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The comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup Apple II FAQs originate from
the Ground Apple II archive, 1997-2003. Administrator: Steve Nelson
Csa2 FAQs-on-Ground ref: Csa2APPLICS.txt rev067 October 2003
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001- What Operating System environments does the GS support?
002- What GS programs are there for viewing/converting graphics?
003- What Apple II emulators are available and where can I get them?
004- What is a good file copier program for the IIgs?
005- Where can I find PEEKs & POKEs and monitor routine info?
006- How can I boot a good GS System with no hard disk?
007- Can I do Reverse Speech on my IIgs?
008- Is it possible to run PaintWorks from hard disk?
009- How can I read a single ProDOS block into memory under BASIC?
010- Is there an Apple II program for ham radio CW code practice?
011- Can my GS do file sharing with a Mac's hard drive?
012- How can I use a Mac as a network server with my GS?
013- How can I set up an Appletalk network for 30 IIgs's
014- How can I capture a GS super-res screen to disk?
015- What programming languages are available for the Apple ][?
016- How can I see and edit what's in a Text file?
017- How do I save a BASIC program in ASCII text form?
018- Where and how do I get GS System 6.0.1?
019- Is a graphical user interface (GUI) available for 8-bit A2's?
020- Where can I get Applesoft shape table info and programs?
021- How can I get a Postscript file from a GS document?
022- Where can I get Appleworks and Appleworks info?
023- Where can I get Apple II languages and programming info?
024- How can I boot DOS 3.3 images on the Bernie IIgs emulator?
025- Is there a way to convert two-column Text to one column?
026- Where can I find an Apple II memory map?
027- How can I move A2 programs to Quick BASIC on my PC?
From: Rubywand, David Empson, and Michael Gährken
001- What Operating System environments does the GS support?
The GS can support several. Some of the more popular OS environments include ...
DOS 3.3- usually Beagle's Prontodos or some other speeded version of the original DOS
3.3. This is the 5.25" diskette-based disk operating system used for years on earlier
Apple II's. It's commands are designed for use from BASIC programs or from the
keyboard. Many old Apple II games and other wares are on 5.25" diskettes which boot
DOS 3.3.
ProDOS 8- e.g. ProDOS v2.0.3. This is a disk operating system which supports a variety
of devices (e.g. 3.5" drives, hard drives, etc.) and allows sub-directories. Commands
are very similar to DOS 3.3 and are designed for use in BASIC programs or from the
keyboard. BASIC and 'system' programs can also utilize direct CALLs to well-defined
ProDOS Machine Language Interface routines.
Apple Pascal- This is an early 1980's implementation of UCSD Pascal which can run on
40-column and 80-column Apple II's.
System- Originally called "ProDOS 16" and later "GS/OS", the collection of 'system
stuff' (which includes GS/OS) is today called "System". The System Finder utilizes
Toolbox routines to supply a super-res desktop, Windows-like environment. Both ProDOS
8 programs and 'GS Applications' (i.e. wares that need GS/OS to run) can be started
from the desktop.
The current System, v6.0.1, can run on ROM-01 and ROM 3 IIgs's with at least 1MB of
installed RAM. An earlier (smaller) System, v5.0.4, is sometimes chosen in order to
obtain more free memory to run applications. Many modern IIgs applications expect to
run under System 6.0.1 on a ROM-01 or ROM 3 machine with 4MB (or more) installed RAM.
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From: Dan DeMaggio and Rubywand
002- What GS programs are there for viewing/converting graphics?
The Graphics Exchange converts between many formats of graphics.
816 Paint's File Utilities work well for converting hires or double-hires pics to GS
super-res.
Prizm v1.0 Converts .GIFs, Amiga IFFs, Raw Files, and some other types to Greyscale
(very fast), 16 colors, 256 colors, and 3200 colors!
SuperConvert (now at version 4) loads all GS formats, plus GIFS and other non-GS
specific formats and saves in all GS formats including Finder Icon files. It has more
dithering options than most of the other programs, but you may have to play with it to
find the best one.
