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The //e Card is able to replace the standard Apple II beep with a Macintosh sound. The means by which this is accomplished is quite interesting.
The routine at $fbdd (BELL1) is
.org $fbdd ; this code replaces the .1 second delay .byte $02 ; two byte NOP in 65C02 .byte $01 ; should be ignored by CPU rts nop nop ; remaining code matches the original //e code and calling $fbe2 ; will produce a beep, at the wrong pitch if the card is in fast mode.
$02 is a two-byte NOP on the 65C02. Interestingly enough, when the processor on the Card executes the sequence $02 $01, it produces the configured beep sound. So far I have found no effects for $02 $xx where xx != 01.
Try this in the monitor:
*300:02 01 02 01 02 01 60 *300G
Three beep sounds!
So this must be part of the magic that interfaces the card to the host Macintosh. How very very interesting.