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Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was crap
From: david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)
Date: 10 Jul 2001 12:48:08 +1000
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
Organization: University of Wollongong
References: <Ne027.5153$EF2.553330@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com> <3B48CBE3.B8A28D95@iliveinnetnebr.com> <F7427.13362$Lc3.3493179@typhoon.jacksonville.mediaone.net> <tkk2f1bpbfh761@corp.supernews.com>
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salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter) writes:
>Schematics are available for even the newer machines...the IIe technical
>reference and IIGS hardware reference manuals include schematics for those
>machines.  Building your own machine from them isn't practical, though,
>because of the ASICs and other custom logic used (this is especially true of
>the IIGS, though even with the IIe you'd need to somehow duplicate at least
>the MMU and IOU).

My MPF-III is a //e clone constructed from SSI/MSI LSTTL parts plus three
PAL chips (as well as the LSI CPU/ROM/RAM and programmable sound chip) so
it could be done.
--
David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia

References:
- The Apple ][ was crap
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- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
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- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: "John Oyler" <jojo4@mediaone.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was crap
  - From: salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)

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