Subject: Re: IIgs RAM drive question
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From: apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Date: 15 Dec 1999 05:35:11 GMT
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In article <3vx54.1590$ce3.47394@typ11.nn.bcandid.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@southwind.net> wrote:
>In article <835ua2$nvl$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
>ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
>>>> >Ah!  That is my problem.  I have a superdrive controller in Slot 5, with
>>>> >the control panel set to 'your card'.  Now I know why p8 can't use /ram5.
>>>> >I thought it was a generic gs/os - p8 problem.  I guess my system is a
>>>> >special exception.
>>>> 

>>
>>My system is a Rom1 GS with 4Meg RamGS/ZipGS 8/64,  GS System 6.0.1.
>>  Slot 7 - Appletalk
>>  Slot 6 - Apple Hi-speed SCSI card, with 2 ProDOS partition harddrive
>>  Slot 5 - Apple superdrive controller with 1 FDHD and 1 800k 3.5 drives
>>  Slot 4 -
>>  Slot 3 -
>>  Slot 2 - direct serial connection to HP unix workstation
>>  Slot 1 - 'your card'; with phonenet connector for appletalk network.
>>

>
>If you want to use a RAMFactor I'd recommend putting your SCSI card in slot 1,
>the RAMFactor in slot 5, the superdrive card in slot 6. Since I have a ROM 3,
>That's how I have mine only the network is in slot 1 and the SCSI is in slot 7.
>My card is an Apple slinky but that makes no difference.
>

I think I tried that, but ...  One of my often used applics is
Appleworks5.1 (classic).  I either read or experienced a problem with AW
printing when both the printer and a disk controller were accessed through
the same slot.  Since I use only appletalk network printers (slot 1)
trying to use a disk drive in slot 1 (print to disk) was a problem.  So I
sacrificed access to the 5.25 drive which I rarely used and went to the s5
and s6 controllers.  Everything is cool, except no p8 /ram5 drive.  I
could move to slot 4, but since this is a Rom1, I think this needs to be
the mouse slot or else PT3.1 would lose access to the mouse.  I'm guessing
here, because I don't think I tried that.  I think there are some problems
accessing the mouse on a Rom1 if slot4 is set to 'your card'.  I forget
the exact details.  Giving up /ram5 is no problem in comparison!  I guess
the IIGS needs more slots and ports ;-)

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)