Re: Question on ProDOS SmartPort drive remapping

[David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>]

On Dec 18, 2:38 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-atj-this>
wrote:
>  > I am making progress on the Smartport Remapper program. Here is a
>  > question about the user interface:
>
> What does it do specifically? I get a partial idea from the program's title.

ProDOS 8 v2.0.x added support for Smartport cards with more than 2
drives/volumes (more than 4 if in slot 5). It is still limited by the
14 volume limit imposed by the 4 bit drive/slot encoding of the ProDOS
unit #. If you have more volumes on a Smartport card, the higher
numbered ones will be unavailable under ProDOS 8 (but not GS/OS).

My program will allow you to swap one or more lower numbered devices
with higher numbered devices - you will still be limited to the same
number of online volumes but you get to choose which ones.

I may even add optional support for having a 15th volume online (unit
$80 aka Slot 0 Drive 2) however this may not be supported by all
programs.