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- From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
- Subject: Re: (Q) The Slot Manager and Dual PDS Adapters
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- References: <1992Dec21.211932.16599@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:02:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.211932.16599@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> cpky@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
- > I have a question about dual 030 PDS addapters for the Macintosh IIsi.
- >According to Designing Cards and Drivers for the Macintosh (3rd Ed),
- >the IIsi can only map its PDS slot to NuBus Slot $9. If this is so, how
- >does the Slot Manager determine that there are two cards connected to
- >one of these types of boards?
-
- In the case of the IIsi, the Daystar "Dual-Port IIsi" provides a
- IIci-type cache slot (suitable for cache card or PowerCache
- accelerator) and one PDS slot. No problem for the Slot Manager
- because there is still only one PDS slot.
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