Re: ZipGS questions

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <slrncfg8sg.ig3.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net>,
Dan Foster  <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote:
>Just out of sheer curiosity, what makes slot 3 preferred on a ROM 03 GS?
>What's the preferred slot for ROM 00 and 01?

Most other cards won't work in slot 3 on the IIe and later systems
(including the IIGS), since onboard firmware is mapped into the memory space
that would be used by a ROM on a card in slot 3.  Also, slot 3 is lined up
fairly close to the processor socket, so the short ribbon cable that goes
from the ZipGS to the processor socket can reach it fairly easily when the
card is in slot 3.

(Any card that doesn't have a ROM that needs to be mapped into $Cx00-$CxFF
or into $C800-$CFFF should work in slot 3.)

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