Model A9M0005 5 Megabyte (Discontinued)
A9M0100 10 Megabyte (Discontinued)
I. Technical Specifications
1. Data Storage Characteristics:
A9M0100 A9M0005
Data Capacity (formatted)
in megabytes: 10 5
Data Surfaces: 4 4
Heads per Surface: 1 1
Track Spacing per inch: 345 254
Tracks per Surface: 306 152
Sectors per Track: 16 16
Sectors per Surface: 4896 2432
Block Size
in bytes: 512 512
5.25" Floppy Equivalence: 70 35
2. Drive Characteristics:
Average Seek Time
in milliseconds: 85 180
Data Transfer Rate
in megabits/sec: 5 5
Rotational Start-up Time
in seconds: 20 20
Drive Ready to Operate
in seconds: 120 60
Rotational Speed
in RPMs +/- 1%: 3600 3600
Mean Time Between Failure:
in hours: 10,000 10,000
--Winchester technology
3. Interface:
a. Type: 8-bit parallel
b. Connector: DB-25
c. Drives per Interface: 1
4. Power Requirements:
a. U.S.: 110 VAC, 35 Watts
b. Europe: 230 VAC
c. Drive power source internal to the ProFile.
5. Environmental Requirements
a. Temperature
--Operating: 50 to 104 degrees F (10 to 40 degrees C)
--Storage: -7.6 to 176 degrees F (-22 to 80 degrees C)
b. Humidity
--Operating: 20 to 80% noncondensing.
--Storage: 1 to 95%
6. Physical Characteristics
inches centimeters
Height: 4.39 11.15
Width: 17.28 43.89
Depth: 8.81 22.38
pounds kilograms
Weight: 11 5
II. Package
With the 5 Megabyte or 10 Megabyte ProFile package:
1. Apple ProFile hard-disk drive
2. Apple ProFile Accessory Kit including:
a. ProFile interface cable
b. System-specific ProFile owner's manual
c. Warranty and product registration
d. User Input Report
3. Included in the Apple II Accessory Kit:
a. Catalyst II software
b. Apple II SOS Driver and Utilities software
c. Backup II software
d. Apple II ProFile Interface Card
4. Included in the Apple III Accessory Kit:
a. Catalyst 2.0 software
b. Pascal ProFile Manager software
c. Backup III software
d. Apple III ProFile Interface Card
III. System Configuration
--Either ProFile may be used the following Apple personal computers:
1. IIe
a. RAM: Minimum of 64 kilobytes
b. Operating System: ProDOS Pascal 1.2
c. Interface Cards:
-- The difference bewteen the 5Mb and 10Mb ProFile
Interface cards is the ROM at location C6. The ROM is
341-0271 for the 5Mb Card and 341-0299-B for the 10 Mb.
2. Apple III
3. Macintosh XL
NOTE: The Macintosh XL containing a built-in 10-megabyte hard disk requires a
Parallel Interface Card (Order A6BB101, obsolete).
Features
Controller automatically scans for error conditions, relocating marginal data
blocks elsewhere on the hard disk, if necessary.