Re: Not enough slots!

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

Previously gary@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Gary Evans) wrote:
 
>I have recently been contemplating the pruchase of a hard drive for
>my IIgs,  but I'm not sure if I can find a free slot to plug in the SCSI
>card. I have seen ads that say that the card can be plugged into any
>slot except 3 but I assume that plugging in the SCSI card overrides that
>slot's normal function.
>
>I currently have the following setup, items in () indicate Control Panel
>Settings:
>
>Slot 1 - Laser Writer NT (Your Card)
>Slot 2 - External modem & Audio Animator card (Modem Port)
>Slot 3 - Empty (Built In Text Display)
>Slot 4 - Transwarp GS card (Mouse Port)
>Slot 5 - 3.5 Disk Drive (Samrt Port)
>Slot 6 - 5.25 Disk Drive (Disk Port)
>Slot 7 - Empty (Built in Appletalk)
 
Well if you don't use your 5.25 drive much or at all, you can plug your
SCSI card in slot 6 and configure it to your card. If you have a ROM 3 GS
you can plug the TransWarp in slot 3 and your SCSI card in slot 4.
 
Hmm... I wonder, how realistic is it to construct a sort of switchbox for
peripheral cards? Would it be safe? It'd certainly be convienient, one of
my GS's has run out of slots and now I'm using a second one.

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Herbert Fung   herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca   
Edmonton Remote Systems   Serving Edmonton/Northern Alberta since 1982