Re: IIgs RAM drive question

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <945238364.122964@inv.ihug.co.nz>,
Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
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>In article <835ua2$nvl$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
>apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian) wrote:
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   ...discussion deleted...
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>It sounds like you're running out of slots. My ProDOS reference manual has
>no information on the way ProDOS handles remapping drives. Others should be
>able to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm only going by memory here :) ProDOS can
>only handle two volumes per slot, any more and it will remap them to slots 1
>and 2 (as happens with you AppleTalk drives from slot 7). What happens when
>you have the last usable slot 1 set to 'your card' for AppleTalk in a ROM 1
>GS? Does this appear to ProDOS as a disk drive controller, in which case
>presumably it won't try to remap any volumes there?
>

Appletalk (slot 1 = 'your card') does not fool ProDOS or GS/OS with a
false disk drive controller.  They will recognize a real one if it is
present in slot 1.  So I assume slot 1 is available for pseudo-mapping
additional volumes with appletalk active but no controller hardware.  With
disk controller hardware present I assume slot 1 would be reserved for two
volumes and not available for pseudo-mapping in p8.  I should login to
another couple of appleshare volumes to confirm that slot 1 gets the next
two volumes.  I think I have enough networked drives that I can choke p8.

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)