SuperDrive Controller Card

[platkus@roby.ecn.purdue.edu (Shawn W Platkus)]

I have received quite a few replies to my problem with the SuperDrive controller
card, and I thought I'd post how I resolved it for others that may be 
considering purchasing the card.  

First, a quick summary of the trouble I was having.  Basically, I put the card
in slot five thinking that it would totally replace the smartport.  When I 
connected my drives and set the cntrl panel setting to your card, my ramdisk
no longer appeared.  

I was under the impression the this card contained all the features of the GS
smartport with the addition of controlling High Density Drives.  So, I posted
my problem here to see if there was something wrong with my card since the 
ramdisk didn't appear.  After many helpful replies, and some logical thinking, 
I figured out that the card does not support the ramdrive for one because it
is compatible with the ][e also.

So, to resolve my problem, I had to do some slot rearranging.  I moved the
SuperDrive card to slot 6, and just plugged in my SuperDrive to the card.  My
sound board was in slot 6, so I moved it to slot one thinking that I'd probably
never have to print and digitize at the same time.  I plugged my other 800k
3.5" and 5.25" drive to the GS's smartport.  With this configuration I can't
have my 5.25 and the high density online at the same time, but that's not too
big of a deal for me since I only use the 5.25 about 3 or 4 times a year.
The real advantage I have found to this setup thought is that both of my 3.5
drives are now drive 1s.  Thus, I can boot from either one!  This is nice since
some FTA stuff puts the SuperDrive card in a self test mode from what I've heard.  

Thanks for all of the replies.  

Now I'm having a problem with my system saver...  see a future post for more
details.


Thanks again

Shawn


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