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About Apple II Technical Notes
(June 1992)

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Released Apple II Technical Notes (June 1992)
• Apple IIc
• Apple IIe
• Apple IIgs
• Apple II Miscellaneous
• AppleTalk
• HyperCard IIGS
• GS/OS
• ImageWriter
• Memory Expansion Card
• Mouse
• Pascal
• ProDOS 8
• SmartPort
• UniDisk 3.5
• Index

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)

Apple IIe
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)

Apple IIgs
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 (5/92)
13. ROM 1.0 Modem Firmware Bug (11/88)
14. Standard File Screwiness (5/92)
15. InstallFont and Big Fonts (7/89)
16. Notes on Background Printing (11/88)
17. Application Memory Management and MMStartUp User ID (11/88)
18. Do-It-Yourself SCC Access (7/90)
19. Multichanel Out. 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)
24. Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference Updates (5/92)
25. Apple IIgs Firmware Reference Updates (5/92)
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)
43. Undocumented Feature of CalcMenuSize (11/88)
44. GetPenState and SetPenState Record Error (11/88)
45. Parameters for GetFrameColor (9/89)
46. DrawPicture Data Format (11/88)
47. What SetDataSize Does (11/88)
48. All About AlertWindow (11/90)
49. Rebooting (Really) (1/89)
50. Extended Serial Interface Error Handling (1/89)
51. How to Avoid Running Out of Memory (5/92)
52. Loading and Special Memory (5/92)
53. Desk Accessories and Tools (5/92)
54. MIDI Drivers (11/90)
55. Avoiding ClrHeartBeat (7/89)
56. Managing Dynamic Segments (11/90)
57. The Memory Manager and Interrupts (12/91)
58. Keyboard Modifiers Register Anomaly (7/89)
59. Do Not Create Zero-Length Text Scraps (1/91)
60. Menu Manager Memorabilia (11/90)
61. Window Title Handles (7/89)
62. No Non-Solid Window Background Patterns (7/89)
63. Master Color Values (7/89)
64. Apple IIgs Installer and Installer Scripts (9/89)
65. Control-^ is Harder Than It Looks (9/89)
66. ExpressLoad Philosophy (5/92)
67. LaserWriter Font Mapping (5/92)
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)
71. DA Tips and Techniques (5/92)
72. QuickDraw II Quirks (5/92)
73. Using User Tool Sets (1/91)
74. A Faster List Manager Draw Routine (5/92)
75. BeginUpdate Anomaly (5/92)
76. Miscellaneous Resource Formats (5/92)
77. Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files (1/90)
78. Bank Alignment and Memory Management (5/92)
79. Integer Math Data Types (5/90)
80. QuickDraw II Clipping (3/90)
81. Extended Control Ecstasy (11/90)
82. Controlling the Control Manager (11/90)
83. Resource Manager Stuff (5/92)
84. TaskMaster Madness (7/90)
85. Moving the Mouse (7/90)
86. Risking Resourceful Code (9/90)
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)
90. 65816 Tips and Pitfalls (11/90)
91. The Wonderful World of Universal Access (5/92)
92. Twisted Tales of TextEdit (11/90)
93. Compatible Printing (5/92)
94. Packing It In (and Out) (5/92)
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 (5/92)
99. Supplemental Scrap Types (5/92)
100. VersionVille (5/92)
101. Patching the Toolbox (5/92)
102. Various Vectors (5/92)
103. Inline Procedure Names Format (5/92)
104. Font Manager Fundamentals (12/91)
105. We Interrupt This CPU... (5/92)
106. ADB Addendum (5/92)
107. Tool Locator Tribulations (5/92)
108. Finder Funkiness (5/92)

Apple II Miscellaneous
1. 80-Column Screen Dump (11/88)
2. Apple II Family Identification Routines 2.1 (11/88)
3. Super Serial Card Firmware Bug (11/88)
4. AppleWorks Keys (5/89)
5. AppleWorks File Formats (5/89)
6. IWM Port Description (11/88)
7. Apple II Family Identification (11/88)
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 (5/92)
15. Compatibility Across Apple II Models (5/92)
16. Apple II Parallel Interface Card Firmware (7/90)
17. Buried Treasures of the Video Overlay Card (9/90)

AppleTalk
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)

HyperCard IIGS
1. Corrections to the Script Language Guide (3/91)
2. Known HyperCard Bugs (5/92)
3. Pitching Sampled Sounds (3/91)

GS/OS
1. Contents of System Software Distribution Disks (5/92)
2. GS/OS and the 80-Column Firmware (11/88)
3. Pointers on Caching (11/88)
4. A GS/OS State of Mind (7/89)
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 (5/92)
10. How Applications Find Their Files (5/92)
11. About EraseDisk and Format (11/90)
12. All About Notify Procs (9/90)
13. GS/OS Reference Update (5/92)
14. The Console Driver Technical Note (5/92)

ImageWriter
1. Custom Font Selection (11/88)

Memory Expansion Card
1. Questions and Answers (11/88)

Mouse
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)

Pascal
1. (not used)
2. (not used)
3. (not used)
4. Pascal Declarations and the Directory Structure of a Blocked Volume (11/88)
5. (not used)
6. (not used)
7. (not used)
8. (not used)
9. (not used)
10. Configuration and Use of the Apple II Pascal Run-Time Systems (11/88)
11. (not used)
12. Disk Formatter Routine (11/88)
13. (not used)
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)

ProDOS 8
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 (5/92)
24. BASIC.SYSTEM Revisions (5/92)
25. Non-Standard Storage Types (12/91)
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)
30. Sparse Station (5/92)

SmartPort
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)

UniDisk 3.5
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)

Index

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