This weekend's haul

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Tue Jun 10 01:33:17 1997

On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:

> > The monitor does a lot. Try typing L and hitting return and you will get
> > a disassembly. You can specify an address first, like F800L to start
> > disassembly at $F800.
>
> Actually this doesn't work.
>
> The ///'s monitor isn't identical to the ]['s monitor. That's why I was
> asking.

Yeah, you're right. I found this out after finally booting my /// up for
the first time. No wonder the /// flopped. They changed a good thing.
They fixed what wasn't broken. Lame-o's.

> Do you know what kind of battery it's supposed to take? (And why they put
> it in such an inaccessible place on the motherboard?)

I haven't torn my /// apart yet. If I find out before you do, I'll let
you in on the secret.

> > > Can the /// emulate a ][?
> >
> > Yes it can, but you need the emulation system disk.
>
> Cool! Not that I need another ][, I just think it's good that they
> allowed this kind of functionality. Though I suppose, in a way, they felt
> they had to.

Let me know if you need the system disks. I can send you some.


Sam
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