Re: Pascal file system and Superdrive on IIgs

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Tim Haynes <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> "David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > In that case, it is more likely to be an issue with an older version of
> > Pascal which doesn't support anything other than 5.25" drives; it is
> > probably assuming that the card is a 5.25" controller and is attempting
> > to call directly into the sector read code in the firmware.  The only
> > solution (other than moving the card to slot 7) is to set the slot back
> > to "SmartPort" when you want to boot from that version of Pascal.
> 
> Even that didn't work, though.  Very odd...

Did you remember to reboot the machine (Ctrl-Apple-Reset) after changing
the slot assignments?  Doing something like a PR#6 isn't sufficient to
make the changes to slot assignments take effect.

If you were still getting the test code from the SuperDrive card, that
slot must have still been in "your card" mode, unless something was
going behind the system's back and tweaking the slot assignment I/O
register.  The test code doesn't exist in the built-in slot 5 firmware.

> > Eh?  You can't connect 5.25" drives to a SuperDrive controller.
> 
> Ah, that would be a problem right there, then.  :)

Yes indeed. :)

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz