Re: Any hardware info on the Apple /// ?

[Eric <eric@surfvh.com>]

In article <40969b10_1@127.0.0.1>,
 "cbmeeks" <cbm     at    s i g n a l d e v    d o t     k o m> wrote:

> > and 128-256K RAM (well, it could run Apple ][ software, so it had to be
> > 6502).
> 
> Not true.  The 6510 is backwards compatible to the 6502 (even though one was
> never used in Apples that I know of)

Not quite, when I used Apple ][ software on an Apple /// I'd always go 
through the following procedure:
1. Insert Apple ][ emulator floppy into drive.
2. Boot up Apple ///.
3. Once Apple ][ emulator is up and in RAM, remove floppy.
4. Insert Apple ][ floppy.
5. Pretend I'm using an Apple ][. (By the way, I didn't notice any speed 
difference from the other Apple I used at the time; a ][e)

I don't know if the incompatibility was in the CPU, motherboard, or OS. 
But either way, it required an emulator.




                                      Eric,