Re: IIgs newbie question(s)

[jruschme@exit109.com (John Ruschmeyer)]

In article <383317D2.4D8F8B26@swbell.net>,
Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>John Ruschmeyer writes ...
>> 
>> 2) I want to install my old PCPI Applicard. I know that in a IIe, I would
>>    just drop it into an empty slot. As I understand it, on the IIgs, I
>>    need to go into the control panel and change the setting for the
>>    particular slot to "your card". What I don't know is the following:
>> 
>>         - What slot should I use for something like this?
>>         - Do I "lose" anything when I set the slot to "YOUR CARD"?
>>           (i.e., if I put the card in slot 4, which is currently
>>           set to "mouse", do I lose the use of the mouse or the
>>           emulation of the //e mouse card?)
>
>     Forgot what an Applicard is so looked it up. Back in April someone asked a
>similar question about CPM cards. Evidently, an Applicard won't fit in a IIgs.

Nope, it doesn't. :-(  Anybody know of a CP/M card that does?

>     If yours will fit, then, yes, if you put it in Slot 4 and set the Slot to
>"Your Card" you give up the mouse as long as the card is in use. Also, it seems
>that you would need to set IIgs Speed to "Normal" (slow) speed.

Okay. Out of curiousity, where does one usually put a coprocessor card in a 
IIgs (i.e., what slot?)? Do we all keep turning slots on and off, depending
on what we're running at the time?

Okay, I admit it, I'm confused. Any good tutorials on the use of slots in
a IIgs?

<<<John>>>