Platinum Paint is a commercial program that can import all GS formats plus MacPaint.
It can only save in SHR and Apple Preferred. Version 2.0 can make Animations too!
ShowPic 6 is a shareware NDA that can display most GS formats. You can also save the
resulting graphic as a IIgs SHR painting.
SuperPac is a commercial program which can create/display SuperPac format compressed
pics and pic pieces
Dream Grafix supports all 3200 color picture types and also 16 color and 256 color
pictures. This is a very impressive commercial paint program.
Convert 3200 will handle several popular PC and Mac formats in up to 256 colors.
Jpeg.Viewer can be used to view JPEG images in black & white.
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From: Rubywand, Deacon Blue
Related FAQs Resources: R026GSEMUS.html (HTML chart)
003- What Apple II emulators are available and where can I get them?
The most popular 8-bit Apple II emus are AppleWin and Apple Oasis, which run
under PC Windows, and Apple-PC, which runs under PC DOS and includes support for
Mockingboard sound. These programs can turn your PC into an enhanced Apple //e running
at least as fast as the real thing using software from virtual disks (disk image
files). There are also 8-bit Apple II emus for Macs (one, Catakig, emulates a II,
II+, or IIe) and Amiga (Apple 2000).
For IIgs emulation, the current speed and compatibility leader is Bernie ][ The
Rescue. Bernie is shareware which runs on the Mac Power PC.
The chief competition for Bernie is XGS. Various versions of XGS run on PC's and
Macs under a variety of OS's including DOS, Windows, and Unix. The newest XGS is
XGS/32 for PC Windows. Other good looking IIgs emus are KEGS and Sweet-16 (BeOS).
On modern machines, both Bernie and XGS do well on benchmarks vis-a-vis an
accelerated IIgs. To get some idea of how the GS emus stack up, see the benchmarks
comparison chart by Gilles Tschopp in FAQs resource file R026GSEMUS.htm . (This
benchmark is a bit old and doesn't include all IIgs emus or take into account
improvements to later versions of the emulators listed.)
For more emulator information, check out the comp.emulators.apple2 newsgroup and
visit some of the emu websites.
For details and software relating to a specific emulator see ...
Apl2Em
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.com/pub/apple_II/emulators/apple_2_for_windows/apl2em/
Apple IIe (Macs and PowerMacs)
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/IIe/
ref. http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Utils/
Apple Oasis Page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/4414/A4W.HTM
Apple PC (DOS)
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/applepc/
setup- http://home.earthlink.net/~evin1/a2war/help.htm#aplpc
Apple2000 (Amiga)
ref. ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
ref. http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/misc/emu/index.html
Apple2000e (Amiga)
ref.http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/misc/emu/index.html
Applelet Page (Java applet)
http://www.fasterlight.com/hugg/projects/applelet.html
Applemu (PC DOS)
ref. http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Utils/
Appler
ref. http://www.simtel.net/pub/msdos/emulate/
AppleUni Page
http://dr.ea.ms/inside.html
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/appleuni/
AppleWin (Three development paths: "Applewin", "Applewin2", "Applewin3")
http://www.jantzer-schmidt.de/applewin/ -Applewin
http://www.tomcharlesworth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -Applewin
http://pages.ripco.net/~wizwom/applewin/ -Applewin2
ref. http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Utils/ -all current
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/applewin/
Bernie (PowerMacs)
http://www.bernie.gs/
Catakig Page (Macs and PowerMacs)
http://www.radix.net/~cklipsch/ctkgdoc/
Dapple Page (developing II+ and //e emu for DOS PC)
http://dapple.sourceforge.net/
Gus (IIgs emu for PowerMacs)
ref. http://www.emulation.net/apple2/index.html
iGS (XGS-style IIgs emu for Mac OS)
ref. http://www.emulation.net/apple2/index.html
KEGS
ref. ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Emulators/
KEGS OS-X Page (Mac)
http://homepage.mac.com/bluespot/
KEGS32 Page (Windows PC)
http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32/
M.E.S.S. Page (8-bit A2's on PC and Mac)
http://www.mess.org/
Mess ROMs at ...
