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From: kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen)
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Subject: Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1
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Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> wrote:
> What ChatGPT told you is mostly bogus.  The BIOS will start with slot 7 
> and iterate downward looking for a FDC signature in the slot ROM.  If you 
> have drive controllers in 6 and 7, it'll boot from 7.  And if it doesn't 
> find a drive controller, it'll just fall to BASIC.

Yes, that's what the other Apple gurus already told me. I cannot
understand why the chatGPT devs cannot simply make this AI say
"I DO NOT KNOW!" when it does not know. Instead, it generates 
credible sounding bullshit using its wild imagination.

> A lot of software, though, does assume it's being run from slot 6.

Thank you very much.

br,
KK