# 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
ADC |  | Apple II Development Forum Conference Transcriptions (1988-1991)
ANATOMY |  | DOS 3.3 Anatomy
CRACKING |  | Files about Deprotecting Software or Adding Cheats
DOCUMENTATION |  | "Soft Dox" for Apple Programs
GENIELAMP |  | Archive of the Genielamp A2, the GEnie Apple II Roundtable
PIRACY |  | Writings, Rags, Messages and Lore of the Apple II Pirates/Phreaks
REVIEWS |  | Reviews of Apple II Software
WALKTHROUGHS |  | Walkthroughs 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
a2memmov.txt | 6360 | Memory Moves with an Apple IIe and Extended 80 Column Card Part I, by Hawkeye
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
wozconf1.txt | 21151 | Transcription of conference on MAUG (Compuserve Apple Users Group) with Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple (October 16, 1983)
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 157 files for a total of 1,962,904 bytes.
There are 8 directories.