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Update A2CLOUD docs re using VSDRIVE with two SSC's in a //e #2

Open knghtbrd opened 9 years ago

knghtbrd commented 9 years ago

From @IvanExpert on October 25, 2015 22:13

Per clarification from David in recent CSA2 posting.

Copied from original issue: RasppleII/a2server#32

knghtbrd commented 9 years ago

@IvanExpert Have you got a reference to the posting in question? Usenet isn't something I currently use.

IvanExpert commented 9 years ago

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.apple2/igDk_2hNg1U/ZqGvY_rMCQAJ

Read the posts immediately before for context.

knghtbrd commented 8 years ago

For the sake of faster reference later:

On 10/7/2015 9:31 AM, Ivan X wrote:

Thanks for identifying that on a //e with two super serial cards, virtual drives run on slot 1, so communications need to happen on slot 2. I'm guessing that VSDRIVE's slot scan picks the lowered number slot first, even though on a IIgs or IIc it picks the modem port.

VSDrive (which uses the same communications backend as ADTPro) will always pick slot 2 for machines with built-in serial ports (IIc, IIgs, Laser 128, Franklin 500) as part of its automatic port enumeration. In the case of multiple SSCs, the logic counts down from slot 7 and remembers the last SSC it found - which in your case would be slot 1.

Nutshell: Built-in serial? Port 2. Multiple SSCs? Lowest slot. Got it.