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Re: NTSC Apple //e mainboard: Connectors?



Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> It occurred to me though that I could simply have used a 2732 chip
> instead with a single external wire soldered to it, no need to use a
> real adapter or go hunting for exotic EPROMs, since half of the 2764
> isn't used at all. Two Apple fonts occupy only 4K, not 8K.

Each half of the 2764 (PAL IIe) chargen has one copy of the font
(256x8=2048 bytes) plus another 2048 bytes of LORES & HIRES bit
patterns (unlike the II(+) which generates the graphics with other
logic).