Re: //e Card Slot & HD quagmire

[Cyrus Roton <croton@ridgecrest.ca.us>]

On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, Bruce Maples wrote:

> 
> >Unfortunately, there is no easy way to override this on a IIe, as the
> >5.25" controller will not pass control onto the next slot if there is no
> >disk in the drive.
> 
> I don't believe this is true.  I had a DuoDisk and a 3.5 on my //e,
> and it would boot off the DuoDisk (slot 6) if there was a boot disk,
> or move on to the 3.5 (slot 5) if not.
> 

Interesting. Why will my duodisk not do that ??? Does it depend upon 
which controller card is used ?? Actually, there is an "easy way to 
override this on a IIe"; Just use CNTRL-RESET to stop the booting and 
type IN#5 to boot slot 5. Well, at least that is "easy" for me.

Here is a question I need answered: Can the duodisk daisy-chain off a 
3.5 disk on the IIgs smart port?? When I try it, the duodisk works, but 
not the 3.5. When I disconnect the the duo, the 3.5 works. Could this 
depend upon the model of the 3.5 disk?

croton@ridgecrest.ca.us
Cyrus Roton
Ridgecrest Apple User Group