Re: SuperDrive Controller in GS's Slot 5 - no RamDisk anymore?

["Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com>]

"apple2e" <mcs6502@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Yes, moving the card to another slot is what you need to do. Do you
> still use 5.25" drives? If not, slot 6 is the one to use.

I'll second the vote for Slot 6 - that's where mine is!

I rarely use 5.25" disks so it's no great loss. And generally anything that 
needs 5.25" disks doesn't support/need 3.5" disks (old games, etc).

I also have a little utility written by someone else with the same setup 
which detects the control key being pressed at boot time. (I think it's the 
control key - it's been a while now and the GS isn't handy.) If pressed, it 
swaps Slot 6 to internal (the 5.25" drives), sets the speed to 1 MhZ (as is 
often required!) and boots slot 6. This pretty much covers 95% of my use of 
5.25% drives. The only time I need more is if I'm doing disk recovery for 
someone - fortunately a very rare need these days.
-- 
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)