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- Apple II
- Technical Notes
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- Developer Technical Support
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- SmartPort
- #5: SCSI SmartPort Call Changes
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- Revised by: Matt Deatherage & Llew Roberts November 1990
- Written by: Rilla Reynolds & Matt Deatherage May 1988
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- This Technical Note describes two CONTROL codes which have changed in revision
- C of the Apple II SCSI card firmware.
- Changes since January 1989: Added notes about the Apple II High-Speed SCSI
- Card.
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- Revision C of the Apple II SCSI card firmware includes two CONTROL code
- changes.
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- CONTROL code $04, previously defined as FORMAT, is now defined as EJECT. This
- change reflects the revised SmartPort requirement that all devices maintain
- CONTROL code $04 as EJECT. See SmartPort Technical Note #2, SmartPort Calls
- Updated, for more information. CONTROL code $15 is now defined as FORMAT
- instead of RESERVED. Note that there are two EJECT calls in this version, as
- CONTROL code $26 is still defined as EJECT.
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- To determine which version of the SCSI ROM is on any particular Apple II SCSI
- Interface Card, issue a $03 SmartPort STATUS call. The revision C SCSI ROM
- returns the word $0200. This does not follow the SmartPort Interface Version
- scheme described in SmartPort Technical Note #2. However, future revisions of
- the Apple II SCSI card will follow this scheme. Therefore, applications should
- expect any SmartPort SCSI firmware to behave as described in this Note if the
- version number is $0200 or if it is greater than or equal to $2000. The Apple
- II High-Speed SCSI Card returns version $3000 (3.0).
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- To maintain compatibility with the Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card and future
- SCSI products, you should use the following guidelines when programming with
- the revision C card:
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- o Avoid access to the hardware or any RAM locations on the SCSI
- card.
- o Do not use the Patch1Call, SetNewSDAT, or SetBlockSize control
- calls.
- o For devices with a block size other than 512 bytes, use the
- SmartPort Read and Write calls. Do not use ReadBlock and
- WriteBlock calls for these devices, since they only read or write
- the first 512 bytes of a block. The Read and Write calls may also
- be used for devices with a 512-byte block size.
- o Never Reset the SCSI bus.
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- The Apple II SCSI Card firmware was designed to operate with SCSI CD-ROM and
- disk drives only; however, the Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card works with most
- SCSI devices, including removable drives, scanners, and tape backup units.
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- Further Reference
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- o Apple II SCSI Card Technical Reference
- o SmartPort Technical Note #2, SmartPort Calls Updated
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