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Apple II Textfiles

With the introduction of the Apple II family of computers, the wonders of programming, communicating, and just plain geeking out became affordable for an entire generation of budding enthusiasts and their families. By the end of the 70's an entire culture had risen up around the Apple II, and the energy of thousands of hardware and software hackers went into learning every last op-code and settable switch within the machine.

It can't be discounted that Apple's successful foray into the educational market resulted in schools countrywide brimming with Apple IIs, and social groups collecting around the labs after school hours. All manner of things happened there, some documented below.

These files range from explicit memory maps of the Apple II to long tutorials on how to "crack" games, that is, remove all copy protection and make the game easier to distribute between other pirates.

ADC

Apple II Development Forum Conference Transcriptions (1988-1991)

ANATOMY

DOS 3.3 Anatomy

CRACKING

Files about Deprotecting Software or Adding Cheats

DOCUMENTATION

"Soft Dox" for Apple Programs

GENIELAMP

Archive of the Genielamp A2, the GEnie Apple II Roundtable

PIRACY

Writings, Rags, Messages and Lore of the Apple II Pirates/Phreaks

REVIEWS

Reviews of Apple II Software

WALKTHROUGHS

Walkthroughs of Apple II Specific Adventures

6502.bugs.txt

A Collection of 6502 Processor Bugs

a2img.fmt

USENET: Description of the 2img Disk Format

a2memmov.txt

Memory Moves with an Apple IIe and Extended 80 Column Card Part I, by Hawkeye

acat202mods.txt

A Collection of Apple Cat 202 Mods by The Digital Knight

acatexpanded.txt

Expanding your Apple Cat II by The Ware-Wolf of the Hi-Res Hijackers/202 Alliance/WareBusters

acatmods.txt

Some Apple-Cat Mods by Mr. Houdini

acatprogram.txt

Advanced Programming Information for the Apple Cat by The Homer Brothers

acatreference.txt

A Quick Reference Sheet for the Novation Apple-Cat Firmware Rom by Captain Avatar

acos.hst.mod

How to get Speed out of your HST and HST Dual Standard Modem on an Apple IIGS

aecomman.app

A list of commands for Ascii Express

aht.01.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): Pre-Apple History

aht.02.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple I

aht.03.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II

aht.04.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II, Continued

aht.05.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Disk II

aht.06.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II Plus

aht.07.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIe

aht.08.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIc

aht.09.v1.2

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Disk Evolution and the Apple IIc Plus

aht.10.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs

aht.11.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs Continued

aht.12.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals and the Apple II Abroad

aht.13.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals, Continued

aht.14.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): DOS

aht.16.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages

aht.17.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages, Continued

aht.18.v1.1

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Software

aht.19.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): AppleWorks

aht.20.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines

aht.21.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines, Continued

aht.22.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Telecommunications

aht.23.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Renaissance

aht.apndxb.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): An Apple II Timeline

aht.apndxc.v1.0

The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Genealogy

aids

Method for detecting the "Cyberaids Virus", by The Chemist

alien.clues

Passwords for Alien Mind, by The Undertaker and the Vandal

alinto.txt

An Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (on the Apple II) by Charles R. Smith

ansi.spcs

ANSI and VT100 Codes

apple.app

Combining Applesoft with Assembly Language

apple.txt

The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement

apple2.gs

The Sad, True Truth of the Apple II GS (Stands for Goddamned Slow)

applecat2mods.txt

Apple Cat Mods, from Mr. Houdini

applecatapi.txt

The Apple-Cat Modem A.P.I. by The Tailpipe

applecatf.txt

Apple Cat Firmware Installation/Instructions

applecatpatch.txt

A Collection of Patches for the CATMSFT and CATCPI CP/M Applce-Cat II Modem Programs

applefaq.txt

The Apple Frequently Asked Questions List

appleii.jok

The Unofficial Apple II Brainwash Test by Fred E. Long

applemouse.txt

Applemouse Programming, by Z-Man

applenet.app

Advertisement for Apple-net software. Note feature list

applenet.txt

Getting AE/Catfur to Work with Apple Net, by The 0mega, Lord Vision and The Rock n' Roll Doctor (July 9, 1986)

