Re: SmartPort adapter for Disk II - how to use?

[jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson)]

In article <5n1rnl$3fh$1@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>In article <5n1ptb$kln@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>,
>Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@nortel.ca> wrote:
>>Thing is, I'm not sure how it is supposed to work!  In ProDOS 8, I
>>can't seem to access the 5.25" drive.  If I daisychain it, then s5d1
>>is the 3.5" and s5d2 is /ram5.  If I put it straight off the GS,
>>then I get some error when I try to access s5d1.
>
>   First, let me correct a general misunderstanding of yours that
>appears to be most of the problem: Apple 5.25" drives in any form are
>not official "Smartport" drives.

Actually, I knew that.  But I also know there is a way to access
Disk IIs without the controller card.

>   Using the GS's builtin smartport/diskport, 5.25" drives are
>available from slot 6, assuming that slot 6 is set to "Disk Port" from
>the control panel, not "Your card". It should not matter how they're
>connected, whether official 19-pin connectors or cables to 20 pin
>drives.

Ah.  There's the root of my problem.  I have my Apple High Speed
SCSI card in slot 6.  (I have my InnerDriver controller in slot 7.)
So to access a 5.25" daisychained off of a 3.5" connected to
my disk port and showing as s5d1, I'd have to use the control
panel to switch slot 6 from being my SCSI to "disk port"?

If I do that, and set "boot slot" to 6, could I then boot a
DOS 3.3 diskette?

>>Ideally, I'd be able to copy files from old DOS 3.3
>>5.25" disks onto ProDOS or HFS harddrives.
>
>   Quite doable. Under GS/OS with the appropriate FSTs involved, use
>your favorite copy program (Finder, Prosel, shell) to copy directly.

That's what I'll do.

Thanks for the info; I'll try this when I get home.
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