Re: CFFA3000 Video Posted

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

Jayson Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for this. Being blind, there are a few things I'd need to know
> before 
> I buy one. In particular, how do you manage virtual disk drives and change

> disk images? Is it a desk accessory or what? Are the menus/commands 
> predictable, or does it remember where you were last time, etc?

When you boot the Apple with the CFFA3000, it shows a menu on the screen. It
looks like when you use a USB stick, there is a bit of a wait. About 2
seconds on the video for the USB device to be ready. The menu has 8 options.
They are:

1.) Disk II Slot: 6 (Will reboot)
2.) Disk II Assignments
3.) SmartPort Devices: 6
4.) SmartPort Assignments
5.) Assign First From: CF
6.) Other Settings
7.) About
8.) Boot

Option 1 is used to toggle a slot for the virtual Disk II, presumably by
using the left and right arrow keys.

Option 3 is for choosing the number of "block devices" to be accessed via
ProDOS/SmartPort. (Note, DOS 3.3 cannot see these.)

Option 5 is for choosing which to boot from when USB and CompactFlash are
both inserted to the CFFA,. 

When you choose the second option, Disk II assignments, you get taken to a
two-column screen that shows the .dsk images on your USB drive in a list on
the left, and then which of these images are selected for Disk II emulation,
shown on the right.

This is all information that I got from watching the video. I'm sure others
will fill in the rest of the details. :-)

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