Re: Traditional card loactions

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

Joe Morris <jolomo@netcom.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>   Back in the day I could never afford stuff beyond the bare
> essentials, but now I've got a bunch of cards and I was wondering
> what are the "traditional" IIe slots for these various items....
> 
> Super serial (for modem)

2.

> Grappler

1.

> Mouse card

4 (at least that is where it ended up in the IIgs, and in the original
IIc firmware)

> Apple SCSI

Probably 7 is the best, if you want to boot from the hard drive under
normal circumstances.

> Duodisk card

6.  If you are adding a DuoDisk to a computer with UniDisks (or Disk
][s) in slot 6, then use slot 5 or anything else free.

> Mockingboard

Pass.

> Thunderclock

ProDOS doesn't care, but I don't know about other programs.

I'm not sure if either the Mockingboard or ThunderClock can go in slot 3
without conflicting with the 80-column firmware, but I doubt it.  The
others definitely cannot.

You don't have enough slots for everything at once.


Apple II Pascal was the main regulating force as far as slot conventions
go: it required printer access via slot 1, modem access via slot 2,
display/terminal interface (e.g. 80-column firmware) via slot 3.  Slots
4-6 were reserved for disk drives, with slot 6 being the startup slot.
Slot 7 was not used as standard.

Even without Pascal, a lot of software assumes the disk controller is in
slot 6, and a smaller number assume the printer goes in slot 1.

The others are a lot more flexible, as programs should be configurable
or do slot searches to find required cards.

-- 
David Empson
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