[Coco] Multi-Pak ports

[Bruce W. Calkins]

1: All three drive controllers should have the same hardware addresses, so 
the answer is NO; you should not even plug them into the MPI at the same 
time.

2: Extended Disk Basic file tracking in RAM and its settings in ROM assume a 
single drive set.  Running drive sets in parallel would quickly lead to data 
corruption.  Changing the hardware addresses and descriptors in OS-9/Nitros9 
might be doable.



Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Bill"

>I searched over the post of the last 8 months to make sure I haven't asked
> this before, but I didn't find anything similar. If it has been asked and
> answered, I apologize.
>
> I have 3 sets of drives and controllers. My question is can they all be
> accessed through the MPI without having to power down and change the port
> selector on the MPI?
>
> In other words, can I access any of the other drive controllers simply by
> typing some command to access the corresponding port?
>
> Thanks