Apple II
Technical Notes
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ProDOS 8
#3:    Device Search, Identification, and Driver Conventions

Revised by:    Matt Deatherage                                  November 1988
Revised by:    Pete McDonald                                    November 1985

This Technical Note formerly described how ProDOS 8 searches for devices and 
how it deals with devices which are not Disk II drives.
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This Note formerly described how ProDOS 8 searches for devices and how it 
deals with devices which are not Disk II drives; this information is now 
contained in section 6.3 of the ProDOS 8 Technical Reference Manual.

Note:    The information on slot mapping on page 113 of the manual 
and on page 2 of the former edition of this Technical Note is 
incorrect.  ProDOS itself will mirror SmartPort devices from 
slot 5 into slot 2 under certain conditions.  Devices should not 
be mirrored into slots other than slot 2.  For more information, 
see ProDOS 8 Technical Note #20, Mirrored Devices and SmartPort.


Further Reference
o    ProDOS 8 Technical Reference Manual
o    ProDOS 8 Technical Note #20, Mirrored Devices and SmartPort