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- Apple II
- Technical Notes
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- Developer Technical Support
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- #0: About Apple II Technical Notes March-July 1991
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- Technical Note #0 (this document) accompanies each release of Apple II
- Technical Notes. This combination release includes a new Notes for the Apple
- IIe #10, Apple IIgs #101, HyperCard IIgs #1, #2 and #3, and revised Notes for
- the IIgs #24, #43, #44, #53, #63, #71, #73, #76, #81, #83, #86, #90, #91 and
- 99, Miscellaneous #2 and #7 as well as an index to all released Apple II
- Technical Notes, File Type Notes, and Sample Code. If there are any subjects
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- Apple II Technical Notes that have been released.
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- assistance in creating these text file versions of Technical Notes.
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- Released Apple II Technical Notes July 1991
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- New ***
- Revised *R*
- Apple IIc
-
- 1 Mouse Differences On IIe and IIc 11/88
- 2 40-Column and Double High-Resolution Graphics 11/88
- 3 Foreign Language Keyboard Layouts 11/88
- 4 Dvorak Keyboard Layout 11/88
- 5 Memory Expansion on the Apple IIc 11/88
- 6 Buffering Blues 11/88
- 7 Existing Versions 11/88
- 8 Single-Sided 3.5" Media and the Apple IIc Plus 5/89
- 9 Detecting VBL 11/90
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- Apple IIe
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- 1 Overview of the Apple IIe 11/88
- 2 Hardware Protocol for Doing DMA 11/88
- 3 Double High-Resolution Graphics 11/88
- 4 RDY line 11/88
- 5 /INH line 11/88
- 6 The Apple II Paddle Circuits 11/88
- 7 Interfaces--Serial, Parallel, and IEEE-488 11/88
- 8 Known Anomalies of Enhanced IIe ROMs 11/88
- 9 Switch Input Changes 11/88
- *** 10 The Apple IIe Card for the Macintosh LC 07/91
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- Apple IIgs
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- 1 How to Install Custom BRK and /NMI Handlers 11/88
- 2 Transforming I/O Subroutines for Use in "Native" Mode 11/88
- 3 Window Information Bar Use 1/91
- 4 Changing Graphics Modes in Mid-Application 1/91
- 5 Window and Menu Titles 11/90
- 6 QuickDraw II Pattern Data Structure 7/89
- 7 Halt Mechanism in IIgs SANE 11/88
- 8 Elems Functions in IIgs SANE 11/88
- 9 IIgs Sound Expansion Connector: Analog Input/Output
- Impedances 11/88
- 10 InvalRgn Twist 11/88
- 11 Ensoniq DOC Swap-Mode Anomaly 11/88
- 12 Tool Set Interdependencies 1/90
- 13 ROM 1.0 Modem Firmware Bug 11/88
- 14 Standard File Calls and GrafPort Records 11/88
- 15 InstallFont and Big Fonts 7/89
- 16 Notes on Background Printing 11/88
- 17 Application Memory Management and the MMStartUp User ID
- 11/88
- 18 Do-It-Yourself SCC Access 7/90
- 19 Multichannel Output with the Apple IIgs Note Synthesizer
- 11/88
- 20 Catalog of APW Language Numbers 3/90
- 21 DMA Compatibility for Expansion RAM 11/88
- 22 Proper Use of Dynamic Segments 9/90
- 23 Toolbox Use of DOC RAM 11/88
- *R* 24 Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference Updates 7/91
- 25 Apple IIgs Firmware Reference Updates 9/90
- 26 ROM Revision Summary 9/89
- 27 Graphics Image File Formats 11/88
- 28 Interface Card Design Guidelines 11/88
- 29 Monochrome High-Resolution Mode 11/88
- 30 Apple IIgs Hardware Reference Updates 9/90
- 31 Redirecting Output in APW C 11/88
- 32 /INH Line Anomaly 11/88
- 33 ERRORDEATH Macro 11/88
- 34 Low-Level QuickDraw II Routines 1/91
- 35 Printer Driver Specifications 9/90
- 36 Port Driver Specifications 9/89
- 37 Free-Form Synthesizer Tips 11/88
- 38 List Controls in Dialog Boxes 9/90
- 39 Mega II Video Counters 7/89
- 40 VBL Signal 7/89
- 41 Font Family Numbers 11/90
- 42 Custom Windows 11/88
