>> It might be worth mentioning that Apple //e's don't have a slot 0. The
>> "language card" (really just an additional 16K of bank-switched RAM) is
>> built-in. Also, on the //e slot 3 is tied in to the auxiliary slot, where
>> normally RAM and 80-column boards go. If you've got something in the aux.
>> slot, you can't put anything in slot 3, with some exceptions. For
>> instance, I have an AE TransWarp accelerator board in my //e that has a
>> 3.3Mhz 6502 CPU which overrides the motherboard 6502 upon bootup. This
>> board is great in that it plugs into slot 3, in conjunction with my
>> expanded 80-column card in the aux. slot, and therefore does not waste a
>> slot.
> Can anyone explain the reason why Apple put the Aux slot directly in
> line with slot 3 on the European version of the IIe? For example, I
> have a full length Ramworks III board in the Aux slot and this
> completely obscures slot 3 so an accelerator so Sam's trick with the
> Transwarp will not work.
THe AUX slot _is_ slot #3. just some different signals. For
any 'regular' use you can only use the slot #3 connector or
AUX connector. The Transwarp is just (like some other very
special cards) desigend for uste in #3 while AUX is hosting
the 'regular' card. In fact, any card, able to run in slot
#0 (using no slot resources like RAM and (E)PROM space) will
coexist in #3 with a card in AUX.
The location was choosed to avoid that owners will plug in
two cards using the slot resources into AUX and #3, since
this (may) result in address conflicts. A far better solution
than any message in a manual for the usual I-am-an-expert-I-
-never-read-manuals user.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Mon Sep 07 1998 - 06:06:52 BST