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Re: Student publishes 800-page Apple II computer manual



BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:21:03 AM UTC-6, sicklittlemonkey wrote:
>> Kudos to David. It's a real accomplishment.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> BTW, I hope the book finally corrects the store double-access myth (for
>> soft-switches) that seemed to make it into all the Apple manuals.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Nick.
> 
> Was it a myth?  Glad I was too lazy to implement it that way in Jace. 
> ;-)  The only double-access method that seems credible is the way which
> you change RGB modes between mixed/bw/color.
> 
> -B

Yes, it's a myth. 

Only *indexed* stores make two accesses. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon