Re: 2E - 3.5" drive question

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

In case you have one I'm told the Appli-card Z-80 card is supposed
to be one of the few cards that will work in slot 3.

The superdrive controller will function in any slot except 3 but is
traditionally kept in slot 5 because some software looks for it there.
In case it helps, my IIe setup is

Slot 7 - RamFast SCSI card
Slot 6 - DuoDisk controller
Slot 5 - SuperDrive Controller
Slot 4 - Mouse card
Slot 3 - TransWarp Accelerator
Slot 2 - varies, right now it's a workstation card.
Slot 1 - Clock card
Auxiliary slot - RamWorks II with RGB
Also use a high output power supply as it has to also drive a HD mounted under
the keyboard


tturner@ecn.ab.ca wrote:

>
>     Also - just curious here, I have a duodisk drive controller card
>     and if I _were_ to try to add a 3.5" drive to my IIe, what options
>     would I have for being able to have both the duodisk and a 3.5"
>     disk drive working all together in the same box? (In my case, I
>     have a Sider working from slot 5, the duodisk from slot 6, and no
>     free slots unless I pull my CP/M card; as I have a mouse card, a
>     Serial Pro, RamWorks/RGB... hmm... sitting here at work, I can't
>     recall what else or even all the right `names' - seems I haven't
>     popped the hood on that puppy in too long! Oh well - still boils
>     down to no free slots unless I pull the CP/M card)  If I track
>     down a "SuperDrive" controller card - can I drop it into the
>     `free' slot and hang a 3.5" drive off of it and fire up the IIe
>     and expect it to work? (I also have a Heavy Duty power supply &
>     a Kensington System Saver, so power/heat should not be a problem)