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Re: A new pseudo-disk for Apple 2.



> About swapping disk images - I'm not a hardware guy, but if you had one
> external pushbutton (think Wildcard), could you use DMA to stop the CPU
> and read the keyboard for the image number?

That would be neat.  Stop the cpu, read the softswitches for the
current video mode (and retain those), backup $400-$7ff to onboard ram
and then take control with a UI menu.

Or am I going way too far with that idea?  I've been known to do that.
:-D

(oh, and make sure it works on 6502 machines, that seems to be a
requirement ;-)

-B