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Re: Apple IIe/IIe+ prodos in rom?

Subject: Re: Apple IIe/IIe+ prodos in rom?
From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: 1999/07/06
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Empsoft
References: <931140310.696194@diddley.primus.com.au> <pmd-0407992131130001@stpras01-p41.mts.net>

Perry Dueck <pmd@NOescape.ca> wrote:

> Does anyone know if there were any Apple II expansion cards built
> with DOS 3.x or ProDOS x.x.x in ROM chips by anychance?

DOS and ProDOS wouldn't be able to execute from ROM, since they have
lots of internal tables scattered at arbitrary locations throughout the
code.

You could have a ROM disk which loads the operating system into RAM, of
course.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

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- Apple IIe/IIe+ prodos in rom?
  - From: the.cat.in.the.hat@usa.net

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