http://pkg.lugbs.linux.it/PACCHETTI/Mess-roms/CONTENTS/www.messroms.de/old/
OSXII Page (Apple //e Emulator for Mac OS X)
http://apple2.intergalactic.de/
PsiApple Page: 64k II+ emu on a Psion
http://www.fasterlight.com/hugg/projects/psiapple.html
Stop the Madness (Mac)
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/stm/
Sweet16 for BeOS
http://www.sheppyware.net/products/beos/sweet16/
XGS-DOS (PC) Page
http://homepage.mac.com/bluespot/
ref. http://www.inwards.com/xgs/xgs_resources.html
XGS/32 Page
http://xgs32.emucamp.com/
XGSMac (68k Macs)
ref. http://www.inwards.com/xgs/xgs_resources.html
YAE Page
http://quark.netfront.net:6502/
ref. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/yae/
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From: Mitchell Spector
004- I'd like to have a program for my //gs that can perhaps do more
reliable file copies than Finder does, especially in the case
of a damaged floppy. Any suggestions?
I would recommend either ZZCopy or Photonix II, both are freeware and do a very
quick and reliable job at duplicating 3.5 floppies (the former even works with 400K
MFS and 800K HFS Macintosh disks). Either of the two programs work around damaged
sectors on disks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Empson, Rubywand, The Enforcer
005- I'd like to do some 'serious' Apple II programming. Where can I
find a information about soft switches (i.e. "PEEKs & POKEs"),
monitor routines, and standard names used for these?
You can find listings of Apple II soft switches and popular monitor routines in a
manual for your computer-- e.g. the Apple II Reference Manual (for II and II+), the
IIe Technical Reference Manual, the Apple IIgs Firmware Reference Manual, etc..
An excellent guide to many PEEKs & POKEs and monitor routines is the famous
"Peeks, Pokes, and Pointers" poster from Beagle Bros (early 1980's). A fairly
exhaustive guide to important memory locations in the Apple II is What's Where in the
Apple II: An Atlas to the Apple Computer by William Luebbert (1981).
For a good on-line listing of PEEKs, POKEs, pointers, and CALLs, see the
comp.sys.apple2.programmer FAQs:
html- http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/csa2pfaq.html#004
text- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apple2/programmerfaq/part1
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From: Rubywand
006- How can I boot a good GS System with no hard disk?
You can boot a decent System 5.0.4 or very modest System 6.0.1 from a 3.5"
diskette. With two 3.5" drives, you can boot a decent System 6.0.1; but, disk swapping
becomes a significant hassle when you want to run most
applications.
A much better solution is available if you have a 4MB mem expansion card
installed. (Actually, you can make do with about 2.5MB of RAM.) You can use a utility
named "Flash Boot" by Jerry Kindall. Flash Boot auto-loads System from one or more
3.5" diskettes to /RAM5 RAM disk and boots it.
What you do is create a large enough /RAM5 to hold the System you want to boot.
Next, you boot System as usual from diskette(s) and use the Flash Boot utility to
prepare /RAM5 and install the auto-loader. Then, you copy the stuff you want to
auto-load to /RAM5 and use the Flash Boot utility to create one or more 3.5" "image
disks".
To install and boot System you start by booting from the first image diskette and
feed in any others as prompted. System then boots from /RAM5 and works very much as
though it were on hard disk.
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007- Can I do Reverse Speech on my IIgs?
Yes. Sound Studio and Sound Shop are two utilities which allow loading and
reversing sound samples.
(ref. David John Oates; http://www.reversespeech.com/ )
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008- Is it possible to run PaintWorks from hard disk? Will it load
files from an HFS partition?
The Kzin Warrior published a block edit patch version in Computist #73 which lets
you do this, at least on a ROM-01 GS. Using ProSel's Zap utility (also called "Block
Warden") you search for $C9 08 00 D0 CE on the PaintWorks Gold diskette or a copy. (I
found these bytes in Block $3D5 starting at byte $1DF.) Change the 08 to 7F and save
the change.
