Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:
: Simon Williams wrote:
: > 
: > I'm wondering if it's possible to set up my ROM 01 IIgs so that I can
: > use Appletalk when booting GS/OS. For the most part I'm using it in
: > 8-bit mode with Prosel, but I like to boot GS/OS for back-ups and
: > copying large amounts of files etc... I'd like to use a Mac Appleshare
: > server as a remote back-up device.
: > Here's my current set-up:
: > 
: > Slot 1: Your Card               Super Serial Card (printer)
: > Slot 2: Modem Port              Modem
: > Slot 3: Built-in Text Display   Computer Eyes Video Card
: > Slot 4: Mouse Port
: > Slot 5: Smart Port              2 x 3.5" + 1 x 5.25"
: > Slot 6: Disk Port
: > Slot 7: Your Card               Microdrive IDE (6 x 27 MB partitions)
: > 
: > Startup Slot: 7
: > 
:  ....


:      Usually, you can afford to have Slot 2 set to "Your Card" on a IIgs.
: Since modern telecom software (like Spectrum, ProTerm, and Modem MGR) does
: not use the Slot 2 firmware, you can retain modem and NULL modem connections
: without Slot 2 being set to "Modem".

...so you set Slot 2 to "Your Card" and put the HDD there, that lets you
set Slot 7 to "Built-In AppleTalk" and Startup Slot to 2.

That gets around all the usual difficulties with AppleTalk on a ROM 01
except the the obvious problem of noplace to connect the LocalTalk cable
because the modem and printer are in the way.  

So use an Appletalk printer and connect AppleTalk to the Printer Port
(meaning Slot 1 has to be set to "Your Card".)

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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Michael Maginnis (michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com) wrote:
: Since I mentioned this in a previous post, it's eating at me and I have 
: to know.  I have a FocusDrive mounted in my IIgs in Slot 6 (set to "Your 
: Card") and start up is set to that slot as well.  I also have 2 3.5" 
: drives daisy chained into the Smart Port - if I want to add a 5.25" 
: drive to the end of chain, do I have to make any changes to the current 
: setup (other than plugging the drive in, obviously)?  I seem to recall 
: reading somewhere that a IIgs will automatically try to boot from a 
: 5.25" drive if it finds one attached.

Put your Focus in Slot 7, chain the floppies off the SmartPort, and you'll
have Focus in 7, 5.25 in 6, and 3.5 in 5.  

If you have a ROM 01 and you are using AppleTalk, put the Focus in Slot 1
(if you are AppleTalking over the printer port) or Slot 2 (if you are
AppleTaking over the modem port) and set your startup slot to wherever you
put the Focus unless you want to boot from the floppies.

If you have a ROM 03, put the Focus in Slot 7.

If you want to switch off which drive you boot from, find a program called
ProBoot...I want to say it's one of Sheppy's creations but I am not sure
right now.  I tried it, but discovered that if I really wanted to boot
from a floppy it was just as easy to hit RESET a couple of times and do a
PR#n.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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