Re: ROM 01 IIgs slot asssignments

[Eric Shepherd <sheppy@syndicomm.com>]

On 2004-01-28 15:07:33 -0500, spam@luddite.ca (Simon Williams) said:

> Obviously AppleTalk will require slot 7 to be set, but do I also have to
> pull the SSC from slot 1? If I put the hard drive in slot  will it
> interfere with the modem? If I put the HD in slot 6 will it kill my
> [necessary] 5.25" drive off the smart port? 

Slot 1: Your Card               Super Serial Card (printer)
Slot 2: Modem Port              Modem
Slot 3: Built-in Text Display   Computer Eyes Video Card
Slot 4: Mouse Port
Slot 5: Smart Port              2 x 3.5" + 1 x 5.25"
Slot 6: Disk Port
Slot 7: Your Card               Microdrive IDE (6 x 27 MB partitions)

On a ROM 01 machine, AppleTalk requires that either slot 1 or slot 2 be set 
to "Your Card."  However, you can still use a card in that slot, since the 
AppleTalk firmware is in slot 7.

The trick is where to move the hard drive.  You can't put it in slot 2 
without losing the modem.  If you put it in slot 6, you'd have to switch 
off the hard drive to use the 5.25" disk drive.  That might be a fair 
tradeoff for you, depending on how often you use the 5.25" drive.

In my case, I would probably move the SSC to slot 6, since odds are I'm 
either online or using a 5.25" disk, but not both at once, then put the 
hard drive in slot 2.


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Eric Shepherd
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