max@maxsun.lgc.com (Max Heffler) (07/27/90)
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. Which slots should I put these three boards, considering printer in 1, modem in 2, etc. Do I have to time share slots? Thanx in advance... -- Max Heffler internet: max@lgc.com Landmark Graphics Corp. uucp: ..!uunet!lgc!max 333 Cypress Run, Suite 100 phone: (713) 579-4751 Houston, Texas 77094
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (07/28/90)
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.
jschober@gnh-starport.cts.com (Joey Schober) (07/30/90)
In Reply To: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Ummm, my silly question of the week: Speaking of GS/OS slot arbitration, what
exactly is implemented so far?? I was using NiftyList 3.0 (positively COOL --
great job, Dave! :)) to trace the entry points for it and see what it did, but
I didn't actually spend the time to figure out what all the softswitches, etc.
it was twiddling were.
Joseph F. Schober, Sysop, StarPort BBS [703/931-0947 - 3/12/2400 baud]
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In article <0093A6B243B08DA0.00000111@dcs.simpact.com> jschober@gnh-starport.cts.com (Joey Schober) writes: >In Reply To: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) > >Ummm, my silly question of the week: Speaking of GS/OS slot arbitration, what >exactly is implemented so far?? I was using NiftyList 3.0 (positively COOL -- >great job, Dave! :)) to trace the entry points for it and see what it did, but >I didn't actually spend the time to figure out what all the softswitches, etc. >it was twiddling were. > > Joseph F. Schober, Sysop, StarPort BBS [703/931-0947 - 3/12/2400 baud] > The Slot Arbiter currently only returns whether a given slot is available or not. If you request a slot that's not switched in, it returns with an error code. All of this is described in Apple IIgs Technical Note #69, "The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration." -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================