Re: Why did Woz use the long cycle?

[ferdimh@gmx.de]

On 4 Apr., 20:44, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 8:32 am, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:
>
> > >I have no idea what any of the above means.  But the answer to the
> > >question you asked, "why did Woz...?" probably boils down to component
> > >count.  As I understand the history of how he designed things -
> > >simplification was key.  If it could be made to work well enough with
> > >a simpler design - he did it.
>
> > If I am counting right it SAVES a chip! So that can't be the case.
>
> This was a case where Woz saw the added functionality of being
> able to draw vertical lines of a single color was worth the extra
> chip.
>
> He had seen and used similar circuitry for artifact color
> generation in video games, and liked the graphics it
> enabled.
>
> -michael

I don't think I like the way it looks better... but I can't tell
without having tried it the other way. I wanted to have a pre-//e-
Apple anyway...


Ferdinand