On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Jim wrote:
> Here's what I know.
>
> Floppy drive controller goes in slot 5.
Actually, floppy controller can go in ANY slot. But typically, slot 6
(not 5) was used.
> 80 column adapter - if it's not a 2e - goes in 3. Pinter interface goes
> in 1.
Again, only by custom do the cards go where you specify. You can stick
the cards in whatever slot you'd like. There were SOME video cards that
had to go in slot 7 which had a special video signal present on that slot
only.
> There's also a newsgroup, comp.sys.apple2 you can read about it. There
> WERE some good FAQ pages from the group, but the maintainer threw a tantrum
> and low-leveled his drives that held them in the process of leaving the
> a2 community over piracy. (There's an ongoing debate whether pirating
This guy was a mega turd. Although his FAQ was good, and his amazingly
peurile action of obliterating the FAQ over his personal holy war against
perceived or actual piracy of mostly obsolete software was indeed bizarre,
there are plenty of replacement FAQs available to help out the novice.
> software that is no longer commercially available is *wrong* or not,
> as well as several pirate sites that pirate anything and everything.)
This debate is being perpetuated by people who have absolutely no life
whatsoever. I engaged in that debate for a few weeks and then went on
with my life. This was 2 years ago, AND THIS DEBATE IS STILL RAGING!
There are mostly new converts to this crusade, but some of the old players
are still there! Its absolutely amazing! A Usenet Jihad that has been
going on for nearly 3 years now, mostly unfettered!!! Some sociologists
would get a kick out of studying the human behaviour on this newsgroup
alone.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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