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.


Filename
 Size
 Description of the Textfile
ADCApple II Development Forum Conference Transcriptions (1988-1991)
ANATOMYDOS 3.3 Anatomy
CRACKINGFiles about Deprotecting Software or Adding Cheats
DOCUMENTATION"Soft Dox" for Apple Programs
GENIELAMPArchive of the Genielamp A2, the GEnie Apple II Roundtable
PIRACYWritings, Rags, Messages and Lore of the Apple II Pirates/Phreaks
REVIEWSReviews of Apple II Software
WALKTHROUGHSWalkthroughs of Apple II Specific Adventures
 
6502.bugs.txt 3064
 A Collection of 6502 Processor Bugs
a2img.fmt 2791
 USENET: Description of the 2img Disk Format
acat202mods.txt 3833
 A Collection of Apple Cat 202 Mods by The Digital Knight
acatexpanded.txt 9797
 Expanding your Apple Cat II by The Ware-Wolf of the Hi-Res Hijackers/202 Alliance/WareBusters
acatmods.txt 1393
 Some Apple-Cat Mods by Mr. Houdini
acatprogram.txt 5750
 Advanced Programming Information for the Apple Cat by The Homer Brothers
acatreference.txt 4704
 A Quick Reference Sheet for the Novation Apple-Cat Firmware Rom by Captain Avatar
acos.hst.mod 6235
 How to get Speed out of your HST and HST Dual Standard Modem on an Apple IIGS
aecomman.app 1792
 A list of commands for Ascii Express
aht.01.v1.1 11833
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): Pre-Apple History
aht.02.v1.1 9884
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple I
aht.03.v1.1 23548
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II
aht.04.v1.1 13580
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II, Continued
aht.05.v1.1 8477
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Disk II
aht.06.v1.1 21745
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II Plus
aht.07.v1.1 24260
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIe
aht.08.v1.1 23149
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIc
aht.09.v1.2 27985
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Disk Evolution and the Apple IIc Plus
aht.10.v1.0 18021
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs
aht.11.v1.0 18339
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs Continued
aht.12.v1.1 33209
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals and the Apple II Abroad
aht.13.v1.0 29418
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals, Continued
aht.14.v1.0 22540
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): DOS
aht.16.v1.0 22053
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages
aht.17.v1.0 22980
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages, Continued
aht.18.v1.1 41760
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Software
aht.19.v1.0 32116
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): AppleWorks
aht.20.v1.0 30306
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines
aht.21.v1.0 30618
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines, Continued
aht.22.v1.0 22904
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Telecommunications
aht.23.v1.0 44961
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Renaissance
aht.apndxb.v1.0 35200
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): An Apple II Timeline
aht.apndxc.v1.0 10081
 The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Genealogy
aids 1024
 Method for detecting the "Cyberaids Virus", by The Chemist
alien.clues 1448
 Passwords for Alien Mind, by The Undertaker and the Vandal
alinto.txt 12676
 An Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (on the Apple II) by Charles R. Smith
ansi.spcs 24911
 ANSI and VT100 Codes
apple.app 4157
 Combining Applesoft with Assembly Language
apple.txt 4189
 The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement
apple2.gs 9388
 The Sad, True Truth of the Apple II GS (Stands for Goddamned Slow)
applecat2mods.txt 1380
 Apple Cat Mods, from Mr. Houdini
applecatapi.txt 11140
 The Apple-Cat Modem A.P.I. by The Tailpipe
applecatf.txt 3116
 Apple Cat Firmware Installation/Instructions
applecatpatch.txt 6994
 A Collection of Patches for the CATMSFT and CATCPI CP/M Applce-Cat II Modem Programs
applefaq.txt 9340
 The Apple Frequently Asked Questions List
appleii.jok 1384
 The Unofficial Apple II Brainwash Test by Fred E. Long
applemouse.txt 9734
 Applemouse Programming, by Z-Man
applenet.app 4096
