Azrael wrote: > Does anybody know of a source for a SCSI card that will > work in an Apple IIgs w/latest OS and older external SCSI > Macintosh drives (20-160 megs) for a reasonable price (<$100)? > I know many people recommend the profile drives as the way > to go for a hard drive in an Apple I doubt that anyone would seriously suggest using a ProFile on an Apple II, if there was _any_ alternative available. The ProFile is pretty awful by comparison with later hard drives - it requires a proprietary controller card, is only 5 or 10 MB, is slow as molasses, and it cannot be reformatted unless you have an Apple /// with the Apple /// ProFile controller card, plus special firmware (and piggyback CPU) to installed in the ProFile drive, plus the software to control it. About its only unique feature is Apple's "Pascal ProFile Manager", which allows the sharing of the drive between ProDOS and Pascal, with the ability to create multiple logical Pascal volumes. Apple released two SCSI cards for the Apple II. The original card came out in 1986, and a significantly improved verison (the "High Speed" SCSI card) was released in 1989. They are supported by GS/OS (you need the latest firmware revision in the original Apple SCSI card). I've owned both of these cards, and used them with fixed drives ranging from a 60 MB Rodime up to an 850 MB Quantum Trailblazer, and also a SyQuest 44 MB removable cartridge drive. There were also several third party SCSI cards, the most popular of which was the RamFast, which had a lot of on-board RAM to act a cache, producing significantly better performance under 8-bit software (it doesn't have much of an advantage over Apple's High-Speed SCSI card under GS/OS). As for where you can get them: try posting a "wanted" message on comp.sys.apple2.marketplace, or keep an eye on E-Bay. -- David Empson dempson@actrix.gen.nz