Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk?

From	Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Subject	Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk?
Date	2020-06-03 19:25 +0200
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Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:22:15 UTC+10, DeathAdderSF  wrote:
>> The MP4 is resized and compressed just a tad, but that doesn't have
>> any effect on the legibility. With some patience, you may be able to
>> find what you're looking for.
>
> Has this really never been properly explored yet? It seems this device
> has been in very capable hands before, so I find it kinda hard to
> believe.
>
> Anyway I had a quick look. The only OCR software I had handy (Copyfish
> Chrome plugin) didn't work well, even set to the alphanumeric
> option. Possibly it's the low quality video at an angle, but I'm no
> OCR expert.
>
> The ROM starts with Applesoft ... and ends with the enhanced //e ROM vectors.
>
> I wonder what's at C100.CFFF, because if there's code to use the
> parallel port etc then that might be useful. The easiest thing I can
> think of is to get better quality video - don't hold the camera, use a
> stand or something - but disassemble that range so we can at least
> guess what it is.
>
> For instance, if we set up the Ctrl-Y vector with:
> 3F8:4C 00 03
> And put this program here:
> 300:20 61 FE A9 FF 20 A8 FC 4C 00 03
> Then:
> C100L<Return>
> <Control-Y><Return>
>
> That will continue disassembling from the last list command, pausing
> briefly for each page.
>
> You can stop the video when it gets to D000, or do the whole ROM to
> FFFF if you like. ; - )
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.

It seems that the Tiger Learning Computer has a modem port... in that
case, maybe the ROMs can be captured via that? Maybe ADTpro has
functionality useful for this purpose?

There is some prior art in printing to screen, taking photographs and
then running image recognition to capture the data, but that was
probably overkill even the first time it was done :-)

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Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-05-28 23:52 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2020-05-29 17:06 -0700
    Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2020-05-29 22:33 -0400
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-05-30 02:36 -0700
    Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-05-30 05:28 -0700
      Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? inexorabletash@gmail.com - 2020-05-30 09:45 -0700
        Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-05-30 13:54 -0700
          Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? inexorabletash@gmail.com - 2020-05-30 23:01 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-05-31 00:54 -0700
    Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? inexorabletash@gmail.com - 2020-05-31 10:20 -0700
      Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-05-31 12:43 -0700
        Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2020-06-01 10:36 -0700
          Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-01 14:53 -0700
            Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? inexorabletash@gmail.com - 2020-06-01 18:27 -0700
          Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-02 03:15 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-02 00:48 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 00:26 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 03:22 -0700
    Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 08:17 -0700
      Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 19:25 +0200
        Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-03 17:24 -0400
          Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 20:22 -0700
            Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-04 11:37 -0400
              Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2020-06-04 11:09 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-04 14:36 -0400
              Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2020-06-04 20:49 -0400
              Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? geoff body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2020-06-07 01:30 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? geoff body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2020-06-08 04:26 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-09 02:20 -0400
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-08 16:48 -0400
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2020-06-08 14:22 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? inexorabletash@gmail.com - 2020-06-08 14:52 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-08 18:00 -0400
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-08 18:06 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-08 18:11 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-08 18:05 -0400
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-08 21:26 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? geoff body <gbody4@bigpond.com> - 2020-06-08 22:50 -0700
                Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2020-06-09 02:14 -0400
        Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 20:25 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 21:21 -0700
    Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? Nick Westgate <nick.westgate@gmail.com> - 2020-06-03 22:11 -0700
  Re: Command(s) to read in Apple II ROM + save to disk? DeathAdderSF <bcobbsft@gmail.com> - 2020-06-04 16:31 -0700

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