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Applesoft I Patches

The May 1978 Contact! newsletter from Apple Computer, Inc. contained a number of required patches to repair bugs in Applesoft I. Array Indexing Problem Fix Long line Fix “END” Statement Fix FRE(0) Function Fix

Contact!

……is the name of a new monthly newsletter published by Apple Computer, Inc.  The first issue (May 1978) was literally packed with good information and programming hints. If you did not get your copy int he mail, be sure to contact your Apple dealer.

Apple Source : Apple ][ is country’s best seller

The Apple ][ is country’s best seller?  This is what Phil Roybal, Apple Computer’s marketing manager expressed to us when we asked him recently.  Apple’s new Shuggart mini-floppy has now been officially announced at an unbelievably low $495.  The Delievery is scheduled to commence in lat June.  This drop of $200 was enough to influence our decision to buy. The Applesoft II ROM board will be available at $100 for an introductory period only, running through July 31st, at which…

New Apple Dealers

We would like to extend a welcome to two new Computerland stores in Bellevue and Tacoma. Tom McConnell. manages the new Bellevue store at 14340 NE 20th, phone (206)746-2070, which opened April 28th and Dennis Griswold is in charge of the Tacoma store at 8700 S. Tacoma Way , scheduled to open May 5th. The phone far Tacoma is (206)581-0388. Welcome Aboard!

Applesource

by Dana Redington = Apple Computer, Inc. More word on the utility Rom. In addition to the routines previously mentioned, this Rom will have new high-res operating routines, including a SHAPGEN command that will eliminate the need to manually write HIRES vectors. You will be able to directly address a d0t matrix, and there will also be a HIRES Ascii character set, displayable concurrently with the graphics. The Applesoft Rom board is scheduled for release to dealers July I st…

Apple II Basic Structure

by Steve Wozniak Apple Computer, Inc.(Reprinted from Dr. Dobbs Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orhtodontia, Box E, Menlo Park, Ca. 94025, Issue No. 23) An understanding of the internal representation of a BASIC program is necessary in order to develop RENUMBER and APPEND algorithms. Fig. 1 illustrate s the significant pointers for a program in memory. Variable and symbol table assignment begins at the location whose address is contained in the pointer LOMEM ($4A and $4B where ‘$’ , stands…