Re: Super Serial cd: for IIe slot #3??

[dg04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID GRUMBINE)]

In article <CC5Bz2.6rD@rainbow.cse.nau.edu>, jwa@sunset.cse.nau.edu (James W Abe
ndschan) writes:
>In article <1993Aug21.224150.7102@presby.edu> sebugg@presby.edu (Stephen Buggie
) writes:
>>sebugg@presby.edu                                           8-21-93
>>
>>            IIE: CAN SUPER SERIAL PRINTER CARD OPERATE IN SLOT #3?
>>            -----------------------------------------------------
>
>Yes, BUT:
>
>>I have only one vacant slot in my IIe: slot #3.  Most cards state in their
>>manuals that they cannot be placed in slot 3.  Here is my present configu-
>>ration:
>
>[...]
>>aux slot     Sequential Systems 1024K ram/80 col card  |
>
>If you have something in your Aux slot, you can't have something in slot 3.
>The aux slot was designed originally for 80 column cards and the like and
>is actually mapped to slot 3.  That's why if you have an 80 column card in
>the aux slot and *nothing* in slot 3 and type PR#3 you'll get popped into
>80 column mode [well, not really a 'pop' .. more like a 'swoosh.'  IBMs 'pop.'
>Apple's 'swoosh.']
>
>So the real answer is NO, not unless you get rid of your 1mb RAM card.

Actually, you CAN make cards to work in slot 3 along with a card in the AUX
slot.  Just not many people do.  The SS Card isn't one of them, unfortunately.
AE used to make some cards that would work in slot 3.  I think Transwarp was
one of them.  You might want to check the manuals for the AE cards you have to
see if any of them can work in slot 3.

>A suggestion tho.. toss the Datalink and get an external modem.  You'll
>be able to get a faster modem PLUS you'll get neato status lights.  Never
>underestimate the cool power of blinking lights.

What will this give him?  Then he'd need a 3rd SS card to connect the modem to,
and would need yet another slot......
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