errors more or less often that will 
> make your life miserable.

Is there an apple part number for this cable?  Is there a pinout somewhere?


> You should be able to get a Profile Card /// (don't forget the driver!)
> from a dealer for a reasonable amount.
> 
> The card and cable couldn't just disappear- you may want to find out
> where they were from the previous owners.  You'll also find out if
> the profile has Catalyst or what programs installed.

I have no history available on this unit.  I am not even sure that 
this profile was used by this apple ///.

I hope to have some time this weekend to take a look at it.  I might actually
have the profile drive card already installed...(I initially thought it was
a serial card.  I won't know until I open it up.  As for software there was
literally a box (3 feet by 2 feet) chalked full of Manuals, and diskettes.

Sure... some of it is old data (which I will erase but there is a lot of
system software as well as original packages like Visicalc.  


I will try to get back to those who mailed replies.  Anybody want to start
an apple /// mailing list?(What am I saying?)

  Does apple ][ emualation mode emulate a ][+ or ][e?  Am I limited to dos3.3
while in ][e emulation mode?  Is the sos environment worth getting into?

 
-- 
George Rachor Jr.
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, OR  97124
george@flight.hf.intel.com