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- Apple II
- File Type Notes
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- Developer Technical Support
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- File Type: $BA (186)
- Auxiliary Type: All
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- Full Name: Apple IIgs Tool File
- Short Name: Tool
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- Written by: Matt Deatherage September 1990
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- Files of this type and auxiliary type contain Apple IIgs tool sets.
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- Files of type $BA contain Apple IIgs tool sets, designed to be called by the
- Tool Locator. The data fork is in OMF format; once it's been loaded by
- InitialLoad or InitialLoad2, the image in RAM starts with the tool set's
- function pointer table (FPT). The resource fork, if it exists, should be
- empty or in Apple IIgs Resource Manager format.
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- All RAM-based system tools are contained in the System folder of the boot
- volume, and are named by tool number (for example, tool #27 is named TOOL027).
- This convention is for system tools only.
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- User tools can reside in any directory (the directory with the application is
- a good choice) and may follow any naming conventions. User tool sets should
- also use file type $BA.
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- Please note that all system tool set numbers and names are reserved for Apple
- Computer, Inc. Third-party developers must not create tools using any system
- tool set numbers.
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- Further Reference
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- o Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference, Volume 2, Appendix A
- o Apple IIgs Technical Note #73, Using User Tool Sets
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