Copy Paintworks.Gold and the PaintTools folder (with its contents) to a folder on
your hard disk.
The Patch allows you to to start PWG under System 6 and use most PWG features.
However, some Palette selection options will bomb the program.
A few tests showed PWG will load files from an HFS partition.
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009- How can I read a single ProDOS block into memory using
Applesoft BASIC?
After booting ProDOS, you can do a CALL-151 to enter the monitor and type in ...
300: 4C 09 03 03 60 00 20 00 00 20 00 BF 80 03 03 85 FF 60
Do a CTRL-C to get back to the Applesoft prompt and enter ...
BSAVE PROZAP.BIN,A$300,L$20
The routine does a ProDOS Machine Language Interface CALL which reads the block
into $2000-$21FF. It saves the Error# in $FF.
300: 4C 09 03 start
303: 03 3 parms in this parms block
304: 60 unit # DSSS0000 Drv 1 (D=0) Slot 6 (SSS=110)
305: 00 20 buffer start
307: 00 00 block # Low, High ex: block 256 is 307: 00 01
309: 20 00 BF JSR to do MLI command
30C: 80 command (80 for READ BLOCK; 81 for WRITE BLOCK)
30D: 03 03 loc of parms block
30F: 85 FF save error # (00= no error)
311: 60 exit
A BASIC program could use the routine by POKE-ing the block # into $307,$308 (775
and 776 in decimal) and doing a CALL768. The MLI command code is POKEd into $30C
(780). If a PEEK at address $FF (255) gives a result of zero, there is no error.
100 LOMEM: 8704
105 REM Sets start of var space above $2000-$21FF buffer
110 TEXT: HOME: PRINT CHR$(4)"BLOAD PROZAP.BIN"
115 B= 2
120 REM Sets block to read/write (block 2)
125 C= 128
130 REM Sets MLI READ command ($80); MLI WRITE is 129 ($81)
135 BH= INT(B/256): BL= INT (B-256*BH)
140 POKE 775,BL: POKE 776,BH
145 REM POKEs block to read/write
150 POKE 780, C
155 REM POKEs MLI command
160 CALL 768
165 REM Does the block read/write
170 PRINT "BLOCK ";B
175 E= PEEK(255)
180 REM E= error number
185 IF E<1 THEN 195
190 PRINT "ERROR ";E;"!";CHR$(7)
195 END
After running the program for a BLOCK READ, the block contents should be at
$2000-21FF.
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From: Joseph M Barbey
010- Is there an Apple II program for amatuer radio CW code practice?
I have a such a program at home. It's called QSO Kid. It requires a IIgs, and
from what little I've used it, it seems like a really good program.
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From: Gabriel Morales
011- Can I can use a Mac's hard drive with AppleTalk to do File
Sharing just like it was a drive directly connected to the GS?
You can. Be aware however that some software may not like to be used over an
AppleTalk system.
This is more likely to be an issue for ProDOS-8 programs. The main problem under
ProDOS-8 is with programs that insist on referring to devices by unit number (or slot
and drive). Network volumes do not have a unit number.
Another issue is with filenames. GS/OS programs which assume ProDOS naming
conventions will have problems with AppleShare or HFS volumes. ProDOS-8 programs have
more problems: unless the file server hard drive or shared folder (and all relevant
subfolders and files) are named using ProDOS-8 naming restrictions, then the files in
question cannot be accessed by ProDOS-8 programs on an Apple II client.
A third issue (with both GS/OS and ProDOS-8) is with programs that bypass the
file system calls and try to do block-level access to the volume. This is not
permitted for file server volumes. (Examples: Copy II+, many functions in Prosel.)
One caveat: transmission is slow. Assuming an otherwise unused network, you get
about the speed of a 3.5" floppy.
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From: O Aaland
012- How can I use a Mac as a network server with my GS?
