On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 09:06 PM, Scott Holder wrote:
> IWM was the Integrated Wozniak Machine, which was for its time a pretty > nice piece of engineering. A Floppy Controller on a chip. It was what > did the 800k drives. > > Then along came the SWIM chip, a Super Wozniak Integrated Machine, which > was what we all know and love for the FDHD/Superdrive. It showed up in > the Mac IIs and SEs first. > > Naturally, this is all just from my reading, I could be wrong, but it's > what I've heard :) > And before all that, the Woz Machine was implemented in TTL on the controller boards for 5.25" drives on Apple IIs. I guess that the IWM could be done in TTL; not sure about the SWIM. Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
