I learned to program with Pascal on an Apple III. It had two floppies, a printer card and RS232 card (state of the art). ;o)
73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:08:35 -0500, Bill Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Jan 10, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Jack Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is actually not quite true. The original Mac had some of the library >> code in ROM - Quickdraw, the file system, and various IO drivers come to >> mind, but the OS was most definitely supplied on floppy disk, and the disk >> was absolutely required for the Mac to boot and run. Updates to the OS were >> applied on mini floppies for quite some time. Also, over time things like >> the file system (going from MFS to HFS), drivers, and most other items were >> moved to disk. There was a 2x speed advantage to running from ROM instead of >> RAM, but that quickly disappeared as the Mac hardware evolved. By the time >> the Mac II was introduced, everything was on disk except for the boot code. >> >> Yes, I have been programming Macs since the original 128K Mac. I still have >> two of those around here, and both booted last time I tried. Still have the >> original loose-leaf version of "Inside Macintosh" also > >Oh, I remember it well. I think I have two later editions from A-W, now >horribly obsolete. > >> Now I feel old > >Beats the alternative. > >> Jack B, W6FB >> >> p.s., I can't think of anyone who would even consider supporting products >> that have had the firmware modified by non-company programmers >> Your assessment is right-on in that respect! Embedded control systems >> (especially radios) are kept very tight for a reason. > >As I remember, there were a lot of developers who ended up doing things they >shouldn't, such as tail-patching A-line traps, who later found out the hard >way that their software was broken. > >Not a great model to follow, IMHO. > >Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [email protected] >Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com >Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