 Advertisement for Apple-net software. Note feature list
applenet.txt 8468
 Getting AE/Catfur to Work with Apple Net, by The 0mega, Lord Vision and The Rock n' Roll Doctor (July 9, 1986)
apples.txt 8230
 Why the Apple II is Broken
appleser.app 11205
 Apple //c Serial Port Information
applesoft.tips 2320
 The Beagle Brothers Applesoft Tips Guide
appletips.txt 2049
 Small Collection of Apple II Tips
appswitc.app 2677
 Apple //e Soft Switch, Status, and other I/O locations
assembler.txt 5456
 The Best Apple's Assembly Tutorial Part 1: The Assembler by The Best Apple and Edited by Nowhere Man
bigu_doc.txt 86817
 DOCUMENTATION: Big U, by Beagle Brothers Software, Transcribed by Mike Spangler (2003)
bin.ii 18944
 Apple II Binary File Format, developed by Gary B. Little
binaryii.txt 18101
 The Binary II Protocol Information by Gary B. Little (November 24, 1986)
binhex.txt 2690
 Description of the .HQX File Format by Dave Johnson of Brown University Computer Science
bitsbaud.txt 11553
 Bits, Baud Rate, and BPS, by michael A. Banks, 1988
bootl-6.hac 102420
 Bootlegger Magazine Excerpts (Apple II Stuff)
catfur.app 7176
 Bit Blaster's Information on the Cat Fur Modem
catstuff.app 9818
 Expanding your Apple Cat // by the Warewolf
centauri.alliance.txt 4238
 Review of Centauri Alliance
cf-ae-pokes.txt 1942
 Locations in DOS for Poking the Apple Cat, by Philip F. Esterhaus
champ.lode.runner.txt 3119
 Review of Championship Lode Runner
command.set.txt 2122
 A Quick Cheat Sheet of ProDOS Commands
coolcatinfo.txt 9765
 Expanding Your Apple Cat II by The Ware Wolf
correct.app 5716
 Corrections to programming for the Apple Cat
cr.adder 1441
 How to add Carriage Returns to Appleworks Databases
crackdos.app 15403
 Introduction to how AppleDOS operates
cramit.app 5062
 An Introduction to Program Compression
cramit.txt 7040
 Some Tips on Cramming Data with an Apple
crammin.app 5071
 A simple compression scheme
deathlord.txt 4008
 Review of The Deathlord
diskgo.txt 613
 Getting Faster Apple DOS Speeds by Tamerlane of the Ring
disksplitter.txt 640
 DOCUMENTATION: Disk Splitter 2.5 by The Stack and The Atom
dos.chart 1678
 The DOS 3.3 Memory Access Chart
dosless.txt 1792
 Creating an Apple DOS-Less Disk
doubletake.txt 33268
 SOFTDOCS: Double-Take, 2-Way-Scroll Multiple-Utility Disk by Mark Simonsen of Beagle Brothers (1983)
drelbs.txt 2817
 SOFTDOCS: Drelbs, from The Ware Lords by Mr. Echo and The Intern (1984)
dsk.img 6446
 USENET: A Method for Using a Mac to Make a .dsk Image File Back into a Real IIgs Disk
dskimages 8354
 USENET: Transferring Files from the PC or Mac to a GS
emu.pt.update 3739
 Message: Bugs in IIGS Proterm v1.9p
errors.app 4286
 A comment on error traps, by Nick Fotheringham
errors.txt 4480
 A Comment on Error Traps by Nick Fotheringham from the Apple Barrel
expandca.app 9367
 Expanding your Apple Cat, by Warewolf
fasteddie10b1.prsrls 4650
 USENET: Press Release: Fast Eddie 1.0b1 Beta: Apple IIGS Emulation for the Power Macintosh
fasteddie10b1.qna 6059
 USENET: The Fast Eddie (possibly) Frequently Asked Questions
fevsgus 3505
 USENET: Review of the Fast Eddie Beta through the PowerMac AV Video Out
fools.errand.txt 2054
 Review of Fool's Errand
format.nufx.txt 47577
 The New Archive Standard for the Apple II -- "NuFX" -- NuFile eXchange by Andy Nicholas (February 3, 1989)
funwiththecat.txt 6081
 Fun with the Cat: Tutorial Number One by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht
funwiththecat2.txt 2045
 Fun With the Cat: Tutorial Number Two by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht (February 15, 1986)
futrae.app 4684
 The Future Evolution of Ascii Express (Humor)
gamecheats.txt 4102
 Collection of Patches, Cheats and Mods to Apple Games (August 1, 1982)
gif.txt 32977
 The Standard of the Graphics Interchange Format (June 15, 1987)
gserror.txt 4503
 A Collection of GE/OS Error Codes
homeword.txt 2682
 SOFTDOCS: Homeword
icon.convert 3308
 Converting Apple IIGS Icons to Clip Art by Marty Knight
iigsprob.hum 2680
 The Apple IIgs Sound Problem
joystick.app 5961
 The Official Joystick Review Guide, by The Tracker
kar.news 7768
 How to Beat Karateka by ?Syntax Error
kickmacr.app 9981
 How to kick butt with AE Macro Action
locksmith.txt 8035
 Some Updates About Locksmith from The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)
