On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Louis Schulman wrote:
> #> > I wonder if the 'Cold Boot Adapter' links to that KONAN card and
> adds
> #> > a hard disk to the Apple. The Cold Boot part meaning the Apple can
> #> > boot from the hard disk without needed a boot floppy. I am
> probably
> #> > wildly off, though
> #>
> #> I was thinking something similar actually.
> #
> #In which case I should start looking at the EPROMs on these boards).
>
> This seems unlikely. Apple IIs never needed a boot floppy, they just
> booted from the first recognizable disk controller, starting at slot 7
> and working down. In the absence of a recognizable controller, they
> went into Basic. If you wanted to change the boot drive, you just
> changed the order of the cards. It was also possible to select a boot
> drive with a selector program, or even by issuing a command from Basic.
> But anything is possible, I suppose.
It's possible there were hard drives that required a boot disk, rather
than booting off the drive itself. I've seen dumber things :)
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