Re: Inspector Watson/Locksmith Rom, what was it? Anyone Got it...

[mike.harvey@his.com (Mike Harvey)]

In article <3unan2INNfv8@retriever.cs.umbc.edu>,
   peter@cs.umbc.edu (Peter Johansson) wrote:
>
>Tim Foley <timf@interlog.com> wrote:
>
>> Something I never got into back when, was the Locksmith/Inspector Watson 
Combo. 
>>  
>> 1) What was Inspector Watson? (I take it a sector editor/viewer)
>
>If memory serves, the Inspector and Watson were separate EPROM chips
>that you could plus into the Apple language card or similar EPROM
>card.  I think one of them let you inspect memory and the other let
>you inspect data on the disk.  Watson was an extension to the
>Inspector and required it to run.
>
>> 2) Does it require a custom card or Rom?
>
>I believe any generic ROM card would do.
>
You could also load the image into RAM with INTEGER BASIC.  If you had a 64K 
][+ or a //e that is.  That way you just switch to INT basic and make the call 
to the Inspector.  I have it somewhere.  I tested it a bit ago with AppleWin.

Mike Harvey
mike.harvey@his.com