Re: Accelerating Laser, but which one? NoSlot Clock Chip?

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edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) wrote:

>obsbedia2@aol.com (Obsbedia2) wrote:
>
>>	All things considered, I think that I'll be better off using a plain
Laser 128
>>with the memory card pulled off of a later model, and an 8X ZipChip.  The
plan
>>is to use this with some sort of large capacity volume connected up to the
>>expansion slot.  
>>
>>	True, the expansion slot uses slot 5, so it will have to be booted up
with
>>"PR#5", but that is a small price to pay for having twice the MHz.
>
>Won't the Laser try booting slot 7, then slot 6, then slot 5, like an
>Apple //e?

Sure it will.  But a plain Laser 128 has a built in 5.25 drive mapped
to slot 6.  So it'll try to boot slot 7 (which the Laser assigns to 3.5
drives), then slot 6, triggering the built in 5.25 drive at which time
the Laser will hang and spin the 5.25 drive until you hit control
reset.  You never get to slot 5 because the 5.25 drive is blocking
the way.