Re: More than 4 drives on a daisy-chain?--Maybe!

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <19991117024012.09533.00000193@ng-xa1.aol.com>,
Obsbedia2 <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote:
><< Finally there is a limit imposed by the operating system.  ProDOS-8 can
>only have 14 units in total, spread over all slots, including /RAM
>(leaving you with a limit of 13 real volumes).  >>
>
>Thank you for the run down.
>
>Is the above actually the OS or a firmware limitation?  I've see the prototype
>for the 10 Slot Apple II+.  With one slot for the memory card, it suggests
>being able to use 18 (less one for RAM) actual slots, and thus Volumes.

There are only 14 entries in the device driver vector table. So regardless
of any prototype hardware you may have seen, ProDOS 8 can only do 14.
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