SlickRCBD wrote:
My situation is this: Slot 1: Printer Port, sometimes used for AppleTalk to the Mac. Slot 2: SCSI card for the HDSlot 3: no card/built in 80 columns (I'm sure everybody is aware of the slot 3 issues) slot 4: built in mouse port. Set it to "your card" and I lose the mouse. I think that GS/OS 6.X won't necessarily lose the mouse, but Print Shop does.Slot 5: 3.5" controler card for the HD drive slot 6: built in firmware for the 5.25" drives slot 7: PC Transporter card. Sometimes gets toggled to Appletalk, see above
Since you'll probably RAREly at best ever use the PCT with the 5.25's, move the PCT to slot 6. That will free up a slot. Personally I do this with my HD as I RAREly use GSOS with my 5.25" drives. (My start-up slot is 6.)
Just like I keep a Super Serial card in slot 2 and active for ADT. The I am told that the Spectrum software directly accesses the modem on the comm port so I don't have to switch it. (Although I've never tried Spectrum and a modem. :)
Likewise I have a network card in slot 1 and I can switch back and forth between LANceGS and the Appletalk at will.
Of course I have a HD that boots into ProDOS BASIC and runs a quick little menu program that allows me to reboot at a given slot or Flip my main OS folder around so I can boot several different versions of the GSOS (with or without Appletalk, for instance.)
Thankx, Ed