Re: What do you get when you access RAM that isn't there?

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

Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message news:<h62t9.42941$Ik.958003@typhoon.sonic.net>...
> Dosius <steve@dosius.zzn.com> wrote:
> > Let's say you have a 32K system and you access byte $8000 of RAM. 
> > Obviously there's nothing there, so what happens?  I'm just curious,
> > but perhaps I can see what happens when one uses a 32K, 16K, or even
> > 4K Apple ][, just for the hack value. :)
> 
> 
> If memory serves, it was a pattern of largely 00 and ff bytes, with
> some semi-random other junk.  I can't remember if the results were
> stable.

I wonder how DOS detected a sub-48K system then...