Re: Q: IIGS optimal slot assignment for cards / ADT-operation?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Vincent Quinn writes ...
> 
> In article <3917F34C.B08C578D@swbell.net>,
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> > AE PC transporter card- don't know which Slot
> > is good for this card. It is a
> > power sucker which has fairly limited application.
> > Suggest you sell it or save for use in a second IIgs.
> 
> I'd install it. It's really quite useful and is a cool thing to have.
> 
> I have mine in slot 6 - I alternate between it and a pair of 5.25 drives.
> Works perfectly and (at least, I presume!) with 
> this set-up, power drain is minimised.
> 
> The real benefit is a hidden one: if you patch ProDOS using the patcher
> provided on the AE disk, you will get access to 
> two additional drives under GSOS: the PCT's RAM can be
> used as a 752K RAM disk (shows up as drive 1 for
> the slot that you have PCT in) and the _largest_ floppy drive
> you have hooked up to it appears as drive 2 for that slot.
> 
> But I have to admit - in its primary role as a PC,
> it isn't really all that useful anymore:
> a NEC V30-powered PC is kind of obsolete.
 ....

     Interesting info about the extra RAM drive. Plus you get to experiment
with reading MS DOS disks. If no accelerator is plugged in, the PCT sounds
like a worthwhile way to 'spend' some power and a Slot.

     My chief concern would be system glitching which is fairly likely to
result should other Slots be loaded up-- e.g. with an accelerator and/or
Second Sight. Another thing to consider is heating. 



Rubywand