Re: A reproduction Apple 1?

[Martin Kaeser <martin.kaeser@auge.de>]

Peter Liethen wrote:

> I had a neat idea a few days ago. What about making a reproduction
> Apple 1? I would have a different chip arrangement on the
> motherboard so it couldn't be easy passed of as an original.

Some years ago, people at Apple Germany wanted to do just that, but
Apple did not permit it. Apple has a copyright on the ROM code, so you
can not use it without permission. 

Has anyone a listing of the 4K Basic? I am not sure there was a offical
listing.

Then there is the problem of finding the chips.

I found some 4K dynamic RAMs and some 1K shifters, but not 
the 2519 Chip, 40 Bytes static shifter.


To make a new batch of boards legally you would have to redesign the
Video circuit, substitute 16K RAMs and rewrite the ROM code, all 256
Bytes :-)

martin