Good description of Apple ][ disk controller

Dave Dunfield dave04a at dunfield.com
Tue Mar 22 12:58:45 CST 2005


>>> You want the book "The Apple II Circuit Description", or "The Apple IIe
>>> Circuit Description", by Winston Gayler.
>> While that's a good book, it has nothing on the disk controller.  See
>> my previous message for a better selection.
>Oh.  I suppose I must be hallucinating when I look at this copy in
>front of me.  The table of contents lists chapter 9 as being "The
>Disk Controller".  And pages 9-1 through 9-45 seem to give a detailed
>explanation of how it works.  But I guess this must just be a
>particularly strange side effect of the drugs that I'm not taking.

Um .. don't really want to get into a discussion on your drug habits or
what visions they may be causing you ..  but what edition of the book do
you have?  - Mine (first edition, first printing -- 1983) Has only chapters
1-8 (no 9) and makes no mention of the disk controller... [I looked when
Sellam first asked for information]

Regards,
Dave
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