OLD DAYS

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi,
Well, I believe that a fair portion of the Apple 2e's operating system 
was in ROM.  For sure, all of the Commodore 64's operating system was in 
ROM.  It was actually mapped on top of useful RAM.  You had to do 
something called banked switching if you wanted to use it.  Each bank 
was 8K.  Alex, I have a passionate hatred of the Echo synthesizer voice!

      Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On 
Tue, 21 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> Those old apple IIs are certainly lasting pretty long.  We got a couple at
> school that actually still boot, even after all those paperclips and gum
> we've thrown in them when we're board just to see what happens.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: OLD DAYS
> 
> 
> > Cecil:
> >
> > >From one point of view it may be sad that the U.S. Navy would
> > still be using paper tape in some places. But, from another
> > vantage point, it's remarkable and speaks volumes. Can you image
> > our friends in Redmont building systems that would still chug
> > along cruncing away happily after 30 or 40 years? Heck, after 30
> > years of M$ upgrades, you wouldn't be able to read all that
> > ancient data anymore with the proprietary OS.
> >
> > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Cecil H. Whitley wrote:
> >
> > > hI,
> > > i REMEMBER bitnET AND RELAY (RAN ON TOP OF RSCS).  i ALSO REMEMBER PAPER
> > > TAPE AND PUNCH CARDS.  sAD PART ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE nAVY IS PROBABLY
> > > STILL USING PAPER TAPE IN PLACES.
> > >
> > > cECIL
> > >
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