Apple ][ boards -- what have I found?

From: Louis Schulman <louiss_at_gate.net>
Date: Mon Jul 23 20:52:00 2001

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 23:58:49 +0100 (BST), Tony Duell wrote:

#> > I wonder if the 'Cold Boot Adapter' links to that KONAN card and
adds
#> > a hard disk to the Apple. The Cold Boot part meaning the Apple can
#> > boot from the hard disk without needed a boot floppy. I am
probably
#> > wildly off, though
#>
#> I was thinking something similar actually.
#
#In which case I should start looking at the EPROMs on these boards).

This seems unlikely. Apple IIs never needed a boot floppy, they just
booted from the first recognizable disk controller, starting at slot 7
and working down. In the absence of a recognizable controller, they
went into Basic. If you wanted to change the boot drive, you just
changed the order of the cards. It was also possible to select a boot
drive with a selector program, or even by issuing a command from Basic.
 But anything is possible, I suppose.

Louis
Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 20:52:00 BST