Apple IIgs - Manual (Page 47)

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characters, you have to release Caps Lock. But by setting the Shift Caps/Lowercase option to
Yes, you can have Caps Lock down and get lowercase characters by holding down Shift while you
type. In other words, by activating this feature, Shift has the opposite effect that it does
when Caps Lock is not pressed down.
Fast Space/Delete Keys
When you hold down the Space bar, the space repeats like any other character, and you get a row
of spaces. Likewise, when you hold down Delete, successive characters are deleted until you
release the key. By setting Fast Space/Delete to Yes, you can double the speed of these two
actions by holding down Control while holding down Space or Delete.
Dual Speed Keys
Setting the Dual Speed Keys option to Yes doubles the speed at which the cursor moves when you
hold down an arrow key while pressing Control.
High Speed Mouse
When you move the mouse across your desk, a pointer moves a corresponding distance across your
screen. Setting the High Speed Mouse option to Yes makes the pointer move twice as far for the
same movement of the mouse. It's useful if you're short on desk space.
Activating Slots or Ports
Software designed for earlier models of the Apple II expects to find devices connected to slots
inside the computer. For this reason, each port on the Apple IIgs is designed to impersonate a
slot containing a card.
Slots and Ports
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Device
Connected to Looks like a card in
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Printer
Printer port Slot 1
Modem Modem port Slot 2
Mouse Mouse port Slot 4
3.5-inch drive Disk drive port Slot 5
5.25-inch drive Disk drive port Slot 6
Personal NetworkPrinter or modem port Slot 7
About the disk drive port: When 3.5-inch drives are connected to the disk drive port, they
appear to be connected to a card in slot 5. When 5.25-inch drives are connected to the disk
drive port, they appear to be connected to a card in slot
When the disk drive port impersonates a card in slot 5, it's described as a smart port.
Because each port impersonates a slot, you can't have both the port and the corresponding slot
active at the same time. You activate one or the other by using the Slots command.
When you have an AppleTalk network cable connected to the printer or modem port, the port
impersonates a card in slot 7, not slot 1 or 2 as you would expect. But because the AppleTalk
cable plugs into one of the two serial ports, the Control Panel Program won't let you activate
the printer port, the modem port, and AppleTalk all at the same time.
Changing the Startup Drive
When you turn on the Apple IIgs power switch, the first thing the computer does is check its