apples.txt

Why the Apple II is Broken

appleser.app

Apple //c Serial Port Information

applesoft.tips

The Beagle Brothers Applesoft Tips Guide

appletips.txt

Small Collection of Apple II Tips

appswitc.app

Apple //e Soft Switch, Status, and other I/O locations

assembler.txt

The Best Apple's Assembly Tutorial Part 1: The Assembler by The Best Apple and Edited by Nowhere Man

bigu_doc.txt

DOCUMENTATION: Big U, by Beagle Brothers Software, Transcribed by Mike Spangler (2003)

bin.ii

Apple II Binary File Format, developed by Gary B. Little

binaryii.txt

The Binary II Protocol Information by Gary B. Little (November 24, 1986)

binhex.txt

Description of the .HQX File Format by Dave Johnson of Brown University Computer Science

bitsbaud.txt

Bits, Baud Rate, and BPS, by michael A. Banks, 1988

bootl-6.hac

Bootlegger Magazine Excerpts (Apple II Stuff)

catfur.app

Bit Blaster's Information on the Cat Fur Modem

catstuff.app

Expanding your Apple Cat // by the Warewolf

centauri.alliance.txt

Review of Centauri Alliance

cf-ae-pokes.txt

Locations in DOS for Poking the Apple Cat, by Philip F. Esterhaus

champ.lode.runner.txt

Review of Championship Lode Runner

command.set.txt

A Quick Cheat Sheet of ProDOS Commands

coolcatinfo.txt

Expanding Your Apple Cat II by The Ware Wolf

correct.app

Corrections to programming for the Apple Cat

cr.adder

How to add Carriage Returns to Appleworks Databases

crackdos.app

Introduction to how AppleDOS operates

cramit.app

An Introduction to Program Compression

cramit.txt

Some Tips on Cramming Data with an Apple

crammin.app

A simple compression scheme

deathlord.txt

Review of The Deathlord

diskgo.txt

Getting Faster Apple DOS Speeds by Tamerlane of the Ring

disksplitter.txt

DOCUMENTATION: Disk Splitter 2.5 by The Stack and The Atom

dos.chart

The DOS 3.3 Memory Access Chart

dosless.txt

Creating an Apple DOS-Less Disk

doubletake.txt

SOFTDOCS: Double-Take, 2-Way-Scroll Multiple-Utility Disk by Mark Simonsen of Beagle Brothers (1983)

drelbs.txt

SOFTDOCS: Drelbs, from The Ware Lords by Mr. Echo and The Intern (1984)

dsk.img

USENET: A Method for Using a Mac to Make a .dsk Image File Back into a Real IIgs Disk

dskimages

USENET: Transferring Files from the PC or Mac to a GS

emu.pt.update

Message: Bugs in IIGS Proterm v1.9p

errors.app

A comment on error traps, by Nick Fotheringham

errors.txt

A Comment on Error Traps by Nick Fotheringham from the Apple Barrel

expandca.app

Expanding your Apple Cat, by Warewolf

fasteddie10b1.prsrls

USENET: Press Release: Fast Eddie 1.0b1 Beta: Apple IIGS Emulation for the Power Macintosh

fasteddie10b1.qna

USENET: The Fast Eddie (possibly) Frequently Asked Questions

fevsgus

USENET: Review of the Fast Eddie Beta through the PowerMac AV Video Out

fools.errand.txt

Review of Fool's Errand

format.nufx.txt

The New Archive Standard for the Apple II -- "NuFX" -- NuFile eXchange by Andy Nicholas (February 3, 1989)

funwiththecat.txt

Fun with the Cat: Tutorial Number One by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht

funwiththecat2.txt

Fun With the Cat: Tutorial Number Two by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht (February 15, 1986)

futrae.app

The Future Evolution of Ascii Express (Humor)

gamecheats.txt

Collection of Patches, Cheats and Mods to Apple Games (August 1, 1982)

gif.txt

The Standard of the Graphics Interchange Format (June 15, 1987)

