Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!unsvax!uns-helios!alfter From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Some observations Message-ID: <2230@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> Date: 2 Nov 90 04:08:44 GMT References: <9011011645.AA13315@apple.com> <1990Nov1.183805.14929@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: news@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU Reply-To: alfter@uns-helios.uucp (SCOTT ALFTER) Organization: Univ of Nevada System Computing Services - Las Vegas Lines: 26 In article <1990Nov1.183805.14929@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes: >Yet another correction: The need for the intbasic card means that the >feature was not built into the ROM itself. The intbasic firmware card >(the original ][ firmware) has the miniassembler. The ][+ and //e do >not have it by default (you either buy an intbasic firmware card or a >16k ram expansion and load the intbasic firmware into it). The //c and >later machines do have it. I think (but am not sure) that the enhanced >//e has it as well. The original IIe ROMs don't have the mini-assembler, but the enhanced ROMs do. Damn good thing they do, too. The mini-assembler's great for quick hacks--it's better than looking up opcodes in the technical reference. :-) Just the other day I hacked together a program to play SoundMaster (or whatever it's called) files from the Mac--used the mini-assembler for the whole thing. It sounds fairly decent (with short 11 MHz samples, anyway) and works on _any_ II--you don't need a GS! The program is over in rec.arts.startrek right now (I wrote the program to play a SoundMaster file of the Borg-ified Capt. Picard speaking to Riker), but I could post it to comp.binaries.apple2 if there's interest in the program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Alfter _/_ / v \ Apple II: Internet: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu ( ( the power to be your best! GEnie: S.ALFTER \_^_/