24 Feb
2013
24 Feb
'13
5:07 p.m.
I watched both this and the A2+ vids Terry. Both well done. I just can't help but
wonder how many marriages were put on the rocks by Apple though.
And you should really find a Wombat. Or 2 actually, one for me one for you.
24 Feb
24 Feb
5:46 p.m.
Hi Terry Great video.I was never an Apple fan. Too much hype and not as friendly for one
thatwanted to play with the stuff under the cover.There was documentation but finding
things in it was often a hunting job.I finally bought one about 5 years back. I'd
always been a fan of JefRaskin ( early Apple employ ) and wanted to play with his Swyft
board thatplugged into a Apple IIe.I'd not been able to find on so I wired one up on a
piece of proto boardand created the PAL to get it running.When I got my Apple, I just
bought one from ebay, internals unseen.What I got was full of surprizes. I had a 3Meg
card, printer card, disk II cardand the gem, a SCRG ROM card.The ROM card was loaded with
both DOS3.3 and ProDOS. It had a few otherinteresting programs as well. A number of
different disk utilities.I saw one of these boards on ebay a little while back but they
are rare.I finally found documentation on the board that describes how one can createthe
images.Of course, because of the tricks it uses to take over control from the ROMson the
Apple, it is incompatable with my Swyft card :(Dwight
7:14 p.m.
Hi Dwight,
Thanks for those appreciative comments. Yes, Apples were easy to
expand and modify with all sorts of things which made them such a
great tool for the hardware hacker.
Initially I was not an Apple fan either. Quite the opposite...in my
System 80 days I used to consider Apples II/II+/IIes overpriced for
what they were and mainly bought by insufferable wealthy snobs.
However after I acquired an Apple II+ and IIe (just a few years ago)
I've come to appreciate their open design and versatility.
Terry (Tez)
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:46 AM, dwight elvey <dkelvey at hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Terry Great video.I was never an Apple fan. Too much hype and not as friendly for one
thatwanted to play with the stuff under the cover.There was documentation but finding
things in it was often a hunting job.I finally bought one about 5 years back. I'd
always been a fan of JefRaskin ( early Apple employ ) and wanted to play with his Swyft
board thatplugged into a Apple IIe.I'd not been able to find on so I wired one up on a
piece of proto boardand created the PAL to get it running.When I got my Apple, I just
bought one from ebay, internals unseen.What I got was full of surprizes. I had a 3Meg
card, printer card, disk II cardand the gem, a SCRG ROM card.The ROM card was loaded with
both DOS3.3 and ProDOS. It had a few otherinteresting programs as well. A number of
different disk utilities.I saw one of these boards on ebay a little while back but they
are rare.I finally found documentation on the board that describes how one can createthe
images.Of course, because of the tricks it uses to take over control from the ROMson the
Apple, it is incompatable with my Swyft card :(Dwight
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