gserror.txt

A Collection of GE/OS Error Codes

homeword.txt

SOFTDOCS: Homeword

icon.convert

Converting Apple IIGS Icons to Clip Art by Marty Knight

iigsprob.hum

The Apple IIgs Sound Problem

joystick.app

The Official Joystick Review Guide, by The Tracker

kar.news

How to Beat Karateka by ?Syntax Error

kickmacr.app

How to kick butt with AE Macro Action

locksmith.txt

Some Updates About Locksmith from The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)

locksmithparm.txt

Locksmith Parameters by The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)

mac2info.app

Late-breaking (1987) information on The Macintosh II

machinel.app

Dr. Firmware's Tutorial of Machine Language

memory.txt

An Apple Peek Poke, Call List

ml.part.i

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk by Dr. Firmware

ml.part.ii

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part II by Dr. Firmware

ml.part.iii

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part III by Dr. Firmware

ml.part.iv

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part IV by Dr. Firmware

ml.part.v

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part V by Dr. Firmware

ml.part.vi

The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part VI by Dr. Firmware

mllessons.txt

Machine Language Tutorial by The Shoalin Temple of the Dragon BBS and Tom O' Brien

oneguy.txt

Hey, If You Pirate the Game, Don't Call Tech Support

oneusi

A Ad for 1US1: The Tommy-Gun Fax for the Apple II GS by Captain Tom

opcodez.app

Various Apple Opcodes

parameters.txt

A Collection of Apple II Copy Protection/Copy Settings (June 9, 1982)

parm2.txt

Collection of Apple II Copy Parameters

peekpk.txt

Apple Peeks and Pokes List

peekpoke.app

A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs

peeks.pokes

Description of the differences between CALL, PEEK and POKE in Applesoft

peeks.pokes.1

Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes

peeks.pokes.2

Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes in the Zero Page Area

peeks.pokes.3.1

Apple Peeks, Pokes and Calls List Version 2.1 by The Enforcer (May 1984)

peeks.pokes.3.2

Miscellaneous Applesoft Information, by Control Reset

peex-pokes.txt

The Beagle Brothers Peek and Poke Chart

pm2600.app

The Poor Man's 2600 Hertz by Sir Briggs

pokelist.app

A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs (Duplicate)

puppy

Documentation About Puppy, a Very Small Scale Bulletin Board for Apples by Tom Jennings (December 10, 1987)

quick.draw.3

Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Part III)

quick.spells

Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Spells)

resurrect.txt

Ressurection: When an AppleWorks Word Processor or Data File Goes Bad by Harold D. Portnoy (1990)

sc4.review.txt

A SuperConvert 4 Review by Rudy A. Guy

scsi.hd.how.to

The Do-It-Yourself SCSI Hard Drive Manual by Paladin (November 6, 1988)

secretk.app

Secret Keys: Little easter eggs and news about Apple II games

secretkeys.faq

The Definitive Source Guide to Secret Keys, Easter Eggs and Hidden Messages by the Ramsacker (April 15, 1992)

tex

SOFTDOCS: TEX: Text Filt Utility by Floyd Zink, Jr. (1987)

usr.16.8k

The Info File on the USR Robotics 16.8k Model

vanilla.hd

Dr. Ken's Roll-Your-Own Vanilla SCSI Hard Disk Drive by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz

vanilla.tape

Build Your Own Vanilla SCSI Tape Backup System by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz (1989)

vidomac.app

1986 Seminar on "Macintosh in Film and TV Production"

vt100

DEC VT-100 Compatible Cursor Command Sequences

wizardry.4.info

Advice about playing Wizardry IV

wiztips1.txt

Wizardry Tips I by Jim Reich

wiztips2.txt

Wizardry Tips II

wiztips3.txt

Wizardry Tips III by Jim Reich

wiztips4.txt

Wizardry Tips IV by Jim Reich

wozconf1.txt

Transcription of conference on MAUG (Compuserve Apple Users Group) with Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple (October 16, 1983)

wpgs.review

USENET: Review of the Freeware Version of WordPerfect IIgs by Corel (January 31, 1997)

xmodem

XMODEM Protocol Reference, by Ward Christensen January 1, 1982

ymodem.s

YMODEM Source Code for GBBS by Mike Golazewski or Greg Schaefer

zmodem.gbbs

The Addition of ZMODEM to GBBS!

zorroplaying.txt

Zorro Playing Tips, by The Tracker