JackRubin wrote:
> I used slots 3 and 4 in a platinum IIe for testing and ran through the
> process several times. The original Applicard boots in either slot.
> Alex's card only boots in slot 3 (in slot 4, the system continues to
> reset without seeing the card) and the Softcard only boots in slot 4
> (in slot 3, the boot process halts, saying Z80 Softcard not found).

This can only mean that something is marginal in your system. Could even 
be dirty contacts in the slot connector, but they tend to clean up when 
a card is extracted and replaced a few times.
I have a platinum IIe and usually put my z80 card into slot 4. It also 
runs fine in slot 4 of a GS.
Apart from running faster and potentially having more memory my card is
logically equivalent to the real PCPI card.

AFAIK the software requires the boot disk to be in slot 6 on all z80 cards.

-Alex.
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