apple II Books published by Quality Software

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There are 3 apple II Books published by Quality Software in our collection :

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Date: 1981 Beneath Apple DOS

Beneath Apple DOS originally for Apple II

by Don Worth and Pieter Lechner published by Quality Software

is intended to serve as a companion to Apple's DOS manual, providing additional information for the advanced programmer.

The information presented here is a result of intensive disassembly and annotation of various versions of DOS.... it also draws from application notes, articles and discussions.

The evolution of DOS:

DOS 3 - 29 June 1978

DOS 3.1 - 20 July 1978 .... for Disk II

DOS 3.2 - 16 February 1979 .... long list of changes

DOS 3.2.1 - 31 July 1979 .... maintenance release

DOS 3.3 - 25 August 1980 ... hardware/software upgrade

DOS 3.3 - 1 January 1983 .... maintenance release

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 THE EVOLUTION OF DOS

Chapter 3 DISKETTE FORMATTING

Chapter 4 DISKETTE ORGANIZATION

Chapter 5 THE STRUCTURE OF DOS

Chapter 6 USING DOS FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

Chapter 7 CUSTOMIZING DOS

Chapter 8 DOS PROGRAM LOGIC

Appendix A EXAMPLE PROGRAMS
TRACK DUMP PROGRAM
DISK UPDATE PROGRAM
REFORMAT A SINGLE TRACK PROGRAM
FIND TRACK/SECTOR LISTS PROGRAM
BINARY TO TEXT FILE CONVERT PROGRAM

Appendix B DISK PROTECTION SCHEMES

Platform: Apple II 48Kb RAM

OS: Apple DOS 3 - 3.3

System Software (SS:) Apple DOS 3 - 3.3

Version: 3 - 3.3

Publisher: Quality Software
Author: Don Worth and Pieter Lechner

Date: 1984 Beneath Apple DOS (and Updated for Apple IIe)

Beneath Apple DOS and Beneath Apple DOS Updated for Apple IIe originally for Apple II, Sixth Printing, January 1984

by Don Worth and Pieter Lechner published by Quality Software

is intended to serve as a companion to Apple's DOS manual, providing additional information for the advanced programmer.

The information presented here is a result of intensive disassembly and annotation of various versions of DOS.... it also draws from application notes, articles and discussions.

The evolution of DOS:

DOS 3 - 29 June 1978

DOS 3.1 - 20 July 1978 .... for Disk II

DOS 3.2 - 16 February 1979 .... long list of changes

DOS 3.2.1 - 31 July 1979 .... maintenance release

DOS 3.3 - 25 August 1980 ... hardware/software upgrade

DOS 3.3 - 1 January 1983 .... maintenance release

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 THE EVOLUTION OF DOS

Chapter 3 DISKETTE FORMATTING

Chapter 4 DISKETTE ORGANIZATION

Chapter 5 THE STRUCTURE OF DOS

Chapter 6 USING DOS FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

Chapter 7 CUSTOMIZING DOS

Chapter 8 DOS PROGRAM LOGIC

Appendix A EXAMPLE PROGRAMS
TRACK DUMP PROGRAM
DISK UPDATE PROGRAM
REFORMAT A SINGLE TRACK PROGRAM
FIND TRACK/SECTOR LISTS PROGRAM
BINARY TO TEXT FILE CONVERT PROGRAM

Appendix B DISK PROTECTION SCHEMES

Platform: Apple II 48Kb RAM

OS: Apple DOS 3 - 3.3

System Software (SS:) Apple DOS 3 - 3.3

Version: 3 - 3.3

Publisher: Quality Software
Author: Don Worth and Pieter Lechner

Date: March 1985 Beneath Apple ProDOS

Beneath Apple ProDOS for Apple II, Second printing, March 1985

Don D Worth, Pieter M Lechner Published Qualtiy Software

"...intended to serve as a companion to the manuals provided by Apple Computer Inc for ProDOS, providing additional information for the advanced programmer or for the novice Apple user who wants to know more about the structure of disks."

Beneath Apple ProDOS is intended to serve as a companion to the manuals provided by Apple Computer, Inc. for ProDOS, providing additional information for the advanced programmer or for the novice Apple user who wants to know more about the structure of disks. It is not the intent of this manual to replace the documentation provided by Apple. Although, for the sake of continuity, some of the material covered in the Apple manuals is also covered here, it will be assumed that the reader is reasonably familiar with the contents of Apple’s ProDOS User’s Manual and BASIC Programming With ProDOS. Since all chapters presented here may not be of use to each Apple owner, each has been written to stand on its own. Readers of our earlier book. Beneath Apple DOS, will notice that we have retained the basic organization of that book in an attempt to help them familiarize themselves with Beneath Apple ProDOS more quickly.
The information presented here is a result of intensive disassembly and annotation of various versions of ProDOS by the authors. It also uses as a reference various application notes and preliminary documentation from Apple. Although no guarantee can be made concerning the accuracy of the information presented here, aU of the material included in Beneath Apple ProDOS has been thoroughly researched and tested.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER 2: TO BUILD A BETTER DOS
CHAPTER 3: DISK II HARDWARE AND DISKETTE FORMATTING
CHAPTER 4: VOLUMES, DIRECTORIES, AND FILES

CHAPTER 5: THE STRUCTURE OF PRODOS.
CHAPTER 6: USING PRODOS FROM ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

CHAPTER 7: CUSTOMIZING PRODOS

CHAPTER 8: PRODOS GLOBAL PAGES

APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE PROGRAMS

APPENDIX B: DISKETTE PROTECTION SCHEMES

APPENDIX C: NIBBILIZING

APPENDIX D: THE LOGIC STATE SEQUENCER

APPENDIX E: PRODOS, DOS, AND SOS

APPENDIX F: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRODOS 8 VERSIONS

Platform: Apple II 48Kb RAM

OS: Apple ProDOS

System Software (SS:) Apple ProDOS