Re: Anyone needing a language card?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

David Wilson wrote:
> On Aug 11, 8:57 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Was the Programmer's Aid ROM shipped standard with Integer ROM cards,
> > or was it an extra-cost option (as it was with the Apple II).
>
>
> I cannot answer that question but I just read the following in the
> Apple's "The Personal Computer Magazine and Catalog" ((C) 1979, Volume
> 1, Number 2 on page C-12):
>
> "Programmers Aid #1 is packaged in a single 2K-byte ROM to be inserted
> in a socket of the APPLE II. The routines upon which it is based are
> completely documented in the manual which accompanies the package.
> (Order No. A2M0019. Note: this ROM is now included in APPLE II
> computers.)"
>
> So it started out as an extra cost option but then became a no-cost
> standard feature (of APPLE II systems).

That makes sense.  After posting my question, I was thinking that
when I bought my Apple II+ in late 1980, I had a choice of a II
or a II+ for the same price--it only makes sense that either choice
would have 6 ROMs installed.  ;-)

I'd also guess that cassette Applesoft used the hi-res routines
in the Programmer's Aid ROM for graphics.

-michael

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