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Re: Explanation of the Woz's shift-registers based video output



In article <e044c2$k8c$1@sycamore.fernuni-hagen.de>,
 "Leo Meyer" <leomeyer_LIKES_NO_SPAM@gmx.de> wrote:

> If you are seriously into this, there's no way around "Understanding the 
> Apple II" by Jim Sather. He really goes into the depths and leaves no 
> questions. Besides being a must for every Apple enthusiast, this is by far 
> the best book describing a computer's hardware architecture I have ever 
> found. A true goldmine.
> Try to get a paper copy, though. The book is beautiful.
> 
> Regards, Leo
> 
> 
> 
> "Thomas Lecomte" <deather.dede@no.spam.gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> pan.2006.03.22.15.20.06.263622@no.spam.gmail.com">news:pan.2006.03.22.15.20.06.263622@no.spam.gmail.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> >  I'm trying to implement a basic video output like the one Wozniak used
> > for both Apple 1 and 2. I've the Apple 1 manual where the entire
> > electronic schematics are, but I don't really understand how it works, and
> > I'm not an experienced electronician. :-)
> >  If anyone here knows how it works and what technique he used to generate
> > a PAL video signal, it would be nice to answer!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Thomas Lecomte    deather.dede@gmail.com    Solaris User & Developer
> > http://blog.hinyx.info - http://guses.org - http://www.sunwizard.net
> > 

At risk of being flogged, is this available as a PDF somewhere? i see 
print versions are rather expensive.