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It's the boot ROM that came with the Apple I. It was pretty big for the time given that in those days, computers didn't come with flash, so you had to bootstrap
by reanimus 3y ago
It's the boot ROM that came with the Apple I. It was pretty big for the time given that in those days, computers didn't come with flash, so you had to bootstrap programs with dip switches and the like. The Apple I came with wozmon on ROM, which provided a (VERY) minimal prompt to edit/view memory and run programs from it.
- coldpie 3y ago> so you had to bootstrap programs with dip switches and the like For more on this, check out this amazing series of videos from deramp5113 about the Altair 8800: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0cD1dhX35wILBj https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB3mwSROoJ4KLWM8KwK0c... (Also available on archive.org: https://archive.org/search?query=altair+8800&sort=title&and%5B%5D=creator%3A%22mike+douglas%22 https://archive.org/search?query=altair+8800&sort=title&and%... )