rring Apple II files in binary form to commercial information
services like CompuServe, Delphi, GEnie, and The... m of a standard file consists of a 128-byte file
information header followed by the file's data. The data port... bytes longer than the original
file.
The file information header contains four ID bytes, the attributes of
the file (in ProDOS 8 form), and some control information. Here is the
structure of the header:
O
the ability to exchange files and other important information, they developed a set of standards to make it pos... d down.
Kohn worked to make APPLESIG a major information source for AppleII users. Registered with Apple ... computer service name from MicroNET to CompuServe Information Service. They have continued to expand their ser... the name stands for "General Electric Network for Information Exchange". It has been in business since 1985, a
W WHEN THEY
BACKUP A DISK NOT ON THIS LIST. THIS
INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL
COPY II PLUS OWNERS.
NO... N:NORM
HELLFIRE WARRIOR:NORM
HOME ACCOUNTANT:NORM
INFORMATION MASTER:NORM
JAWBREAKER:
T0-T22
T3 PPM#3
KNI... CREEN, WITH TWO DASHED LINES AT THE
TOP. THE INFORMATION IN BETWEEN THESE LINES IS THE STATUS INFORMATION AND
INFORMS YOU OF SUCH THINGS AS CURSOR POSITION, TRACK N
of Apple II files from local machines to large information services like
The Source, Delphi, CompuServe... ie, possible. Otherwise, a file's
attribute information would be lost. Binary II is now being stretched
... Each of the succeeding header blocks contain only information about
the record they precede (consider them arc... mportant because it contains the
information about the length of the last 1/3 of the header.
S DATE TO US ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE FOR
PARMS. SEE INFORMATION BELOW FOR DETAIL
S).
THIS FILE IS FORMATTED FOR ...
SEE SOURCE FILE TECHNICAL.NOTES FOR ADD
ITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE THE
LOCKSMITH PROGRAM (LOCKSMITH TE... OCKSMITH.EXAMPLE FOR A
N EXAMPLE OF HOW PARAMETER INFORMATION
IS ENTERED.
SEE SOURCE FILE PARAMETERS FOR PARAMETE
R INFORMATION.
IF EVER THERE IS TO BE A NAME CHANGE DU
E TO AN
re
(PART 20 -- MAGAZINES)
[v1.0 :: 14 Sep 92]
INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY
From the earliest days that A... nationally distributed publications, sharing the information on even a wider scale. Nationally distributed ma... advanced the cause of providing useful technical information to AppleII (and Lisa and Macintosh) programmers b... t, technical journals, and access to products and information. They also laid plans for a journal aimed at Mac
ot of computer magazines, but HARDCORE prints the information that other magazines refuse to print, information vital to you as a computer user."<1> By 1983 it was split i... with return addresses like the Okefenokee Swamp), information about Applesoft and Logo, and one response to a r... t carry any advertising, and the amount of useful information printed each month made it worth the expense.<8>
ion
of raster-based graphics information
June 15, 1987
... While this document is copyrighted, the information
contained within is made available fo... s document is to provide the technical
information necessary for a programmer to implement GIF e... screen required, the existance of color mapping information,
background screen color, and color depth i
mited to those peripherals about which I can find information or have had personal experience.
WHAT IS A PERI... ing transmitted. This meant that some additional information, such as "start" bits, "stop" bits, and "parity" ... ed. (ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange). This worked better with some print... is a piece of memory holding frequently accessed information). Because they used the cache, the TransWarp did
ew intentional secrets; the primary limitation on information distributed with it was the time required for App... ari, but could not get the company to release any information on how certain effects were achieved in their com... r disk. "SORT", with various pieces of modifying information called "parameters", might be the necessary command to arrange the information in a database file into the desired order. Other
0). THE PROGRAM ON TRK $00, SCT $00 CONTAINS THE INFORMATION TO READ
IN SECTORS $00-$09 ON TRACK $00. THIS PR... RAM ON SECTORS $00-$09 WILL READ IN
THE REMAINING INFORMATION ON TRK $00-$02. IN OTHER WORDS, THE APPLE HAS NO... MP
2) AN RWTS READ.
"RAW NIBBLES" REFERS TO INFORMATION EX- ACTLY AS IT IS REPRESENTED ON DISK -
IN THE S... HEX NUMBERS WHICH HELP DOS DO ITS JOB IN
GETTING INFORMATION ON AND OFF THE DISK. THESE "DOS MARKS" WILL TELL
ng around:
BIT The smallest piece of information that a computer can deal with, it is either a "0"... set).
BYTE The most convenient piece of information (for humans) that computers use. One byte consis... but instead it usually contains programs or other information that does not disappear when the computer is turn... ge $00: used by the 6502 processor for storage of information that it can access quickly. This is prime real-e
nalog/digital converters), it is possible to take information from (for example) a wind speed sensor and convert it into digital information. A computer program can then take this information and send a command signal back to another device (perhaps ... aig. The Computer Store, Santa Monica, CA, Store Information And Prices, Aug 10, 1979, p. 1.
<16> Goldin
for each of the commands, but included much more information about the various ways in which each Applesoft st... convert their older programs), and gave a little information about the internals of Applesoft to aid in creati... the language. With the publication of important information about the internals of Applesoft in 1980, assembl... <9> Weyhrich, Steven. "Applesoft Miscellaneous Information", Applesoft Concordance v1.0, Dec 1989.
<10
ch other, making it difficult and awkward to move information directly from one program to another. AppleWorks... ansferring data between files. Apple shared this information with Lissner, and he went on to use it in his pro... ges in terms of distribution and access to inside information. Apple had a reputation for developing applicati... ds. Consequently, Claris really had no available information about who was and who was not a "registered" owne