Re: High Density /RAM5

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <2oldo0$q6k@crl.crl.com>, Matthew Pearce <mpearce@crl.com> wrote:
> 
> sorry, I haven't been on the net long enough to have read the discussion of
> Apple rooking the ][ people out of the /RAM5 disk by uisng the card.

I don't know if there was much 'discussion', as such.

I bought a SuperDrive card shortly after it was released, and I asked
the Apple people why support for RAM5 wasn't included, since putting a
SuperDrive card in slot 5 prevents the use of the internal SmartPort
(including RAM5 and ROM5).  I can't remember what their reasons were; I
think it was either lack of ROM space or lack of time.

My solution to the problem was to put the SuperDrive card in another
slot (6 in my case).  I also left my Apple 3.5 Drive connected to the
IIgs disk port, because some IIgs software (FTA stuff, ZZCopy, Copy
II+ 3.5" Bit Copy, and some games) only works with a 3.5" drive on the
built-in drive port.

(As a result, I have four SmartPort-compatible interfaces in my ROM 3
IIgs: PC Transporter in 7, SuperDrive in 6, IIgs SmartPort in 5, Apple
HS SCSI card in 4.)
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David Empson
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