Re: DMA 4 meg v. 8 meg

[KP <kjpmail@gmail.com>]

On May 6, 11:01 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On May 6, 10:49 am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you have a physical card in some of the slots, could you override
> > recognition of that card and use the slot as a virtual slot for the
> > CFFA3K?
>
> The CFFA3k will insert virtual ROM in the slot you tell it to.  So, if
> your card already has ROM in that space, they'll collide.
>
> > For example, if I have a Z80 card in Slot 4 but I want (for some
> > reason) to mount a disk image from the CFFA3K in Slot 4, do I have to
> > physically remove the Z80 card, or can the Apple be told to ignore the
> > physical card and recognize the virtual card?
>
> In the GS through the control panel, you can configure a slot to
> either behave with the internal definition or instead to obey what's
> plugged into it.  In order to get the CFFA3k's virtual Disk II slot
> working, you have to set that slot to "your card" so the ROM can be
> inserted in that memory space.  If there's a physical card in that
> slot already, it wouldn't work.  So I think the short answer to your
> question is, "no."
>
> But it's endlessly configurable... you can set the CFFA3k to emulate
> the Disk II in the slot that the '3k is already occupying, too.  It'll
> disable the SmartPort drive capability, but it's possible.

So if I have empty slots 5 (except for the smartport 3.5" drive), 6
(except for the smartport 5.25" drive), and the CFFA3K is in 7, then
that should be more than adequate?