Re: IIgs RAM drive question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:

> In article <19991215013538.00503.00001247@ng-fg1.aol.com>,
> Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >One of the features of the ROM 3 is access to the mouse under GS/OS even
> >if slot 4 is set to 'your card.'  You can thus use your RamFactor in slot
> >4 without losing your mouse.
> 
> Good advice, except this is a Rom 1, not 3.  The mouse is not handled as
> well in a Rom 1 when running p8.

Perhaps you meant "..when running GS/OS"?  If you set slot 4 to "Your
Card" a ROM 3, you lose the mouse in P8, but keep it in desktop
applications under GS/OS.

On a ROM 1, setting slot 4 to "Your Card" loses the mouse completely.

> I think slots 1 and 2 are my best candidates.  Can both slot 1 and 2 be
> set to 'your card' when running appletalk on a Rom1

Yes.  AppleTalk will take the printer port if both slots 1 and 2 are set
to "Your Card".

> (or even Rom3)?

It is handled quite differently on a ROM 3: you must set slot 1 or 2 to
"AppleTalk", and can't use that slot for a card (except cards which
don't contain firmware, like an accelerator).  You can use slot 7 for
your own card.  (You can also set slot 7 to "AppleTalk", but this is
only for compatibility with old software that doesn't know to look
elsewhere, and enabling it wastes a second slot).

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David Empson
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