Re: Slot settings on a ROM 3

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Supertimer wrote:

> Pim Blokland <nipp@nipp.nl> wrote:
>
> >There has been much discussion in this newsgroup about the slot settings
> >on IIgsses. Like that on a ROM 3, you can set slot 4 to "Your card" and
> >still be able to use the mouse, while on a ROM 01, you can't.
>
> Right.  Under GS/OS, you can use slot 4 and keep the mouse
> on a ROM 3.  The ROM 01 can't do this.  You get an extra
> slot to use.  This is only for slot 4, though.

If you use 8 bit programs with a mouse you'll need to keep it set to
mouse. However most people don't really need the mouse in any 8
bit programs they do use.


> >But I'm still a bit in the dark about how this all works. Not to say
> >flabbergasted.
> >For instance, I noticed the other day that after I set slot 3 to "Your
> >card" instead of "Built in text", I can execute the APPLESOFT command
> >PR#3, and the machine switches to 80 columns. But I cannot execute the
> >PRODOS command PR#3; this results in a "No device connected" error.
> >Why?
>
> That's strange.  PR#3 should cease working either way.

Most likely the IIgs wasn't restarted after the slot change was made.
The currant slot settings stay in affect untill a restart..