In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402061834350.9788-100000_at_drizzle.com>
"O. Sharp" <ohh_at_drizzle.com> wrote:
> ...but then, I've never used a punch-card or a drum memory, so maybe I
> _am_ young. :) :)
Um. I'm probably a bit worse than that (depending on your point of view) -
I've never seen an 8" floppy disc and I've never even seen - let alone
used - a papertape reader/punch. Seeing as it was more-or-less the only
reasonably-priced data storage format available at the time the 6502 was
released, I thought it would only be fair to let the 6502 have some form of
papertape storage. Guess I'm stuck with 3.5" floppy disks though :(
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
... Documentation is for people who can't read.
Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 04:15:29 GMT