[vcf-midatlantic] External 8" harddisks

[Jason Perkins]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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