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Re: Why did Woz use the long cycle?

Subject: Re: Why did Woz use the long cycle?
From: schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:58:39 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 4, 8:21 am, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:
> In the Apple ][ the long cycle is used to maintain a constant
> relationship between COLOR REFERENCE and the horizontal scans.
I have no idea what any of the above means.  But the answer to the
question you asked, "why did Woz...?" probably boils down to component
count.  As I understand the history of how he designed things -
simplification was key.  If it could be made to work well enough with
a simpler design - he did it.

References:
- Why did Woz use the long cycle?
  - From: ferdimh@gmx.de

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