Re: 5.25" drive & FocusDrive

[Michael Maginnis <michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com>]

Dave Althoff Jr wrote:

> Michael Maginnis (michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com) wrote:

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> Put your Focus in Slot 7, chain the floppies off the SmartPort, and you'll
> have Focus in 7, 5.25 in 6, and 3.5 in 5.  

Yeah, I did that, which necessitated moving my Apple HS SCSI card to 
Slot 1 or 2 from Slot 7.  Everything works when I do that, except the 
SCSI card.  Switching to "Your Card" doesn't help, either.

> If you have a ROM 01 and you are using AppleTalk, put the Focus in Slot 1
> (if you are AppleTalking over the printer port) or Slot 2 (if you are
> AppleTaking over the modem port) and set your startup slot to wherever you
> put the Focus unless you want to boot from the floppies.

Got a ROM03

> If you have a ROM 03, put the Focus in Slot 7.
>
> If you want to switch off which drive you boot from, find a program called
> ProBoot...I want to say it's one of Sheppy's creations but I am not sure
> right now.  I tried it, but discovered that if I really wanted to boot
> from a floppy it was just as easy to hit RESET a couple of times and do a
> PR#n.

I don't really need to boot from the 5.25", at least not often - it 
would just be nice to have one attached to the IIgs so I can access 
certain floppies I still have.

> --Dave Althoff, ][.

Thanks for the advice.

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Mike

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Apple II user since 1983
"Fighting the frizzies at eleven"
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