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Re: How much of a ][ is needed to twitch?



On Feb 13, 4:38 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> > You might have more luck with a beer, or a lamington.
>
> Yep, I figured my request could use "localization".  ;-)

One of the better features of the c.s.a2 community - built in i18n and
L10n support ;-)

I've always wondered if the purpose of those abbreviation was to avoid
conflict over the spelling of internationalisation or localisation :-)

> >>A slot card can take over ROM space ($D000..$FFFF), but it cannot
> >>take over RAM space using slot signals.
>
> > This is true of the original II only - on the IIe and IIgs /INH
> > overrides the entire address space.
>
> Which is what I was thinking about--but his is a ][.

The only 'example' of the feature ever being utilised on the IIe that
I'm aware of (now that I really think about it) is the Videx
Ultraterm, which in IIe mode clobbered the built in ROM routines so it
could override the native 80 column hardware.

Matt