Re: Help with connecting Duodisk to IIgs

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <51fm22$ahr@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>In article <vcam-1409961827400001@ts34-4.wla.ts.ucla.edu>,
>Vinh Cam <vcam@ucla.edu> wrote:
>>I have a ROM 03 Apple IIgs with 2MB memory and a RAMFAST SCSI Rev. C card
>>in slot 7.  I've tried to daisy chain an Apple Duodisk to it but so far,
>>it won't work.
>
>   Could you be a little more precise about "it won't work"? Does the
>system never see the drive? Does the finder list the drive, but never
>see any contents in it? 
>
>   What I'd recommend checking first is if Slot 6 is set to "Your Card"
>in the Control panel (ctrl-open-apple-escape to start). If it is, the
>system won't recognize 5.25" drives plugged into the disk port in
>the back of the computer.

You need to snip some resistors on the duodisk analog card to get it to work
in a daisy chain. Don't ask me which ones, I only remember reading this in
a mag or somewhere years ago. Oughtta be a tech note somewhere about it.
-- 
Randy Shackelford                                 US Air Force officer
shack@frii.com                                    and Apple aficionado