Re: NadaNet for the //c - just an idea

[sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westgate@gmail.com>]

On Sep 18, 4:38 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 18, 2:41 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> > I've previously expressed my astonishment that the IIgs does
> > not support this simple, compatible protocol.
>
> Alas it's not an Apple supported protocol. The other issue is it
> assumes there's always a slow mode disk ][ device in slot 6, and
> there's really no guarantee that's the case. Even the Zip Chip and
> Transwarp allow you to disable slowdown for any slot (though it is the
> default behaviour for the Zip)

The GS has separate bits for slots 4-7, which control monitoring for
disk on/off IO accesses, so it is selectable for some slots, and only
for Disk II-alike devices. Pretty weird compared to generic /DEVSEL
monitoring.

Cheers,
Nick.