Re: Smartport Questions

[dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)]

In article <1992Nov17.074802.8769@iscsvax.uni.edu> recker1763@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
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>How do I get the value for UnitNum in a SmartPort call from ProDOS 8?
>I want to issue a smartport call from the last used device?

There is no defined mapping from ProDOS 8 device number to SmartPort slot +
unit number.

The only guaranteed way I can think of is what I did in the Davex "eject"
command:  Read block 2 of all units on all SmartPort cards until you find
the disk with the right ProDOS volume name.
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