28 Oct
2002
28 Oct
'02
9:14 a.m.
I just read about this in the A2FAQ. Does anyone have this Apple ][ ROM and
manual?
Rich
28 Oct
28 Oct
10:06 a.m.
Rich wrote:
I just read about this in the A2FAQ. Does anyone have
this Apple ][ ROM
and manual?
If you've got a DOS 3.3 Master diskette (or a "BASICS" diskette),
you've
got the ROM image. It's in the INTBASIC file on the DOS 3.3 Master.
I've got a manual, somewhere.
2:07 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Eric Smith wrote:
Rich wrote:
And of course if you boot the DOS 3.3 System Master on a 64K Apple ][, it
will load the Integer BASIC ROM image (containing the Programmer's Aid
ROM) into the upper 16K of memory.
Then you can switch into Integer BASIC from Applesoft BASIC by typing
'INT' (which is a DOS command). To get back to Applesoft type 'FP' (for
Floating Point, as in floating point BASIC).
INT basically bank-switches in the ROM image in RAM. You can also press
RESET to get back to Applesoft. Switching using either command will init
your environment from scratch (i.e. any BASIC program in memory, either
Applesoft or Integer, is lost).
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I just read about this in the A2FAQ. Does anyone
have this Apple ][ ROM
and manual?
If you've got a DOS 3.3 Master diskette (or a "BASICS" diskette),
you've
got the ROM image. It's in the INTBASIC file on the DOS 3.3 Master.
I've got a manual, somewhere.
2:24 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
And of course if you boot the DOS 3.3 System Master on
a 64K Apple ][,
it will load the Integer BASIC ROM image (containing the Programmer's
Aid ROM) into the upper 16K of memory.
Of which Programmer's Aid #1 occupies the addresses D000..D7FF. Integer
BASIC and a few other goodies like the floating point subroutines,
mini-assembler, and Sweet 16 reside from E000..F7FF, and of course the
monitor ROM resides from F800..FFFF. I don't recall which version of
the monitor ROM they put in the INTBASIC file.
Apple never produced any official ROM for the D800..DFFF space for use
with Integer BASIC; IIRC that area of the INTBASIC file is filled with
meaningless data. (Hmmm... is it correct to call it data if it is
actually meaningless?)
Applesoft BASIC, on the other hand, occupies all of D000..F7FF, and
can be found in the FPBASIC file.
3:50 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Eric Smith wrote:
Apple never produced any official ROM for the
D800..DFFF space for use
with Integer BASIC; IIRC that area of the INTBASIC file is filled with
meaningless data. (Hmmm... is it correct to call it data if it is
actually meaningless?)
That's interesting. Is it truly meaningless or is this Woz's last secret
that has yet to be "decoded"?
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2:03 p.m.
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Cini, Richard wrote:
I just read about this in the A2FAQ. Does anyone have
this Apple ][ ROM and
manual?
I have it...somewhere. I assume you want a copy of it ;) I pretty much
know what boxes it will be in (they are labelled). If no one else comes
forward I can dig it out in the next couple of weeks.
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