Re: Atalk Q's

[platkus@falcon.ic.net (Shawn Platkus)]

Chuck Plater (cplater@pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
> I want to set up a small atalk network at home.  I have a ROM 01 GS, a
> Mac SE running Sys 7 and an ImageWriter w/ Appletalk Card.  I have an
> InnerDrive controller in slot 7.  If I turn Atalk on, will I have to
> move the InnerDrive card?  I just wanna check before I go through all
> the hassle of running phone cables through the house for this thing


> Chuck Plater
> Student Consultant, Wayne State University

Hey Chuck,

The answer to your question is probably not what you want to hear.
With ROM 01 machines, Slot 7 must be set to 'AppleTalk' in the control
panel.  This will disable slot 7, and thus the innerdrive won't work.
My suggestion is to move the Innerdrive to slot 6 if you don't have
anything in it.  I find I rarely use any 5.25" disks, and if I do, they
are Apple ][ games that self boot, and thus a hard drive wouldn't need
to be used at the same time as the 5.25" drives.

The other alternative is to get a ROM 3 machine that will let you set
slot 1 or 2 to AppleTalk, thus solving your problem.


-Shawn
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