Author: A.P.P.L.E.

By Paul ZabrsThe Australian Apple Review Vol 3 No 4 PP11 EVEN THOUGH communicating with microcomputers is becoming very common, it may still be quite daunting for the novice if he strikes problems. Few things are more disappointing than when, after spending several hundred dollars on peripherals, you turn everything on and nothing happens. The tendency is to try several times and, if the system still does not work, to give up in frustration and anger for having spent all…

by Craig KirkwoodAustralian Apple Review April 1986 LAST MONTH WE LOOKED AT the components of a microcomputer, discussed the use of high level languages and learnt how to access the Apple’s “mini assembler” from the monitor. That’s all well and good, but let’s extend our knowledge a little further and take a closer look at the heart of the Apple; presenting the 6502. The 6502 microprocessor was originally designed by a company called MOS Technology Inc., who were a “breakaway”…

Beat the spread with your Apple by DAVID COWLES and BILL MARQUARDT II Computing MagazineOCTOBER / NOVEMBER 1985Works with DOS 3.3 and ProDOS When the Miami Dolphins met the San Francisco 49’ers in the Superbowl last January, the “Vegas line” favored the Niners by three points. This “spread” meant that an even-money bettor on the Dolphins would still win unless Miami were beaten by four points or more. Would you have taken that action? On which side? Football Prognosticator picked…

by MARGOT COMSTOCK II Computing MagazineOctober/November 1985 About the author — Margot Comstock was cofounder and editor of Softalk. It was great jun, but it was just one of those things. Not even ten years have passed since Steve Wozniak put together the very first Apple II. The industry that has grown up supporting it and its successors has gone through just as many stages as a child of the same age. But, for the analogy to work, the child…

II Computing Magazine V1N1October / November 1985 by PAUL COHEN About the Author Paul Cohen is a free-lance writer specializing in business and technology. He is also the former editor of the Atari Connection Magazine. Online Education More than 100 years ago, the first correspondence schools brought the opportunities of an emerging industrial society to those who never had a chance to learn much academically. For people in remote locations, often bound to farms or factories, getting an education through…

by NEIL SHAPIRO II Computing Magazine V1N1October / November 1985 About the Author Neil Shapiro is editor-in-chief of MacUser Magazine and is also chief sysop of the MAUG Apple Group on CompuServe. The World of Gaming The world of gaming on the Apple II is as varied as the people who own the machine. Creating software ranging from dazzling graphics and animation to complex brain-wrenching games ofstrategy and tactics, programmers on the Apple II are constantly striving to achieve new…

Works with DOS 3.3 and ProDOS.by STEPHAN SCHWIRZKE II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 The house is dark, and worse, it’s haunted! Ghosts appear out of nowhere and rush about trying to drive you away. You have been called in to rid the house of these ectoplasmic interlopers, which you can only do by de-energizing them as they come towards you. You are armed with the latest anti-ghost weapon. Its laser-driven sight projects a “prohibited” sign wherever…

A CHANGE OF HEARTNew instructions grace the 65C02by MORGAN P. CAFFREY II Computing V1N1October / November 1985 About the Author Morgan P Caffrey is a programmer/ analyst concentrating on expert systems, databases and telecommunicatiom seftware. He was an early Apple II owner and former technical editor for Apple Orchard magazine. Assembly Language 65C02 The heart of any computer is its Central Processing Unit (CPU). In a microcomputer this is a chip, usually referred to by its number. The revolution in…

By Tanya Kucak II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 In 1310, Giotto saw Halley’s Comet. Next year, Halley’s Comet will see Giotto. The first Giotto is the Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone (1266?-1337), who saw the comet from Padua, Italy. Fie depicted the comet as the Star of Bethlehem in his famous fresco Adoration of the Magi, which is in the Scrovegni chapel in Padua. The second Giotto is a space probe launched by the European Space…

by Donald Tattersfield II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 TRACK HALLEY’S COMET — Where to look, when to look HALLEY’S COMET 1985-1986 By now you must know — via newspapers, television and scientific journals — that Halley’s comet approaches. It last appeared in 1910. In the intervening time it has followed an elongated elliptical orbit around the Sun, out beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune, and back again to the vicinity of the Earth. We know…

by James Capparell, Publisher II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 “Computers – the final frontier, these are the voyages ….” An unusual introduction to a new column perhaps, but as an old Star Trek fan, I remember it was an invitation like this that opened the door to “strange new worlds:’ The impossible became real. I loved it. Similarly, I invite you to join me on a bold expedition, one that should be every bit as exciting…