- *R* 43 Undocumented Feature of CalcMenuSize obsolete 7/91
- *R* 44 GetPenState and SetPenState Record Error obsolete 7/91
- 45 Parameters for GetFrameColor 9/89
- 46 DrawPicture Data Format 11/88
- 47 What SetDataSize Does 11/88
- 48 All About AlertWindow obsolete 11/90
- 49 Rebooting (Really) 1/89
- 50 Extended Serial Interface Error Handling 1/89
- 51 How to Avoid Running Out of Memory 9/90
- 52 Loading and Special Memory 7/89
- *R* 53 Desk Accessories and Tools 3/91
- 54 MIDI Drivers 11/90
- 55 Avoiding ClrHeartBeat 7/89
- 56 Managing Dynamic Segments obsolete 11/90
- 57 Preventing Memory Compacting and Purging 7/89
- 58 Keyboard Modifiers Register Anomaly 7/89
- 59 Do Not Create Zero-Length Text Scraps obsolete 1/91
- 60 Menu Manager Memorabilia 11/90
- 61 Window Title Handles 7/89
- 62 No Non-Solid Window Background Patterns 7/89
- *R* 63 Master Color Values 5/91
- 64 Apple IIgs Installer and Installer Scripts 9/89
- 65 Control-^ is Harder Than It Looks 9/89
- 66 ExpressLoad Philosophy 9/90
- 67 LaserWriter Font Mapping 11/89
- 68 Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Design 9/89
- 69 The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 5/90
- 70 Fast Graphics Hints 9/89
- *R* 71 DA Tips and Techniques 7/90
- 72 QuickDraw II Quirks 11/90
- *R* 73 Using User Tool Sets 7/91
- 74 A Faster List Manager Draw Routine 11/89
- 75 BeginUpdate Anomaly 1/90
- *R* 76 Miscellaneous Resource Formats 7/90
- 77 Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files 1/90
- 78 Bank Alignment and Memory Management 3/90
- 79 Integer Math Data Types 5/90
- 80 QuickDraw II Clipping 3/90
- *R* 81 Extended Control Ecstasy 7/91
- 82 Controlling the Control Manager obsolete 11/90
- *R* 83 Resource Manager Stuff 3/91
- 84 TaskMaster Madness 7/90
- 85 Moving the Mouse 7/90
- *R* 86 Risking Resourceful Code 3/91
- 87 Patching the Tool Dispatcher 9/90
- 88 The Page One Stack in a 16-Bit World 9/90
- 89 MessageByName--Catchy Messages 9/90
- *R* 90 65816 Tips and Pitfalls 3/91
- *R* 91 The Wonderful World of Universal Access 7/91
- 92 Twisted Tales of TextEdit 11/90
- 93 Compatible Printing 9/90
- 94 Packing It In (and Out) 9/90
- 95 ROM Diagnostic Errors 9/90
- 96 Standard File Customization 11/90
- 97 Picture Comments and Printing 11/90
- 98 Aren't Windows A Pane 1/91
- *R* 99 Supplemental Scrap Types 3/91
- 100 VersionVille 1/91
- *** 101 Patching the Toolbox 5/91
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- Apple II Miscellaneous
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- 1 80-Column Screen Dump 11/88
- *R* 2 Apple II Family Identification Routines 2.2 5/91
- 3 Super Serial Card Firmware Bug 11/88
- 4 AppleWorks Keys obsolete 5/89
- 5 AppleWorks File Formats obsolete 5/89
- 6 IWM Port Description 11/88
- *R* 7 Apple II Family Identification 5/91
- 8 Pascal 1.1 Firmware Protocol ID Bytes 11/88
- 9 AppleSoft Real Variable Storage 11/88
- 10 80-Column GetChar Routine 9/89
- 11 Examining the $C800 Space from AppleSoft 5/89
- 12 Apple II Firmware WAIT Routine 11/88
- 13 not used
- 14 Guidelines for Telecommunication Programs 7/89
- 15 Compatibility Across Apple II Models 1/90
- 16 Apple II Parallel Interface Card Firmware 7/90
- 17 Buried Treasures of the Video Overlay Card 9/90
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- AppleTalk
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- 1 Identifying AppleTalk 3/90
- 2 ProDOS 8 Compatibility on the IIe and IIgs 11/88
- 3 Avoiding Remote Printer Time-Outs 9/89
- 4 Printing Through the Firmware 9/90
- 5 SPCommand Calls and Error $0702 7/89
- 6 Apple IIe Workstation Card Anomalies 7/89
- 7 MLIACTV Flag and the IIe Workstation Card 11/89
- 8 Using the @ Prefix 9/90
- 9 The PAP Status Buffer 11/90
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- HyperCard IIGS
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- *** 1 Corrections to the Script Language Guide 3/91
- *** 2 Known HyperCard Bugs 3/91