In order to use the Mac as a server with a useable system folder you will have to
have AppleShare version 3 running on the Mac. It sounds like you are wanting to use a
local boot disk on the GS and then log on to the Mac to use tha Mac hard drive. This
will work with file sharing active on the Mac. The disk you need to make for the GS is
a Network: Local Startup and not a Network: Server Startup disk. When booting from
this disk you will be able to log on to the Mac and will be left in the program lau
ncher. There is not enough room on a 800k disk for the finder along with the network
files. I believe that you will also need to add the HSF FST to your statup boot disk
also because it is not put there in the default install. Check in the drivers folder
to be sure.
On the Mac set up a folder for the GS to use and turn on file sharing. On the GS,
from the launcher get into the finder on your system disk and then copy the finder to
the new folder on the Mac. Now you should be able to reboot the GS and after logging
on the Mac, from the launcher, run the finder on the Mac hard drive. You will now
return to the Mac hard drive when you quit your GS applications. You can put both
applications and data files on the Mac and run them from there just like it was a
drive a
ttached to the GS. The speed in about the same as running from a 3 1/2 floppy, maybe a
little faster. You are limited in what you can put in your system because of the 800k
disk but having the finder on the Mac really helps.
If you can find a copy of AppleShare version 3 then you can boot directly from
the Mac without any disk on the GS and the system size can be whatever the memory in
the GS can handle.
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From: David Empson
013- How can I set up an Appletalk network for 30 IIgs's using a
donated LCII as a server? So far, I can get just 10 IIgs's
connected.
I assume you are using System 7.x File Sharing on the server? If so, you've just
discovered one of its inherent limits. Changing computers will make no difference.
To be able to have more than ten clients, you will have to run the full AppleShare
server software.
If you use AppleShare version 3.0, the IIgses can even boot over the network and won't
require a local boot disk.
If you use AppleShare 4.0 or later, you lose the network boot capability, but in
theory the Apple IIgses should still be able to use the server (I've never used
anything later than 3.0).
You probably cannot run AppleShare 2.x on an LC III, because it only runs under Mac
System 6.x.
Apart from the number of users, the full AppleShare server adds many useful features,
such as administration tools, potentially acting as a print server, and faster
performance. It ties up more resources on the machine than File Sharing.
AppleShare is commercial, but you might be able to get hold of a cheap copy of version
3 from somewhere.
As far as the multiple server option goes: that should work fine. If you have no need
to communicate over the network between the servers, it would be a good idea to break
the network up into separate segments (server and its block of clients). This will
reduce confusion for the users (seeing more than one server), and will improve network
performance.
In particular, note that LocalTalk is only intended to support a maximum of 32 devices
per network segment. If you want 30ish or more computers on the same network, you
should be using a router (which physically separates the network segments).
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From: Rubywand
014- How can I capture a GS super-res screen to disk?
For super-res game screens and many other graphics displays an ancient Classic
Desk Accessory (CDA) known as "EA Screen Saver", "SDUMP.EA", etc. works well. The CDA
(named "ScrnCapEA.CDA") and a Text info file have been uploaded to popular Apple II
ftp sites. Look for a .SHK file named "ScrnCap.SHK" or "ScrnCapEA.CDA.shk".
ScrnCapEA.CDA lets you capture game, etc. 320 or 640 mode graphic screens as
standard type $C1 GS unpacked Screen files which can be loaded by Platinum Paint and
many other GS utilities. To use the CDA to capture a screen, you must be able to
access the Desk Accessories menu via the usual OpenApple-Control-Escape keypress.
Supertimer mentioned Clipit. This is a very nice capture New Desk Accessory (NDA)
which lets you grab a part or all of many super-res displays, including desktop
displays. The grabbed display is saved to the Clipboard. You can get the pic from the
Clipboard onto a Platinum Paint work screen by going to Platinum Paint and doing a
Paste.
A limitation of Clipit and similar NDA's is that you must be able to get to the
'Apple' menu or some NDA activation list or, if there is one, activate a 'Hot Key'.
