Revised by Matt Deatherage (November 1988)
Written by Rilla Reynolds (June 1987)
This Technical Note documents additional device types which the SmartPort firmware recognizes, but which may not be currently documented in the technical reference manuals which cover SmartPort.
The following is an updated list of possible SmartPort device types, extended to support an increasing variety of third-party peripheral products. A device type byte is returned as part of the Device Information Block (DIB) from a SmartPort STATUS call ($03).
- Type: Device
- $00: Memory Expansion Card (RAM disk)
- $01: 3.5" disk
- $02: ProFile-type hard disk
- $03: Generic SCSI
- $04: ROM disk
- $05: SCSI CD-ROM
- $06: SCSI tape or other SCSI sequential device
- $07: SCSI hard disk
- $08: Reserved
- $09: SCSI printer
- $0A: 5-1/4" disk
- $0B: Reserved
- $0C: Reserved
- $0D: Printer
- $0E: Clock
- $0F: Modem
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