On 11/11/2011 04:22 AM, Cedric Peltier wrote:
Well, I'm willing to do some further experimenting using Apple-branded drives only (no spvhd). But, so far I have not been able to get more a total of four drives recognized on my IIc +.
I finally found a reference about Prodos 8 prior to version 2.0.1 don't recognizing more than 2 smartport devices: http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/apple/technotes/pdos/tn.pdos.23.html This is confirming that only four devices could be seen by the Apple 2c+ when using Prodos 8 version 1.x.x. The maximum number of (storage ?) devices managed by Prodos 8 seem to be 14 according to the technical note.
What continues to be confusing is that my IIc + is managing a total of (4) devices on the slot 5 SmartPort with ProDOS 1.x. That tech note implies that two should have been the limit. It's mapping S5,D1 S5,D2 S2,D1 and S2,D2.