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robey / apple1-rom.txt
Last active May 22, 2023 03:49
apple 1 ROM disassembly
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; the "monitor ROM" of an apple 1 fit in one page (256 bytes).
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; this is my attempt to take the disassembled code, give names to the
; variables and routines, and try to document how it worked.
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; an apple 1 had 8KB of RAM (more, if you hacked on the motherboard), and a
; peripheral chip that drove the keyboard and video. the video was run by a
; side processor that could treat the display as an append-only terminal that