Re: Apple II Minus Question

["Bryan Parkoff" <bryan.nospam.parkoff@nospam.com>]

Michael,

> >    I turned on Apple II Minus before HGR is turned on with both 12 black
> >and white horizontal lines in the screen.  No assembly prompt, Integer /
> >AppleSoft BASIC prompts are shown.  I tried to hold and press CTRL-B keys
to
> >return to Integer BASIC from Old Monitor Routines, but nothing is
working.
>
> You must first press RESET.
    Are you saying that I press and hold Reset key before turn on Apple II's
power supply?

> >    Is it true that AutoStart Monitor Routine and Old Monitor Routine
zeroes
> >"FF FF FF FF" in each even page and "00 00 00 00" in each old page?
Or...Is
> >it the way how RAM chip zeroes "FF FF FF FF" and "00 00 00 00" in both
> >even/odd pages before power is turned on?  It is impossible to show
garbage
> >characters in each RAM chips.  On unenhanced Apple //e has "FF FF FF FF"
and
> >"00 00 00 00" in both even/odd pages, but it NEVER has any garbage
> >characters unlike Apple II does.  I don't know if it is true that it is
done
> >to z�K�by neither RAM chip or Monitor Routines.
>
> No, those are just the power-up states of the DRAM chips.
    So you say that DRAM chips zero "FF FF FF FF" and "00 00 00 00" in both
even/odd pages?

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Bryan Parkoff