I have an Apple IIgs ROM 03 configured as follows: 1 Phasor audio card, an IDE controller with CF Card, and a 16MHz Transwarp GS, along with an 8MB RAM expansion card. When I start the emulation of a 3 1/2 floppy disk, the IIgs in question completely ignores its insertion. The same does not happen when I emulate a 5 1/2 floppy disk with the floppy emu. I have not tried to see if it works with the emulation of a smartport hard disk. The floppy emu works with the latest firmware update. Do you have any advice on what I could check?
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Which version FloppyEmu do you have? The original Model A doesn't fully support 3.5" emulation on the GS.
I tried my Model A on a GS and it sorta works in 3.5 mode if you boot from another disk, but ProDOS freezes when it scans for online disks (The FloppyEmu activity light blinks continuously. Ejecting the disk image unfreezes the system). Booting it with PR#5 from BASIC does work.
Otherwise, check that Slot 5 is set to 'Smartport' in GS control panel. Check that the FloppyEmu is connected directly to the machine (not daisy chained). Try the FloppyEmu in Smartport mode. Try booting from another drive and see if you can access slot 5.
Model C version 240208A.
I also have an Apple IIgs ROM 01 without Transwarp GS and in this case there are no problems.
What slots are your cards in, and what are the control panel settings for each slot? Also, is the FE connected directly to the IIgs, or is there any kind of daisy chain occurring?
Slot 5 as "your card" is the issue. The smartport controller that handles 3.5" and hard drives is built into slot 5.
As you have a ROM3, you could move the Phasor to slot 4, change it to "my card". GSOS will still recognize the mouse, but any 8bit apps will not unless you switch back to "mouse". Note: this only works in a ROM3. Your ROM1 needs it set to mouse all the time.
I can not move the phasor to slot 4 because the TWGS has got a fan over the GALS.
I solved the problem (maybe temporally) by taking off and taking on the battery to reset the system.
Removing the battery just resets your control panel to "built in" for 1-6, and "your card" for 7. Which you can do anytime on your own, don't need to pull the battery. But now your Phasor is disabled, so you still have the issue of having to pick what slot 5 is doing.
If you aren't using serial ports, you could put the Phasor in slot 1 or 2, and change that to "your card". I forget though how much of the Mockingboard library (if any) is hard coded to slot 4. Most games from what I recall let you set the slot number. Or, since any software that uses the mockingboard/Phasor is pretty much all 8bit software distributed on 5.25"), you could just go into the control panel at boot up and change the function of slot 5 depending on if you are using it as a IIgs where you need your 3.5" drive, or using iit for 8 bit stuff where you can live without the 3.5" drive. Total Replay being the exception where you might need slot 5 to run a smartport hard drive.
My 2c, the Phasor (at least the RM clone) is a poor choice for a IIgs. I had mine in my IIgs for a while, and it picks up a TON of bus noise, mostly on disk access. Plus, all IIgs software uses the far superior Ensoniq chip in the IIgs. So, it's kind of a waste. Because of that, I moved it to my IIe. Then just use my IIe for mockingboard games.