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Hacking the Interactive Television Box: it's got System 7.1 in ROM

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Jul 22, 2023 - #1
If you have the red ROM for the AITB (Set Top Box/STB), the one that displays on the composite outputs, you can actually hack the unusual form of System 7.1 it includes in ROM. It works great with a BMOW 2MB ROM-inator and a SIMM programmer.

Apple's Interactive Television Box: hacking the Set Top Box System 7.1 in ROM

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