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From: digdon@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mike Digdon)
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Subject: Re: 1581 question
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Date: 19 Apr 91 22:07:15 GMT
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In article <1991Apr19.143050.4152@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> s25y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>I have a question for any 1581 owners out there:
>
>    Does the 1581 have DIP selectable device numbers like the 1571?
>
>           Thanks,
>
>               Marc Fraioli
>               s25y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu


You are in luck.. 1581's do have the DIP switches for determining drive
number. I great thing actually, snce in order to change the number on an
old 1541 meant softwiring it or opening it up and doing it yourself.. ugh.
The switches are much better