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From: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: The empty ROM socket (was BASIC 8 C128 COmputer)
Message-ID: <55180@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 90 21:38:05 GMT
References: <5770@sugar.hackercorp.com> <9183@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <9183@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) writes:
>In article <5770@sugar.hackercorp.com> davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) writes:
>>The ROM plugs into
>>the empty socket in the C128.
>
>
>I have seen references to the ROM sockets, but I haven't seen anything on how
>to use them or how they interact with exteral ROMS.  I sounds like I might
>be able to to use them to add features (if I knew how they are used).
>-- 
>Rick Clements (RickC@pogo.WV.TEK.COM)

I wrote an article with an example on this very topic.  It should appear
in the next Twin Cities 128 (#28 I believe).  ROMs (internal or external) on
the C-128 are much more versatile and elegant than on the C-64...

Kent Sullivan
Microsoft Corporation

The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of my employer.