Re: Question on ProDOS SmartPort drive remapping

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Dec 6, 3:26 pm, Eric <englere_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the detailed info! I have some learning to do.
> I am writing down what I learn to help others in the future. Those
> little flash cards really make Apple II's more fun. Swapping floppies
> was always a pain.
>
> I have a Platinum IIe with a printer card in slot 1. I don't know the
> details on that and I've never used it. I've got an Apple memory
> expansion card in slot 2, and that gets mounted as /RAM2. The built-in
> slot 3 ram gets mounted as /RAM. I have a 5.25" floppy controller in
> slot 6, and the Microdrive CF Card board in slot 7.

If you've got a memory expansion card in slot 2, it will 'format' as /
RAM2 and be mapped to Slot 2, Drive 1. Note that this will make Slot
2, Drive 2 inaccessible for remapping, but since you only need to
remap 2 volumes, this isn't going to be a hassle.

On my IIe, I have 4 volumes mounted at all times this way.

> I am looking for a CP/M board but I don't have one yet. I understand
> they have a strong preference for slot 4.

4 became the defacto slot, but they work fine in any slot...

> It sounds like I can maybe fully utilize a 256 Meg CF card, since
> SmartPort can re-use slots without block devices. This is good news!

They will map to slot 4. Good luck trying to fill them though ;-)

Matt