Re: How does ]['s video work?

[shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu (Tim Shoppa)]

In article <44kr8i$5t0@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
Tim Shoppa <shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu> wrote:
>In article <44kfn4$65d@terpsichore.src.honeywell.com>,
>Dave Lowry <lowry@src.honeywell.com> wrote:
>>Could someone give me a pointer to a reference on how the Apple ]['s video
>>works?  Specifically, how does the logic develop the sync, blank, etc.
>>signals.  I'm familiar with CRT controllers like the 6845, but can't
>>figure out how the Apple did this with just a few chips.  Thanks.
>>
>>-Dave
>>lowry@src.honeywell.com
>
>If you were referring to the ][ or ][+, I'm sure Woz would be gratified
>to hear your comment about "just a few chips".  Woz is quite proud of
>his ability to shrink one-hundred-chip designs to just a few!  I'll
>find a reference in BYTE ('77 or '78, I believe) where he discusses
>his design in a followup, as soon as I find it...
>
>Tim. (shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu)

All right, here's the reference: Byte, 1977, issue 5 (May?), p. 34.
An article by Woz himself.  Not incredibly detailed, but a good overall
view of the Apple II architecture and how everything is intertwined.

Tim. (shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu)