8 Apr
1999
8 Apr
'99
11:37 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
Actually there are two points. One is track 000 and
the other is the
innermost (for sa400 35-40 tracks later). Only track 000 was sensored
save for apple didn't use that either. Apple cut the interface to the
minimim number of wires and signals possible and made up the difference
with software, rather clever in my mind.
During the design phase, Woz had more time than money, chips cost money
and software only cost time. Remember that he _wanted_ to use the 8080
but the 6502 cost only a tenth the price. (Imagine what the Apple
might have been like with a decent CPU from the start).
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor