AppleLink - Personal Edition
INDEX TO 1988 APPLE II DEVELOPMENT FORUM CONFERENCE LOGS
Forum Leader: James Luther (AFL Jim)
Index prepared by: Gary Jacobson (AFA Gary J)
All dates are for 1988 Forum Logs
NOTE: Forum logs files are referenced by date, in the format MM-DD.
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A
AC/BASIC
Absoft's Ken Olson as forum guest 07-12
arrays 07-12
assembly subroutines and 03-08, 07-12
clipboard support 07-12
code size 05-10, 07-12
displaying SHR graphics 07-12
editor 07-12
external libraries 07-12
features & opinions 01-26, 03-08, 05-10, 07-12
future features 07-12
speed of 05-10, 07-12
telecommunication programming with 07-12
Accelerator cards 02-23
ADB Tools
key code reading 03-15, 10-25
repeating key problem on key read 10-25
SendInfo 10-25
Animation routines on IIGS 06-14
Apple Developer Technical Support 06-28
Apple //c+ 09-20
Apple Programmer's Workshop (APW)
compact utility 08-30
compatibility with MPW 10-25
customizing keys in 04-12, 09-27
general 02-09, 04-12
new tool support 07-19
turning off cursor in shell 12-27
utilities for 07-26
Apple standards
NDA's 10-04
Pascal toolcalls and 04-05, 12-13
ProDOS 8 10-04
why adhere to 10-04
AppleLink software
improvements 07-05
IIGS version 01-26
Applesoft BASIC
custom line editor 05-10
DOS 3.3 catalog input 05-10
high & low ASCII in ProDOS TXT file 10-11
"input anything" routines 05-10
limitations 09-13
machine language subroutines 05-10, 11-15
passing variables from machine language back to 11-15
ROM firmware info 08-16, 08-23
Applesoft programming aids
Beagle Bros 03-22
GPLE 03-22
Program Writer 03-22, 11-15
Assembly Language
6502 vs. 65816 04-12
ADC command 08-16
algorithms & routines book 04-12, 08-16
assemblers 02-09, 04-12
books on 02-09, 04-12, 05-31, 06-14, 08-16, 08-23, 12-20
COP instruction 05-17
data bank (B) register 08-16
differences between assemblers 06-14, 12-20
disassembly of code 08-16
Epic modem access from 10-25
firmware listings and 08-23
forum topic 02-09, 04-12, 06-14, 08-16, 12-20
high level languages vs. assembly 05-31
learning 01-26, 02-09, 04-12, 06-14, 08-16, 08-23
machine code 02-09
mnemonics 06-14
ORCA/M vs. APW 04-12
pseudo-ops 06-14
typing in source from magazine articles 06-14
which assembler? 02-09, 04-12, 10-25, 12-20
B
Battery RAM on IIGS - resetting 04-19
BASIC
Applesoft 03-08, 09-13, 11-15
AC/BASIC 01-26, 03-08, 05-10, 07-12, 08-30, 11-15
Blankenship BASIC (Bbasic) 09-13
compared to other high level languages 05-31, 08-30
comparisons 03-08, 03-29, 05-10, 11-15
forum topic 03-08, 05-10, 07-12, 09-13, 11-15
GS BASIC 03-08, 05-10, 11-15
Micol Advanced BASIC 09-20
speed of 05-10
structuring 05-31
TML BASIC 03-08, 03-29, 05-10, 11-15
toolbox in IIGS and 08-30
ZBASIC 05-10, 08-30
BASIC.SYSTEM
bugs in 06-28, 09-13
patching 09-13
Boot process, ProDOS 03-22
Byteworks, The
current products 05-31
future products 05-31, 08-30
upgrades 05-31, 09-20
Westerfield, Mike, as forum guest 05-31
C
C (the language)
APW C customer support 04-05
APW C updates 10-11
books about 12-13
Byteworks future product 08-30
debugging 05-03
compared to other languages 05-31, 06-07, 12-13
compared to Pascal 06-07
for non IIGS Apples 12-13
forum topic 04-05, 06-07, 10-11, 12-13
learning 02-09, 06-07, 12-13
libraries 12-13
LINT (debugger) 05-03
toolbox use from 10-04
Caching
disk (GS/OS) memory ID & purge level 11-01
menus in System Disk 3.2 > 07-19
Cassette port 06-28
CDA's
machine state while executing 07-05, 10-04
ProDOS 8 access from within 07-26
CD-ROMS
how they work 04-26
read from and write to 04-26
Certified Developer - see Developer, Apple Certified
Circular windows - 05-17
Compact APW utility 08-30
Compilers - writing your own 09-13
Control Manager
fixes with System Disk 3.2 07-19
pen color states and 07-19
problems with 02-23, 04-05, 04-19, 07-19
COP, assembly instruction 05-17
Coprocessors 05-17
CopyPixels - setting up destLocPtr 08-16
Cross development
//e, //c on IIGS 03-01
IIGS on Mac 02-09, 04-05, 05-03
MPW 04-05, 05-03, 06-07
S-C Assembler 02-09
D
Date/time stamping of files
differences between //e & IIGS 04-19
GS/OS ProDOS FST bug with 10-11
Debuggers
hardware 06-21, 07-05, 12-20
software 05-17, 05-31, 07-05, 12-20
Debugging code 05-03, 05-17, 07-05
Desk Accessories
intercepting application's keystrokes 03-15
Developer, Apple Certified
application to be 12-27
Developer Services number 03-01, 12-27
qualifications for becoming 03-01
Device drivers
definition 03-22
canceling out in ProDOS-8 03-22
Devices - number on-line at one time 06-21
Diagnostics 02-16, 04-19
Disassembling code
as aid in learning assembly 08-16
Don Lancaster's method of 08-16
Nifty List and 08-16
Distribution licenses for Apple source code 10-25
DOS 3.3 - catalog into Applesoft array 05-10
E
ECP-16 05-24
Editors
Applesoft 03-22
customizing keys in ORCA or APW 04-12, 09-27
MicroEMACS 11-29
multiple files open at same time 09-27, 11-29
Epic modem - access from assembly language 10-25
Event Manager - from within a CDA 06-14
Extended ADB keyboard 03-15
F
File formats - obtaining 08-30
File types 06-14, 08-30
Finder
bugs 09-20
launch application by click on document 12-27
unidisk 3.5 drive polling & GS/OS 11-01
Firmware
for Apple //e $C500 06-21
reference books 08-23, 10-25
Super Serial Card 10-25
Floating Point Engine - Innovative Systems 06-21
Font/DA Mover and IIGS 07-19
Fortran 06-07
FST - GS/OS
32 meg limit on volumes 10-04
all written by Apple 11-01, 12-27
character - console driver 09-27
Mac HFS 09-27
ProDOS FST bugs 10-11
G
GEOS 02-23
Global Event Mask 06-14
Graphics
changing SHR resolution mid-application 10-11
combining modes on same screen 08-16
Grappler C/Mac/GS, printer interface 04-19
GS BASIC
features & opinions 05-10
speed of 05-10
GS/OS
bugs 09-20, 10-11
calls which allocate memory 10-11
character FST (console driver) 09-27
checking for enough memory before a load 10-11
compatibility with existing applications 09-20, 09-27
directory reading with 10-04
disk errors and 11-01
extended files 09-27
Finder's UniDisk 3.5 drive polling 11-01
forum topic 09-20
hard drive compatibility 09-20
installing on a hard drive 12-27
overview of features 09-20
prefix 0 - limited to 64 characters 11-01
ProDOS 8 emulation under GS/OS 11-01
red progress bar - how it works 09-20
reference manuals for 09-20, 10-04
SCSI card and 09-20, 10-04
Talk Is Cheap (TIC) and format problem 09-27
H
Hard disks
bad blocks 07-19
GS/OS compatibility 09-20
installing GS/OS on 12-27
low level format 10-04
partitioning 10-04
problems 05-24
Hardware debuggers 06-21, 07-05
Hardware topic 02-16, 04-19, 06-21, 08-23
HOT-C, printer interface 04-19
I
Icons - IIGS 09-13
Icon Editors 09-13, 12-27
Innovative Systems 06-21
Interpreters - writing your own 09-13
K
Keyboard interrupts 03-15
Keystrokes
detecting numeric pad on IIGS 03-15
intercepting application's in a DA 03-15
repeating key problem with ADB tools 10-25
Kyan Systems
assembler 04-12
Pascal 02-02
L
Languages
comparisons 02-09, 03-01, 06-07
first one to learn 02-09, 05-31, 06-07, 11-15
new vs. revision of existing 06-07
writing your own 09-13
Libraries
run time and otherwise 12-13
writing your own 12-13
Linker in APW/ORCA
language written in 05-10
future improvements to 05-10
speed of 05-03, 05-10
M
Machine code (debate!) 02-09
Machine language subroutines
AC/BASIC and 03-08
Applesoft and 05-10
Magazines 02-23, 08-16, 08-23
Magnetic media 04-26
Memory
application check before loading 10-11
diagnostics 02-16, 04-19
ProDOS 16 & GS/OS calls which allocate 10-11
screen holes 03-22
screen memory 03-22
Memory chip - see RAM chips
Menu bars and NDA's 07-19
Merlin assembler
converting APW code to 10-25
general 02-09, 04-12, 10-25, 12-20
updates 04-12
MessageCenter - passing pathnames 12-27
MicroEMACS text editor 11-29
Mnemonics 06-14
MPW 04-05, 05-03, 06-07, 06-14, 09-27
MPW compatibility with APW 10-25
Multi tasking - on IIGS 05-17, 09-27, 11-22
N
NDA's
Scrap Manager and 09-20
using the menu bar from within 07-19
Nifty List CDA 07-05, 08-16, 12-20
Note Synthesizer 04-05
O
Object Module Format 05-03
Opcodes 06-14
Operating Systems topic 02-23, 04-26, 06-28, 08-30, 12-27
ORCA Desktop
discussion 03-29, 04-12, 05-03, 05-17, 05-31
installing on hard disk 05-24
ORCA/M assembler
conversion of Merlin code to 10-25
customizing keys in 04-12, 09-27
general 02-09, 04-12
how it was written 05-31
turning off cursor in shell 12-27
upgrades for GS/OS 09-20
P
Pascal 1.1 firmware interface 02-16, 03-01
Pascal (language)
Apple Pascal 02-02
books on 05-31
code size differences 04-05
compared to C 06-07
comparisons of versions available 04-05, 05-31
debugger 02-02, 05-03
forum topic 02-02, 04-05, 06-07, 12-13
Kyan 02-02
learning 02-09, 06-07
ORCA 01-26, 02-02
TML 01-26, 03-29, 04-05
speed comparisons 02-02
standard toolbox interface 04-05, 12-13
strengths/weaknesses on IIGS 06-07
which Pascal? 01-26, 02-02, 03-29
Prefixes
31 available under GS/OS 11-01
prefix zero limited to 64 characters 11-01
Print Manager
sample code in HodgePodge 08-23
starting 03-29
Printer interfaces 04-19
ProDOS
32 meg limit 04-26, 08-30, 10-04
backup bit 07-19
file types 06-14, 08-30
invisibility bit 07-19
large volume sizes 08-30, 10-04
learning to program with 12-27
ProDOS-8
adding routines to 06-28, 10-04
books on 02-23
boot process 03-22
booting from subdirectory in Applesoft 03-22
canceling device drivers 03-22
emulation under GS/OS 11-01
intercepting MLI calls 10-04
loading RAM based IIGS tools from 06-28
partitioning hard drives 04-26, 10-04
TYPE command - implementation 06-28
ProDOS-16
bugs in System Disk 3.2 07-19
calls which allocate memory 10-11
checking for memory before load 10-11
error handling with SFGetFile 06-14
features of System Disk 3.2 07-19
file types 06-14
incompatibilities with OS upgrades 07-19
manuals 02-23
program segmentation 10-04
stack calls 02-23
ProSel 08-30
Psuedo ops 06-14
Q
Quick Draw & Quick Draw Aux
changing SHR resolution mid-application 10-11
CopyPixels - using 08-16, 10-25
how to do picture calls 11-22
starting 03-29
R
RAM chips
CAS before RAS 02-16
detecting bad chips 02-16
general problems 02-16
RAM disks - min/max size on IIGS 06-21
ROM, Apple IIGS 03-15
Rumors
IIGS improvements 02-23, 03-15
GS/OS 02-23, 04-26, 06-28
S
SC-Assembler 02-09, 10-25
Scheduler - IIGS Toolbox
how to use 11-22
not intended for multi-tasking 11-22
purpose 11-22
Schematics for Apple hardware 02-16
Scrap Manager
cut & paste 09-20
TML Pascal and 09-20
Screen holes 03-22
SCSI card
low level format 10-04
partitioning 10-04
slot 5 use on IIGS 10-04
upgrade 05-24, 09-20
Segments, dynamic 10-04
SFGetFile call
P16 errors 06-14
trouble shooting problems 10-04
Shareware software distribution 07-05, 12-20
Shells, programming
comparisons 05-31
definition 05-24, 07-26
forum topic 05-24, 07-26, 09-27
Smartport Calls
intercepting 04-19
technotes 04-19
Smoothtalker 01-26
Sound Tools
playing two digitized sounds at same time 10-25
SetSoundMIRQV 10-11
Speed
of IIGS 03-15
of APW linker 05-03
Super Serial Card
programming with 04-19, 10-25
ROM listings 10-25
T
Technotes, Apple II - in text format 03-29, 04-19
Text editors - allowing multiple files open 09-27
Text files - low & high ASCII in Applesoft created 10-11
Text screen memory 03-22
Text Tools, switching to multiple devices 03-01
Text Toolset - from 360 systems 08-30
Text vs. Graphic interface on IIGS
applications 08-30
developer tools 09-27
TML BASIC
books on 11-15
features & opinions 03-08, 03-29, 05-10
installing on hard drive 03-29
passing parameters to TML procedures 11-15
speed of 05-10
TML Pascal
object programming 04-05
Scrap Manager cut & paste 09-20
toolbox support 04-05
updates 04-05
TML Speech Kit 01-26, 04-05
Toolbox, Apple IIGS
AC/BASIC and 03-08
books about 03-01, 05-17, 11-15, 11-22
custom tools 05-17, 08-30
definition of toolset 08-30
forum topic 03-15, 05-17, 07-19, 09-20, 11-22
loading RAM based tools from ProDOS 8 06-28
RAM vs. ROM implementation 03-15
reference update 09-20
sample code - where to find 03-01, 06-14, 09-20
standard interface for Pascal 04-05
starting up 03-29
TML Pascal and 04-05
trouble shooting 10-04
wish list for improvements 05-17
Toolset - defined 08-30
Type command - implementing under ProDOS 06-28
U
Utilities
Applesoft BASIC 03-22
APW and 07-26
forum topic 03-22, 05-24, 07-26
W
Westerfield, Mike 05-31
Windows
creating circular 05-17
hiding of 08-30
Window Manager 05-17
