Re: Confused about IIGS slots and AppleTalk

[msc1983@mac.com (Matthew Carpenter)]

In article <3BCBBBBB.9BEC5593@intergate.ca>, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.ca> wrote:

> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> >    I have an ROM 01 IIGS.  I am currently waiting for an Apple high Speed
> > SCSI card to arive.  While I have been waiting I have been looking up
> > information about slot configurations but what I have been finding has me
> > a little confused.
> >
> >    what I want to do is be able to have my ImageWriter II connected
> > directly to the printer port(slot 2).  I want to be able to use both 3.5
> > and 5.25 drives(slots 5 and 6).  The mouse(slot 4)....slot 3 is stuck with
> > the 80collumn display... Apple talk on (slot 7...and 1???)
> >
> >    What I'm confused about is when I have slot 1 set for "your card" and
> > slot 7 set for AppleTalk will I be able to put my SCSI card in slot 1?  Or
> > will I have to give something up in order to use the SCSI card?
> 
> Do you have your IIgs networked to anything? If not then you don't need
> AppleTalk turned on.
> What happens is when you set slot 7 to AppleTalk and slot 1 to your card
> then AppleTalk uses the printer port for the AppleTalk network. Turning it
> to your card is just to free up that port for the AppleTalk network.However
> slot 1 can now use any card since the slot is now turned on.
> Same goes for slot 2 except of course AppleTalk is using the printer port
> 
> You'll be able to use your SCSI card in any slot that's set to your card.
> 
>     Wayne

Ok.  As far as netorking... at this moment I don't have it networked with
anything.  Once I get the SCSI card I intend on connecting an External
Hard disk and then I'll be networking it with my Mac to get things off the
internet onto it.  If what your saying is correct then I won't have to
give up anything I have already been using... although this seems to
conflict with william's reply so now I guess I'll just have to wait and
see what happens...
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