Yup, profiles have a ST-506 mechanism inside - the first popular 5.25 drive. On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:56 PM Devin Heitmueller via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Ok, I take it back. After finding a quick teardown video, it's clear that the ProFile had 5.25" platters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOxIq4l_qU
My bad.
Devin
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 3:52 PM Devin Heitmueller <devin.heitmueller@gmail.com> wrote:
Apple had the Profile external hard drive that could be connected to the Apple II (my elementary school had one to run the library card catalog). Not sure if it actually had 8" platters, but given the size of the unit that would sound about right.
Devin
On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 3:02 PM Peter Cetinski via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
The first Radio Shack hard drive for the Model II had an 8” Shugart HD.
Pete
On Jun 21, 2020, at 1:21 PM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Did any of the early micros ever get external 8" harddrives as an
upgrade
option?
I vaguely remember receiving a large 8" external SCSI drive in the early 1990s for my BBS that was already very old. I don't remember hearing though of any 8" harddisks being sold in magazines or advertised for atari 8bit, c64, apple // back in the day..
Any idea when the last 8" harddisks were manufactured? (Wikipedia lists 1998 for 5.25" drives, but nothing for the 8" form factor).
Thanks :) John
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