Re: A new pseudo-disk for Apple 2.

["Alex Freed" <alexf@mirrow.com>]

"mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps it's worth considering an NMI detect upgrade for the IIe ?
> Something that would detect an unusual keystroke and fire the NMI. You
> need to patch into the keyboard connector and patch the ROM (perhaps
> remove the essentially useless self-test routine)
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> Or perhaps it's just too much work. Would certainly be the most
> seemless way to do it though.

There may be a middle ground: a single button connected to the board that
will generate an NMI.
No need to mess with the keyboard connector. The problem is the need to
patch the ROMs.
I believe ProDOS doesn't like that, right?

There must be a way around it but I don't know enogh at this time.

-Alex.