Re: Apple II Graphics Programming (Assembly)

[paulrsm <paul.rsm@att.net>]

> > And the "clear the hi-res page" routine is, in fact, one of the slower
> > Applesoft ROM routines!
> > The Monitor ROM ($F800..$FFFF) is by Woz and Allen Baum, and is a fine
> > tutorial in assembly language techniques.  The Applesoft ROM, not so
> > much.
> Hmmm.... Title fight between Woz & Microsoft: Microsoft is KO'ed in the
> first 30 seconds of the first round...  ;-)

The ROM routines by Woz and Baum were written to optimize size, not
speed.

The Hi-Res routines in Applesoft were written by Woz.  See the
Programmer's
Aid #1 manual for assembly source code.

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Paul Santa Maria
Maumee, Ohio USA