- *** 3 Pitching Sampled Sounds 3/91
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- GS/OS
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- 1 Contents of System.Disk and System.Tools 1/91
- 2 GS/OS and the 80-Column Firmware 11/88
- 3 Pointers on Caching 11/88
- *R* 4 A GS/OS State of Mind 3/91
- 5 Resource Fork Formats 7/89
- 6 Drivers and GS/OS Direct Page 11/90
- 7 Behavior of SET_DISKSW 7/89
- 8 Filenames With More Than CAPS and Numerals 7/89
- 9 Interrupt Handling Anomalies 5/90
- 10 How Applications Find Their Files 9/90
- 11 About EraseDisk and Format 11/90
- 12 All About Notify Procs 9/90
- *R* 13 GS/OS Reference Update 3/91
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- ImageWriter
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- 1 Custom Font Selection 11/88
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- Memory Expansion Card
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- 1 Questions and Answers 11/88
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- Mouse
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- 1 Interrupt Environment with the Mouse 11/88
- 2 Varying VBL Interrupt Rate 11/88
- 3 Mode Byte of the SetMouse Routine 11/88
- 4 Mouse Firmware Bug Affecting ServeMouse 11/88
- 5 Check on Mouse Firmware Card 11/90
- 6 MouseText Characters 1/89
- 7 Mouse Clamping 11/88
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- Pascal
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- 4 Pascal Declarations and the Directory
- Structure of a Blocked Volume 11/88
- 10 Configuration and Use of the Apple II Pascal
- Run-Time Systems 11/88
- 12 Disk Formatter Routine 11/88
- 14 Apple Pascal 1.3 TREESEARCH and IDSEARCH 11/88
- 15 Apple II Pascal SHORTGRAPHICS Module 11/88
- 16 Driver to Have Two Volumes on One 3.5" Disk 11/88
- 17 SYSTEM.APPLE Patch V2.0 3/90
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- ProDOS 8
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- 1 The GETLN Buffer and a ProDOS Clock Card 11/88
- 2 Porting DOS 3.3 Programs to ProDOS and BASIC.SYSTEM 11/88
- 3 Device Search, Identification,
- and Driver Conventions 11/88
- 4 I/O Redirection in DOS and ProDOS 11/88
- 5 ProDOS Block Device Formatting 11/88
- 6 Attaching External Commands to BASIC.SYSTEM 11/88
- 7 Starting and Quitting Interpreter Conventions 11/88
- 8 Dealing with /RAM 11/88
- 9 Buffer Management Using BASIC.SYSTEM 11/88
- 10 Installing Clock Driver Routines 11/88
- 11 The ProDOS 8 MACHID Byte 11/88
- 12 Interrupt Handling 11/88
- 13 Double High-Resolution Graphics Files 11/88
- 14 Selector and Dispatcher Conventions 11/88
- 15 How ProDOS 8 Treats Slot 3 11/88
- 16 How to Format a ProDOS Disk Device 11/88
- 17 Recursive ProDOS Catalog Routine 11/89
- 18 /RAM Memory Map 11/88
- 19 File Auxiliary Type Assignment 11/88
- 20 Mirrored Devices and SmartPort 11/88
- 21 Identifying ProDOS Devices 3/90
- 22 Don't Put Parameter Blocks on Zero Page 7/89
- 23 ProDOS 8 Changes and Minutia 9/90
- 24 BASIC.SYSTEM Revisions 9/90
- 25 Non-Standard Storage Types 7/89
- 26 Polite Use of Auxiliary Memory 1/90
- 27 Hybrid Applications 1/90
- 28 ProDOS Dates--2000 and Beyond 9/90
- 29 Clearing the Backup Needed Bit 9/90
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- SmartPort
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- 1 SmartPort Introduction 11/88
- 2 SmartPort Calls Updated 9/89
- 3 SmartPort Bus Architecture 11/88
- 4 SmartPort Device Types 11/88
- 5 SCSI SmartPort Call Changes 11/90
- 6 Apple IIgs SmartPort Errata 11/90
- 7 SmartPort Subtype Codes 11/88
- 8 SmartPort Packets 5/89
- 9 Apple II SCSI Errata 7/90
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- UniDisk 3.5
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- 1 UniDisk 3.5 Internals 11/88
- 2 UniDisk 3.5 ID Bytes 11/88
- 3 STATUS Call Bug 11/88
- 4 Accessing Macintosh Disks 11/88
- 5 Architectural Differences Between 3.5" Drives 11/88
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