RANA Systems RanaSystems 13-0010--001, User Manual

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ELITE SERIES USER MANUAL INSTALLATION
both the drive and the controller. Be sure to
make the connection BEFORE installing the
controller card into the Apple motherboard.
If you are installing a second disk drive, you
should connect: the ribbon cable from the second
drive onto the next set. of pins down on the
controller card marked “DRIVE 2”, taking the
same precautions as above.
If you are connecting and third (and fourth)
drive to an Elite Controller, they would be
connected to the third and fourth set of pins
from the top down. Once again, be sure to
orient pin one correctly.
1 . 3 . I n s t a l l i n g Y o u r C o n t r o l l e r C a r d
To install your controller card into the Apple,
simply plug the card into any slot (except zero)
in the back of the Apple II motherboard as
follows:
1. With the power switch OFF, remove the top
cover from the Apple II computer by lifting from
the rear edge.
2. Choose a slot which would be correct for your
application. Most packages which run under
Apple DOS (or are protected from copying) do not
care which slot you use for your drives; however
the more advanced operating systems (like CP/M
and Apple Pascal) require that your first
controller card be located in slot six. This has
made slot six the “standard” slot for a disk
controller card, so you should consider placing
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