Re: BIOS differences ][+/europlus?

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr) wrote in message news:<auif8t$heg$1@acme.gcfn.org>...
> David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
> : Dosius <steve@dosius.zzn.com> wrote:
>  
> : > Are there any differences between the BIOS of an Apple ][+ and a
> : > europlus?  (The BIOS is from $D000-$FFFF)
>  
> : No, they are identical.
>  
> : It isn't called the "BIOS", by the way - that term is used on the PC and
> : on CP/M machines, but not for the Apple II firmware, which is just known
> : as the "firmware", or possibly broken up into components such as the
> : "monitor" and "AppleSoft BASIC".
> 
> Or simply ROM by most of us... 8-)
> 
> Probably because BIOS is "Built-In Operating System" and on PCs includes
> such things as PRAM data and OS boot code.  IIRC, the "boot code" in the
> Apple ][ ROM consists of presetting some vectors, and in the Autostart
> ROM, looking for a slot device with some useful boot code on it.  Beyond
> that, the boot routine is actually on the peripheral card ROM (therefore
> by definition NOT "built-in").
> 
> Hoping I didn't screw that up too badly...
> 
> --Dave Althoff, ][.

It's actually "Basic Input/Output System" - the primitives that drive
the built-in devices. :�  I use a lot of PC phrases when referring to
other systems - if you looked at NDapple you'd see I refered to the
"IP" which most people call the "PC".  It's just my bad habits :�

-uso.