Also, these NDA's generally limit your grab to the Clipboard. Usually, this means you
end up with just one pic per game, etc. session.
Games and other programs which shut off access to interrupts will, often, be a
problem. You will usually not be able to get to the Desk Accessories menu and any
screen capture 'Hot Key' keypresses will be ignored. Usually, the 'Apple Menu' is not
available, so screen capture NDA's you use via the menu will not be available, either.
Sometimes, these programs include a built-in screen save feature; otherwise, capturing
a screen will take special measures.
One way to capture most otherwise un-grabbable super-res screens is via a
ProDOS-8 super-res utility which can save the super-res screen. The utility must be
one which does not, itself, change the super-res screen upon startup (e.g. Nibble's
SuperPac or a save/disp program you write yourself).
Make sure your Startup Slot is set to Slot 5. Start the game, etc. as usual. At
some point insert a bootable ProDOS-8 diskette with the super-res disp/save utility
into Slot 5, Drive 1. When you see the display you want to grab (and you are sure no
Disk writes are occuring) do an OpenApple-CTRL-Reset boot, start the disp/save program
and save the screen. Obviously, a disadvantage of this approach is that you get kicked
out of whatever game, etc. you are running at the time of the boot.
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From: TWS
You can get the ScreenPrint NDA, and save the screen to a file, or print it out.
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From: Mitchell Spector
In addition to several CDA's and NDA's, you might want to try Ninjaforce's
PicRipper program (useful for games and demos that lock out interrupts, rendering any
desk accessories useless). It can grab Super-Hi-Res images still in memory and save
them to disk. It is available at: http://www.ninjaforce.home.ml.org .
----------------------------
From: Boris Guenter
Try the SHR Capture CDA which allows you to enter the Control Panel and save as
many screen pictures as you want. For programs which disable the Control Panel, you
will need PicRipper2 or Antic's PicSaver, however.
Most of the screen capture programs mentioned here can be downloaded from
Ground's Uni-kl.de mirror at ...
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mirrors/uni-kl/gs/graphics/screensavers/
or
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Mirrors/uni-kl/gs/graphics/misc/.
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From: Rubywand and Michael Gährken
015- What programming languages are available for the Apple ][?
Quite a few. Apple Integer BASIC (in-ROM on the first Apple II's), can be loaded
into II+ and later models. Applesoft, a floating point BASIC, is in-ROM on all models
starting with the II+. Older Apple II's can load-in Applesoft or, via a plug-in board,
access it from ROM.
The best way to write Applesoft BASIC programs is using Program Writer, a
full-screen editor from Beagle Bros. Users who want to speed up their Applesoft
programs can use a BASIC compiler such as TASC or Einstein.
Then, there is MD BASIC, the BASIC-like MacroSoft from MicroSparc, a beta version
of Apple's GS BASIC, and the new (1998) Byte Works GSoft BASIC!
Other Apple II languages are Apple Fortran, UCSD Pascal, Orca (Byte Works)
Pascal, Terrapin Logo, Apple Logo, two Logos from ByteWorks, Isys Forth, Master Forth,
(and many other Forths), Modula2, Aztec C, Orca/C, ... . Hyperstudio and HyperCard let
you create stacks.
To the above you can add several assemblers including Merlin, Orca/M, an
assembler from Ninja Force, and the MicroSparc Assembler.
Here are some good places to look for language software:
Ground
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Languages/
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/Languages/
GS WorldView
http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Sel/ ; click "Utilities"
Syndicomm (sells languages by Byte Works)
http://store.syndicomm.com/
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016- How can I see and edit what's in a Text file?
A handy utility for quickly viewing Text files under DOS 3.3 or ProDOS is Copy II
Plus.
On the IIgs under the system Finder (the usual "desktop" display showing drives,
folders, etc.) you can, probably, double-click on a text file to start up an
application (program) which will display the Text and let you make changes.
Note: If you get an error message about not being able to find an application, you
will want to think about setting up a link between Text type files and some Text
editor program such as Teach. Some Text editor New Desk Accessories (like Shadowrite)
will automatically establish a linkage.
