Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!geowhiz!scott From: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: GS Slots Message-ID: <674@geowhiz.UUCP> Date: 23 Mar 88 22:22:05 GMT References: <7509@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf) Organization: UW Geology & Geophysics Dept. Madison, Wis. Lines: 32 Summary: SmartPort is smart In article jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") writes: > > >The GS needs more slots or a method of easily switching between slots >and ports. What bothers me is the Smartport and the Mouseport. >If Smart port is so smart, why can't it handle ALL the disk >drives 3.5 and 5.25? And why must Prodos assign only two drives >per slot as in DOS 3.3? That's a bit archaic; and it wouldn't be too hard >to work out an emulation scheme for 3.3 to work in such an environment >to take care of compatibility.... This is a limitation of ProDOS 8. The SmartPort can in theory hand up to 127 devices. 5.25 drives are mapped to slot 6 because ProDOS says you can only have 2 drives pre slot. >another thing: the mouse uses the Apple Desktop Port. Is ALL info from the mouse >coming from slot 4 anyway? or is this only in 8-bit mode? The mouse port is just for //e compatibility. 8-bit mode can use the Apple Desktop Bus. //gs mouse programs should run with slot 4 set to "you card". >"Nothing is Impossible...." > > >Capt. Albatross _______________________________________________________________________________ Scott Kempf Blue itself teaches us blue. -Bill Ranson MAIL: 1302 Rutledge St., Madison, WI 53703 PHONE: (608) 255-6205 (home) UUCP: {seismo, topaz, harvard, ihnp4}!uwvax!geowhiz!scott ARPA: geowhiz!scott@spool.wisc.edu PHONE: (608) 262-6154 (work) BITNET: scott%geowhiz.uucp%spool.wisc.edu@wiscvm.bitnet