Re: Lisa / Profile question.

[Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>]

Marian Capel / Jos Dreesen <jos.mar@bluewin.ch> writes:
> An apple Lisa can address several Profile disks. 
> But how are these selected, ie how the Lisa can differentiate between 
> the different Profiles ?
> The online docu details the communication protocol for Profiles,
> but disk selection is not mentioned. Any info out there ?

There doesn't need to be any protocol for selection, because only one
Profile (or Widget) can be used on a parallel port.

To use multiple drives, you have to hook them up by multiple ports, so
the Lisa selects them by using a particular port.