Re: Zip- GS Slot Settings

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <webmaster-2908961124230001@pm9-158.sct.fr>,
Michael Guitton <webmaster@cardshow.com> wrote:
>In article <19960828194814101134@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>
>>Jordan Reiter <jreiter@comet.net> wrote:
>>
>>>[...]
>>> So if I am simply wanting to use AppleShare yet have complete use of a
>>> printer and modem, should I simply give in and put my scsi card in slot
>>> 6?
>>
>>No - you will still lose the printer port.  AppleTalk requires the use
>>of either the printer or modem port, so you are left with one serial
>>port on the motherboard.  It also uses the "screen holes" for the slot
>>corresponding to the port which is being used, which prevents the use of
>>a character I/O card (e.g. serial or parallel card) in the same slot.
>>
>>The only way to get more than two ports would be to put the SCSI card in
>>slot 1, and another serial or parallel card in slot 4, 5 or 6 (thereby
>>losing the built-in function in the corresponding slot).
>>
>I don't remind the exact differences between ROM 01 and ROM 03 regarding
>AppleTalk activation. Is there a way to activate AppleTalk on a ROM 01
>without loosing the Slot 7 (My RamFAST is already in slot 2, my 40MB
>InSyder is in slot 7 -- was thinking of the DYN_SLOT_ARBITER)?
>
>Would it be possible to emulate the ROM 03 slots functionalities on a ROM
>01 -- unless hardware components are needed to achieve this? For instance,
>it would be nice on a ROM 01 to be able to use the mouse while setting the
>slot 4 to "Your Card" (I think there's an improved ADB ROM on the ROM 03
>motherboard, right?).
>
>-- 
>Michael
>webmaster@cardshow.com

Someone could re-code the ROM so that the nice touches would work.

The problem with mouse/slot4 in a ROM 1 is that the 16 bit firmware in
the ROM1 relies on the 8 bit firmware in slot 4 to read the mouse.

It should be possible to add full Rom3 functionality (except for the
in-ROM tools) to a Rom1 with a new ROM.

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