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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.
Apple II Development Forum Conference Transcriptions (1988-1991)
Files about Deprotecting Software or Adding Cheats
Archive of the Genielamp A2, the GEnie Apple II Roundtable
Writings, Rags, Messages and Lore of the Apple II Pirates/Phreaks
Walkthroughs of Apple II Specific Adventures
A Collection of 6502 Processor Bugs
USENET: Description of the 2img Disk Format
Memory Moves with an Apple IIe and Extended 80 Column Card Part I, by Hawkeye
A Collection of Apple Cat 202 Mods by The Digital Knight
Expanding your Apple Cat II by The Ware-Wolf of the Hi-Res Hijackers/202 Alliance/WareBusters
Some Apple-Cat Mods by Mr. Houdini
Advanced Programming Information for the Apple Cat by The Homer Brothers
A Quick Reference Sheet for the Novation Apple-Cat Firmware Rom by Captain Avatar
How to get Speed out of your HST and HST Dual Standard Modem on an Apple IIGS
A list of commands for Ascii Express
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): Pre-Apple History
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple I
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II, Continued
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Disk II
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II Plus
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIe
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIc
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Disk Evolution and the Apple IIc Plus
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs Continued
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals and the Apple II Abroad
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals, Continued
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): DOS
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages, Continued
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Software
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): AppleWorks
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines, Continued
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Telecommunications
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Renaissance
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): An Apple II Timeline
The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Genealogy
Method for detecting the "Cyberaids Virus", by The Chemist
Passwords for Alien Mind, by The Undertaker and the Vandal
An Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (on the Apple II) by Charles R. Smith
Combining Applesoft with Assembly Language
The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement
The Sad, True Truth of the Apple II GS (Stands for Goddamned Slow)
Apple Cat Mods, from Mr. Houdini
The Apple-Cat Modem A.P.I. by The Tailpipe
Apple Cat Firmware Installation/Instructions
A Collection of Patches for the CATMSFT and CATCPI CP/M Applce-Cat II Modem Programs
The Apple Frequently Asked Questions List
The Unofficial Apple II Brainwash Test by Fred E. Long
Applemouse Programming, by Z-Man
Advertisement for Apple-net software. Note feature list
Apple //c Serial Port Information
The Beagle Brothers Applesoft Tips Guide
Small Collection of Apple II Tips
Apple //e Soft Switch, Status, and other I/O locations
The Best Apple's Assembly Tutorial Part 1: The Assembler by The Best Apple and Edited by Nowhere Man
DOCUMENTATION: Big U, by Beagle Brothers Software, Transcribed by Mike Spangler (2003)
Apple II Binary File Format, developed by Gary B. Little
The Binary II Protocol Information by Gary B. Little (November 24, 1986)
Description of the .HQX File Format by Dave Johnson of Brown University Computer Science
Bits, Baud Rate, and BPS, by michael A. Banks, 1988
Bootlegger Magazine Excerpts (Apple II Stuff)
Bit Blaster's Information on the Cat Fur Modem
Expanding your Apple Cat // by the Warewolf
Locations in DOS for Poking the Apple Cat, by Philip F. Esterhaus
Review of Championship Lode Runner
A Quick Cheat Sheet of ProDOS Commands
Expanding Your Apple Cat II by The Ware Wolf
Corrections to programming for the Apple Cat
How to add Carriage Returns to Appleworks Databases
Introduction to how AppleDOS operates
An Introduction to Program Compression
Some Tips on Cramming Data with an Apple
Getting Faster Apple DOS Speeds by Tamerlane of the Ring
DOCUMENTATION: Disk Splitter 2.5 by The Stack and The Atom
The DOS 3.3 Memory Access Chart
Creating an Apple DOS-Less Disk
SOFTDOCS: Double-Take, 2-Way-Scroll Multiple-Utility Disk by Mark Simonsen of Beagle Brothers (1983)
SOFTDOCS: Drelbs, from The Ware Lords by Mr. Echo and The Intern (1984)
USENET: A Method for Using a Mac to Make a .dsk Image File Back into a Real IIgs Disk
USENET: Transferring Files from the PC or Mac to a GS
Message: Bugs in IIGS Proterm v1.9p
A comment on error traps, by Nick Fotheringham
A Comment on Error Traps by Nick Fotheringham from the Apple Barrel
Expanding your Apple Cat, by Warewolf
USENET: Press Release: Fast Eddie 1.0b1 Beta: Apple IIGS Emulation for the Power Macintosh
USENET: The Fast Eddie (possibly) Frequently Asked Questions
USENET: Review of the Fast Eddie Beta through the PowerMac AV Video Out
Fun with the Cat: Tutorial Number One by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht
Fun With the Cat: Tutorial Number Two by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht (February 15, 1986)
The Future Evolution of Ascii Express (Humor)
Collection of Patches, Cheats and Mods to Apple Games (August 1, 1982)
The Standard of the Graphics Interchange Format (June 15, 1987)
A Collection of GE/OS Error Codes
Converting Apple IIGS Icons to Clip Art by Marty Knight
The Official Joystick Review Guide, by The Tracker
How to Beat Karateka by ?Syntax Error
How to kick butt with AE Macro Action
Some Updates About Locksmith from The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)
Locksmith Parameters by The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983)
Late-breaking (1987) information on The Macintosh II
Dr. Firmware's Tutorial of Machine Language
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk by Dr. Firmware
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part II by Dr. Firmware
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part III by Dr. Firmware
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part IV by Dr. Firmware
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part V by Dr. Firmware
The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part VI by Dr. Firmware
Machine Language Tutorial by The Shoalin Temple of the Dragon BBS and Tom O' Brien
Hey, If You Pirate the Game, Don't Call Tech Support
A Ad for 1US1: The Tommy-Gun Fax for the Apple II GS by Captain Tom
A Collection of Apple II Copy Protection/Copy Settings (June 9, 1982)
Collection of Apple II Copy Parameters
A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs
Description of the differences between CALL, PEEK and POKE in Applesoft
Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes
Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes in the Zero Page Area
Apple Peeks, Pokes and Calls List Version 2.1 by The Enforcer (May 1984)
Miscellaneous Applesoft Information, by Control Reset
The Beagle Brothers Peek and Poke Chart
The Poor Man's 2600 Hertz by Sir Briggs
A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs (Duplicate)
Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Part III)
Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Spells)
Ressurection: When an AppleWorks Word Processor or Data File Goes Bad by Harold D. Portnoy (1990)
A SuperConvert 4 Review by Rudy A. Guy
The Do-It-Yourself SCSI Hard Drive Manual by Paladin (November 6, 1988)
Secret Keys: Little easter eggs and news about Apple II games
SOFTDOCS: TEX: Text Filt Utility by Floyd Zink, Jr. (1987)
The Info File on the USR Robotics 16.8k Model
Dr. Ken's Roll-Your-Own Vanilla SCSI Hard Disk Drive by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz
Build Your Own Vanilla SCSI Tape Backup System by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz (1989)
1986 Seminar on "Macintosh in Film and TV Production"
DEC VT-100 Compatible Cursor Command Sequences
Advice about playing Wizardry IV
Wizardry Tips III by Jim Reich
USENET: Review of the Freeware Version of WordPerfect IIgs by Corel (January 31, 1997)
XMODEM Protocol Reference, by Ward Christensen January 1, 1982
YMODEM Source Code for GBBS by Mike Golazewski or Greg Schaefer
The Addition of ZMODEM to GBBS!