Another way to view and edit Text files is to run a Text editor or word processor
program and load in the file. On 8-bit Apple II's, some choices include Screenwriter
II, AppleWriter, and, depending upon machine, some versions of Appleworks. On the IIgs
you have many choices including Teach, Shadowrite NDA, CoolWriter, and Appleworks.
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From: David Cross
017- How do I save a BASIC program in ASCII text form?
The following line added to the front of your Applesoft BASIC program will save it in
a Text file named "LISTFILE". It works in DOS 3.3 or ProDOS.
1 HOME:PRINT CHR$(4)"OPEN LISTFILE": PRINT CHR$(4)"WRITE LISTFILE": POKE 33,33: LIST
2,: PRINT CHR$(4)"CLOSE": END
If you have a line 1 which you'd like to leave alone, you can enter the above at Line
0 and change LIST 2, to LIST 1,.
POKE 33,33 causes the text display routine to not insert any unneccessary spacing into
your BASIC program listing, which cleans up the text file output nicely.
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From: Rubywand
018- Where and how do I get GS System 6.0.1?
GS System 6.0.1 is available from a number of sources and in several formats--
e.g. downloadable ShrinkIt archives, diskettes, etc.. For links, see Csa21MAIN4: Get
It- Links to popular software packages.
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From: Paul Schultz
019- Is a graphical user interface (GUI) available for 8-bit Apple II's?
For the 128k Enhanced //e and //c series, the ones which come to mind are GEOS,
Quark's Catalyst, and MouseDesk (aka Apple II Desktop).
GEOS was probably the most popular of the three although it never reached the
popularity it gained on the C64 platform. The downside with GEOS is that it isn't
ProDOS compatible. So, you are stuck with only using the GEOS compatible programs
(GeoPublish, GeoCalc, GeoWrite,....)
Catalyst and MouseDesk are both very similar. They provide a ProDOS compatible
version of the familiar Apple desktop GUI. MouseDesk was purchased by Apple and
renamed Apple II Desktop. This was included in the original System Disk which shipped
with the Apple IIgs. While shipped with the 16bit IIgs, A2 Desktop is an 8 bit program
which works very well with my IIc+. I assume it would work with your IIe :-)
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From: Supertimer
Actually, GEOS is ProDOS compatible, at least in the sense that Catalyst,
MouseDesk, and Apple II Desktop are. GEOS can act as a program launcher for ProDOS
programs. Obviously, for GEOS programs, GEOS acts like the full OS (much like GS/OS on
the IIGS and MacOS on the Mac, actually), but it can do everything MouseDesk can do in
regards to launching ProDOS programs. On the GEOS desktop, the files show up as icons
stamped with "ProDOS; and, the user can copy and delete ProDOS files.
One neat thing about GEOS is the ability to expand the root directory past the 51
file limit on a ProDOS disk. If you have a bunch of stuff converted from DOS 3.3 to
ProDOS you may find that things don't fit on the root directory of the ProDOS disk.
Using GEOS, you can copy all the files to the root directory.
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From: Rubywand
020- Where can I get Applesoft shape table info and programs?
Go to the Ground archive's Beagle Bros folder at ...
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Beagle.Oldies/
and download SHAPE.MECH1.SHK and SHAPE.MECH2.SHK
For information on using shapes in BASIC, go to Ground's Applesoft information
folder at ...
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/MiscInfo/Applesoft/
and see the file hires.routines .
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From: Sandy
021- How can I get a Postscript file from a GS document?
To get a Postscript file from any GS document, press OpenApple-F when clicking
"Ok" in the LaserWriter driver. This'll kick out a Postscript file in your
*/system/drivers folder.
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From: Rubywand
022- Where can I get Appleworks and Appleworks info?
You can obtain the classic Appleworks word processor for the Apple II series from
...
Asimov (most versions)
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/word_processing/
GSWV (v5.1)
http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Misc/
Complete documentation does not seem to be available on-line. You can find decent
documantation at ...
