Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Slot assistance with new boards... Message-ID: <43401@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 27 Jul 90 19:53:52 GMT References: <1990Jul27.133121.1398@lgc.com> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 20 In article <1990Jul27.133121.1398@lgc.com> max@maxsun.lgc.com (Max Heffler) writes: >Last night I received my Apple High Speed SCSI card. Next week I will >be receiving my Transwarp GS and an Echo 2 speech card. How do I handle >the slots. If I put the SCSI card in slot 5, will my 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 >be bootable with control panel on "your card" or do i have to flip back >and forth. How about putting the SCSI in 7 and the TWGS in 3? The TWGS does not interfere with the normal use of slot 3 or 4 (80-column or Mouse), but you can't have SCSI in 5 and still use the 3.5 drives. (At least not with current system software--if GS/OS slot arbitration ever becomes a reality, then you could.) -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.