Re: IIgs 3.5" disk drive limit

["Leslie Ayling" <layling@intercoast.com.au>]

2x3.5" and 2x5.25" drives daisy chained off the smartport.

You can always put another disk controller in one of your
vacant slots if you need more, such as a Disk ][ controller
etc.

Leslie

Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com> wrote in message
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> How many 3.5" and 5.25" drives can I daisy chain together on a ROM01
> IIgs?  I assume that I can have no more than 2 5.25" drives.  How many
> 3.5" drives can I have?
>
> My current system has 2 of each, with the following slot assignments:
>
> slot 1)  Apple SCSI Card.  D1 = /HD (32M drive) D2 = nothing
> slot 2)  onboard serial   D1 = 2nd 3.5" drive
> slot 3)  D2 = /RAM
> slot 4)  onboard mouse
> slot 5)  onboard smartport  D1= 1st 3.5" drive, D2 = /RAM5
> slot 6)  onboard floppy  D1/D2 = 5.25" drives.
> slot 7)  onboard appletalk
>
> If I add a thrid 3.5" drive, and it works, will it become S2D2?
>
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