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By convention, 3.5-inch drives are connected to a card in slot 5, 5.25-inch drives are connected to a card in slot 6, a printer is connected to a card in slot 1, and a modem is connected to a card in slot 2. The ports follow this convention in emulating slots. See Table 6-1 for the slot equivalents of the ports on the Apple IIGS. | ||
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In general, the drive connected directly to the port is drive 1, the next drive of that type is drive 2. If you have both 3.5-inch drives and 5.25-inch drives connected to the disk drive port, the 3.5-inch drives should be closest to the computer in the chain. The 5.25- inch drive nearest the computer is drive 1, the 5.25-inch drive farthest from the computer is drive 2. If you have used the Control Panel to designate your RAM disk as your startup disk drive, it is drive 1 in slot 5. If a 3.5-inch drive is designated as your startup drive, the RAM disk is drive 2 in slot 5. | ||
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