locksmithparm.txt 18481
 Locksmith Parameters by The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)
mac2info.app 11449
 Late-breaking (1987) information on The Macintosh II
machinel.app 15408
 Dr. Firmware's Tutorial of Machine Language
memory.txt 12020
 An Apple Peek Poke, Call List
ml.part.i 5680
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk by Dr. Firmware
ml.part.ii 5370
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part II by Dr. Firmware
ml.part.iii 5627
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part III by Dr. Firmware
ml.part.iv 4970
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part IV by Dr. Firmware
ml.part.v 5703
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part V by Dr. Firmware
ml.part.vi 5210
 The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part VI by Dr. Firmware
mllessons.txt 27067
 Machine Language Tutorial by The Shoalin Temple of the Dragon BBS and Tom O' Brien
oneguy.txt 1408
 Hey, If You Pirate the Game, Don't Call Tech Support
oneusi 2432
 A Ad for 1US1: The Tommy-Gun Fax for the Apple II GS by Captain Tom
opcodez.app 2811
 Various Apple Opcodes
parameters.txt 13824
 A Collection of Apple II Copy Protection/Copy Settings (June 9, 1982)
parm2.txt 1024
 Collection of Apple II Copy Parameters
peekpk.txt 1280
 Apple Peeks and Pokes List
peekpoke.app 21120
 A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs
peeks.pokes 2957
 Description of the differences between CALL, PEEK and POKE in Applesoft
peeks.pokes.1 6166
 Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes
peeks.pokes.2 4396
 Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes in the Zero Page Area
peeks.pokes.3.1 14869
 Apple Peeks, Pokes and Calls List Version 2.1 by The Enforcer (May 1984)
peeks.pokes.3.2 5377
 Miscellaneous Applesoft Information, by Control Reset
peex-pokes.txt 2418
 The Beagle Brothers Peek and Poke Chart
pm2600.app 3045
 The Poor Man's 2600 Hertz by Sir Briggs
pokelist.app 19769
 A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs (Duplicate)
puppy 20973
 Documentation About Puppy, a Very Small Scale Bulletin Board for Apples by Tom Jennings (December 10, 1987)
quick.draw.3 5122
 Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Part III)
quick.spells 3256
 Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Spells)
resurrect.txt 12007
 Ressurection: When an AppleWorks Word Processor or Data File Goes Bad by Harold D. Portnoy (1990)
sc4.review.txt 7195
 A SuperConvert 4 Review by Rudy A. Guy
scsi.hd.how.to 15503
 The Do-It-Yourself SCSI Hard Drive Manual by Paladin (November 6, 1988)
secretk.app 6956
 Secret Keys: Little easter eggs and news about Apple II games
secretkeys.faq 49612
 The Definitive Source Guide to Secret Keys, Easter Eggs and Hidden Messages by the Ramsacker (April 15, 1992)
tex 7780
 SOFTDOCS: TEX: Text Filt Utility by Floyd Zink, Jr. (1987)
usr.16.8k 85773
 The Info File on the USR Robotics 16.8k Model
vanilla.hd 34895
 Dr. Ken's Roll-Your-Own Vanilla SCSI Hard Disk Drive by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz
vanilla.tape 21723
 Build Your Own Vanilla SCSI Tape Backup System by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz (1989)
vidomac.app 33057
 1986 Seminar on "Macintosh in Film and TV Production"
vt100 3685
 DEC VT-100 Compatible Cursor Command Sequences
wizardry.4.info 3012
 Advice about playing Wizardry IV
wiztips1.txt 10590
 Wizardry Tips I by Jim Reich
wiztips2.txt 7681
 Wizardry Tips II
wiztips3.txt 5304
 Wizardry Tips III by Jim Reich
wiztips4.txt 8538
 Wizardry Tips IV by Jim Reich
wpgs.review 8231
 USENET: Review of the Freeware Version of WordPerfect IIgs by Corel (January 31, 1997)
xmodem 21581
 XMODEM Protocol Reference, by Ward Christensen January 1, 1982
ymodem.s 13048
 YMODEM Source Code for GBBS by Mike Golazewski or Greg Schaefer
zmodem.gbbs 7045
 The Addition of ZMODEM to GBBS!
zorroplaying.txt 659
 Zorro Playing Tips, by The Tracker

There are 155 files for a total of 1,935,393 bytes.
There are 8 directories.

If you wish to have the entire directory conveniently archived and compressed into one file, please download either apple.tar.gz (9476309 bytes) or apple.zip (10256476 bytes) instead of all the files separately.