Re: Is it possible to use HD/3.5/5.25/AppleTalk all in the same IIgs system at once? HELP!@!@!

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)]

timf@interlog.com (Tim Foley) wrote:

>  I have a modem connected, so I need slot 2 for that (right?), I want 80
cols, 
>so I need slow 3 set as text (right?) and I want all the floppy drives to work 
>so I have to leave slot 5 and 6 as they are (right?), it appears the only
place 
>I can stick the SCSI card is in Slot 1...since I don't have a printer 
>connected, I want to use an Appletalk printer.

There is also slot 4.  The slot for the mouse is only needed for older
programs that communicated with card-mice for the IIe.  GS apps find the
mouse on the ADB anyway.
 
>  Is the is the way to do it?  Why the devil did Apple not make Slot 1 
>configurable to Appletalk as you usually use the printer port to connect 
>appletalk anyways...no idea why slot 7 was used...or am I missing something 
>here...

But then there would be three options on slots 1 and 2 (you can use the
modem port for AppleTalk) and only one option on slot 7: Your Card.  Much
easier to set things up for two options for every slot.

Also, it is possible to boot over AppleTalk, but to do that you need an old
discontinued version of AppleShare for the Mac.

>  If I have to move the SCSI card to slot 1, does that mean I have to ensure 
>the floppy drives are empty when rebooting as they will get preference as a 
>boot device?

You can set it up to boot off of slot 1 directly.
 
>  Also, If I later pick up other cards (video overlay/stereo/eprom/etc), do I 
>then have to disable some internal function of the GS
(modem/text/smartport) to 
>get it to work?  

Eventually you'll find you can live without a 5.25" drive and use slot 6.

Also, some cards can coexist in slot 3 with the built-in 80 col firmware,
such as cards that only use the slot to draw power and connect elsewhere.

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