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Re: How does the ZIP chip work?




Michael J. Mahon wrote:

Apple accelerated the Apple II twice--once in the IIc+ with a Zip Chip
clone design, and once in the IIgs with shadow RAM.  Preserving the
compatibility that makes a hack interesting imposes many constraints
that keep it from being simple.


I'm curious if anyone has tried to copy the IIc+ zip chip design...since there were a few discrete components perhaps this would be a possibility? I know there was a PLA or something, is there a way to read the one in the IIc+ to copy it? (I know some are copy protected.)