Apple profile - Introduction to ProFile Drive; Getting Familiar with ProFile

rrrrrtrrr!rl
Itlr[;
rlrrl
rrltu /trllrl
tlllEJfrrEl
lntroduction
Getting
Familiar
Powerful computers, such as the
Apple lll, need
large amounts of data
storage
in
a
physically
small
package.
They also require their data
storage
systems
to
be
highly reliable. Your new ProFrle
disk drive
(Figure
I
-l
)
will more than sdtrsf
y
lhese
requirements.
t
Figure 1-1. ProFile Disk Drive
The
ProFile disk storage system consists of a
fixed-media, random-
access, 5-1/4
inch disk
drive
and a disk controller card
packaged
together
in
a
lightweight,
compact
cabinet. ProFile
is
a Winchester-type
device,
meaning
that the readiwrite heads, the disks, and the actuator
lntroduction