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Re: ProDOS / Autostart ROM ID bytes
David Empson wrote:
> Unless you start hacking things, this is only possible if your card is
> in slot 5 (and you are running ProDOS-8 1.2 or later), which basically
> rules it out in a IIgs, because nobody will want to lose their 3.5"
> drive or /RAM5 support.
>
> > Suppose I have this ProDOS driver at $C600 (Slot 6), which reports at
> > $C6FE that it has 3 volumes (bits 5:4 == 11b). Will it work not being
> > in Slot 5?
>
> ProDOS will ignore the fact that it has three units, and only give
> access to the first two.
Thanks, David, this answers my question - I'll just stick to two
volumes.
Thanks also to everybody else for helping, and especially to Paul for
providing the reference online.