Re: //e Card Slot & HD quagmire

[themaples@worldnet.att.net (Bruce Maples)]

>Unfortunately, there is no easy way to override this on a IIe, as the
>5.25" controller will not pass control onto the next slot if there is no
>disk in the drive.

I don't believe this is true.  I had a DuoDisk and a 3.5 on my //e,
and it would boot off the DuoDisk (slot 6) if there was a boot disk,
or move on to the 3.5 (slot 5) if not.

So, I would set up the HD in slot 5, so if you want to boot off the
5.25 put a disk in, but if not, leave it blank.