Re: Chaining floppy drives to a IIgs

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

Celt <reply@this.newsgroup> wrote:

> Drawing a blank on this... I seem to recall that floppy drives had to
> be connected to a IIgs in a specific order (i.e., 3.5" drives come
> first, then 5.25").  Any advice?

That is the right order, but if you have a mixture of types of 3.5"
drive it gets even more complicated:

- Apple 3.5 Drives (or SuperDrives) must go first.
- UniDisk 3.5 Drives (or other intelligent SmartPort drives) must go
next.
- 5.25" drives must go last.

> Also, how many drives can be attached at once?  I was thinking two
> 3.5's and 2 5.25's.

That should be fine.

You are limited to two drives of each type (except the UniDisk 3.5,
where the theoretical limit is much higher), and it is not recommended
that you attempt to connect more than four drives to any one disk port.

(If you have more than one disk port available, e.g. a disk controller
card in addition to the built-in disk port, then you shouldn't have more
than about six floppy drives connected in total, counting all disk
ports, as it might overload the power supply.)

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz