OT: Vintage fP (actually Profile) system for sale

[Bill Vermillion]

In the last exciting episode of the filePro saga, 
Robert Haussmann was heard to say:" 
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Robert Haussmann said: 

> Actually, posting this out of curiosity more than anything else.

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4193&item=5106232201&
> rd=1
> (Tandy Model II with Xenix upgrade)

> Scroll down to the image of the software it includes: "Profile
> Plus System Upgrade". Anybody have any idea what version this
> is (and what it is an upgrade from/to)?

The old Radio Shack Model II had a Profile that was similar to
the one on the Model I.  As I recall it used the separate
key, and 3 dat files.  The upgrade to Xenix was for the then
new Radio Shack Model 16 - with the Xenix 1.3.1 ?? [I have 2 sets
of original 1.3.3 and 1.3.?].   The upgrade included the conversion
tool that coalesced the 3 dat files into one.

It's been a VERY LONG time ago but that version was pretty limited
and my memory says each of the key and dat files were only 256bytes
long.

I saw it running once at a site I got called into.  They had the
fastest Radio Shack printer I'd ever seen.  Don't know who OEM'ed
it but it was a true line printer - and I don't recall if it had
the moving band or the shaking head bar with a printhead for
each character position.

You had to make sure it had clearance behind as the paper came out
so fast you would get a jam on top of the printer.

Probably in the neighborhood of 700lpm - as was standard in those
days.

> Interesting what you can find for sale these days:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5107273552&
> rd=1
> Profile 4 Plus manual (although picture doesn't match description)
> 
> Bob Haussmann
> Tabor Children's Services, Inc.
> 
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com