Aple II Text Files
http://www.textfiles.com/apple/DOCUMENTATION/appleworks
Gareth Jones's web pages
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/appleworks.html
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023- Where can I get Apple II languages, programming software,
and programming info?
Byte Works (505-898-8183; http://www.byteworks.org/ ) develops and publishes the
Orca series of Apple II and IIgs languages including Pascal, C, Assembler, and the new
IIgs BASIC. Byte Works also produces manuals, learning packages, and other language
materials.
You can find several very good collections of Apple II languages and programming
software plus loads of programming information on the net. A few major sources include
...
Asimov
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/utility/programming/
Ground
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Languages/
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple8/Beagle.Oldies/
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/Languages/
Tarnover
http://tarnover.dyndns.org/
The comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup
The comp.sys.apple2.programmer Usenet newsgroup
For Applesoft BASIC information, also see Q&A in Main Hall.
For more details and links, see the Apple II Programmer FAQs at ...
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/csa2pfaq.html
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apple2/programmerfaq/part1
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From: Charles T. Turley
024- I'm running the Bernie IIgs emulator on my Mac. How can I boot
DOS 3.3 disk images? I've tried everything and nothing works!
Using my Mac PPC, I just change the file type of any 5.25 DOS 3.3 disk image to
this:
New Type: DSK5
New Creator: Gus!
Then, I drag and drop it over the icon of either Gus or Bernie. Both launch just fine
for me in this way (assuming that the disk image is actually a boot disk).
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From: Beverly Cadieux
025- Is there a way to convert two-column Text to one column?
Yes. AppleWorks version 3.0 with TimeOut TextTools will do this.
First you have to install TimeOut. Then you copy the TimeOut accessories to the
TimeOut directory. The one you want is TimeOut CopyBlock. To copy only column two,
press OA-C (OpenApple-C) to highlight and copy the block of text on the right. Then
scroll down to the end and paste it there.
Unfortunately this is only a copy. It is not a move and the second columns stays where
it was. You can delete it by pressing OA-Y at the end of each line of the first
section.
Here's another scenario to separate two columns into one on a IIgs under Awks 5 with
Ultra Macros:
Starting at the first letter of column 2, press OA-X and select a key for the macro to
begin recording. Do a Tab, then down, and OA-left. Press OA-X to end recording.
Use the new macro all the way down column 2. Now you have a TAB on each line between
the two columns.
COPY the entire text to the clipboard, and create a new spreadsheet. Copy the data
into the spreadsheet. Because of the TAB, the two columns will come in as separate
columns.
Use the spreadsheet's Block Move function to move column 2 to the foot of column 1.
Sort (arrange) alphabetically if necessary. Copy the block and paste it back on your
word processor documant.
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From: David Empson
Related FAQs Resources: R032MMAP128.TXT (Text file)
026- Where can I find an Apple II memory map?
A memory map for a 128k Apple II along with related soft-switch, etc. information
is available as FAQs resource file R032MMAP128.TXT.
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From: Rubywand
027- How can I move AppleSoft BASIC programs to Quick BASIC
on my PC?
Transferring Applesoft programs on an Apple II to QBASIC, GW-BASIC, etc. on the
PC is mainly a matter of moving a text copy of the program to the PC. (To make a text
copy of an Apple II program, you LIST the program to a Text file. See Q&A 017 above.)
On the PC, you bring the A2 program text into your BASIC editor. BASICs
available on a PC are not 100% compatible with Applesoft. Once you can list the
Applesoft program on the PC under QBASIC (or whatever), you will, almost certainly,
need to modify it.
It will be necessary to replace some Applesoft commands with their PC BASIC
equivalents. Some commands are very similar but differ slightly in syntax; and you are
likely to find that some conventions, such as the numerical value of "True" from
boolean tests, are different.
The more an Applesoft program is "pure BASIC", the easier it will be to get it
working on a PC. Programs which employ lots of PEEKs and POKEs, do monitor CALLs, and
access other features specific to the Apple II will be more troublesome.
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