On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 lisard_at_zetnet.co.uk wrote:
> :> controller can handle it. to make it practical to decode in
> :>software, the apple probably got it right - and let's face it,
> :>certainly in later
>
> :Being a hardware hacker, I've never liked the Apple approach to
> :doing everything in software, alas...
>
> ah, but we're a software hacker, so we just love it. :> besides, there's
> a certain beauty in finding that you can do something with the bare
> minimum of hardware.
The Apple Disk ][ Controller boot ROM is a thing of absolute, unrivaled
beauty.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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