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Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1

From Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2
Subject Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1
Date 2025-05-18 14:29 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sat, 17 May 2025, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:

> chatGPT also told me to install Dan II into slot 6 because
> it, according to chatGPT, is the only one that can be
> used for booting. Some games supposedly assume slot 6.
>
>
> I guess my plan is to insert Dan II into slot 6 and
> maybe I will put the original Apple floppy disk
> controller card into slot 7.
>
> Well, to sum it up, chatGPT claims that Apple II cannot
> boot from other slots than 6, but if I have my two
> real floppy drives in slot 7, it should be possible
> to access them from Apple DOS even though you cannot
> boot from them.
>
> Again, chatGPT has told me so many lies recently
> that it is hard to believe in what it says. But
> I believe what you have told me and that is: I can
> use two floppy controller cards and have four
> floppy drives connected. In my setup, two of those
> will be emulations and two of them will be real
> Apple drives.

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.

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

-uso.

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Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-17 14:31 +0000
  Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> - 2025-05-17 13:56 -0400
    Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-17 18:47 +0000
      Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-18 01:27 +0000
        Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> - 2025-05-17 22:20 -0400
          Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-18 09:06 +0000
            Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-18 15:02 +0000
        Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-18 15:03 +0000
          Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-18 15:06 +0000
            Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-18 15:19 +0000
      Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Charlie <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> - 2025-05-17 21:54 -0400
      Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2025-05-18 14:29 -0400
        Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-18 19:08 +0000
          Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2025-05-19 21:46 -0400
            Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2025-05-22 13:12 +0000
            Re: Dan II Controller version 1.1 Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2025-05-23 01:08 -0500

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