Re: Apple II Graphics Programming (Assembly)

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jul 8, 11:10 pm, paulrsm <paul....@att.net> wrote:
> > > And the "clear the hi-res page" routine is, in fact, one of the slower
> > > Applesoft ROM routines!
> > > The Monitor ROM ($F800..$FFFF) is by Woz and Allen Baum, and is a fine
> > > tutorial in assembly language techniques.  The Applesoft ROM, not so
> > > much.
> > Hmmm.... Title fight between Woz & Microsoft: Microsoft is KO'ed in the
> > first 30 seconds of the first round...  ;-)
>
> The ROM routines by Woz and Baum were written to optimize size, not
> speed.
>
> The Hi-Res routines in Applesoft were written by Woz.  See the
> Programmer's
> Aid #1 manual for assembly source code.
>
> --
> Paul Santa Maria
> Maumee, Ohio USA

It seems I incorrectly assumed that Microsoft had written the
Applesoft routines, my bad. Thanks for setting me straight. It must be
my inner desire to blame Microsoft for everything bad in this
world..   ;-)

Cheers,
Mike