DeWitt Robbeloth II Computing Volume 1 Number 1October / November 1985 The computer world was stunned in June when Apple Computer, Inc. announced, in effect, that cofounder and Chairman of the Board Steven Jobs had been unhorsed in a corporate joust with Apple’s President and Chief Executive Officer, John Sculley. Sculley convinced the Board of Directors to reorganize the company in a way that removed Jobs from his executive role as general manager of the Macintosh Division. The new “functional”…

Moves Muppets into software by MICHAEL CIRAOLO II Computing Volume 1 Number 1 October / November 1985 Christopher Cerf is a joy to be around. He’s a bright, bubbling man who’s always in motion – not with manic energy, but with the enthusiasm of someone who can’t stop having a good time. It isn’t easy to capture Cerf on paper. It would be easy to simply say he helped launch the National Lampoon, designed award-winning software, earned wide acclaim as…

by DeWITT ROBBELOTH, EDITOR II Computing Volume 1 Number 1 October / November 1985 Thanks for giving us a chance to introduce ourselves. II Computing is a new magazine specifically for those of us who own or use some type of Apple II computer. That includes the II, II+, IIe and IIe and all future computers built around the II design. We’ll also cover the peripherals, software and firmware for Apple II machines. Browse through this issue and you will…

II Computing MagazineOctober / November 1985 The following program was produced by Antic Publishing, Inc. for the II Computing Magazine “Action” disk which came with the magazine. 10 REM * II COMPUTING VOL.1 NO.120 REM * COPYRIGHT 198530 REM * ANTIC PUBLISHING, INC.40 GOSUB 30050 VTAB 5 + L * 2: HTAB H(L): PRINT ST$(L)60 VTAB 5 + I * 2: HTAB H(I): INVERSE : PRINT ST$(I): NORMAL70 L = I: POKE ST,180 KY = PEEK (KP): IF KY <…

Product: Standard Apple Numerics Environment (SANE) Use: Numeric Calculation For: Apple II, III, Pascal Company:Apple Computer Inc. Includes: Documentation and disk Availability: Apple Computer Dealers Price: $35 By J.B. KoonsCall-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine July 1985 PP19-20 MORE and more often now we hear that the day of the lowly 8 bit microprocessor, such as the 6502 that sits at the heart of all Apple II and Apple III computers, is over. If you want to do real work you need a machine…

by James W. Thomas Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine July 1985 PP15-18 The Apple Numerics Group has been working for several yeors to implement state-of- the-art numerics on all Apple computers. The result of these efforts is calted SANE, for Standard Apple Numerics Environment. It is available for Pascal and assembly programmers on Apple II and III computers, and is the native arithmetic on Macintosh. Apple Works, MacPascal, MacBASIC, the Lisa Workshop, and several other Macintosh languages and application programs use SANE. This…

By Dr. Dave Lingwood In Journalism classes long ago I had  drilled  into  me  the  five  “W”s  of reporting:  “who,  what, where, when, and why?”  Since my purpose here is to describe /// Cheers, I figured what the heck …  Here goes: WHO? /// Cheers is brought to you by A.P.P.L.E., Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange,  which  is, as you no doubt know, the world’s largest Apple users  group.  We grew beyond the functions of a local club years ago…

/// CHEERS! enthusiastically and (well)  cheerfully  welcomes  articles  and programs from potential authors — we want to read stuff from other people! We  are  interested in how-to-do-it articles, hardware/software reviews, use notes on popular  applications  software,  and  programs  in  any  languages supported  on  the  ///.   Particular emphasis is given to programs that are instructive, and/or provide needed utilities. The guidelines are rather simple:  submit your  text  on  DISK,  along  with source files for any programs, or  source and invokable  files…

Communications packages for the Apple II by Graeme PhilipsonAustralian Apple Review March 1984 An increasingly popular use of microcomputers, the Apple of course included, is as terminals. With the addition of a few bits of hardware and software the Apple 11 can become a complete intelligent terminal, capable of communicating via normal telephone lines with mainframe computers, databases, electronic mail services – anything that you can use a conventional terminal for. What sorts of things? Many people are still unaware,…