Apple IIgs Specifications

Apple IIGS#65: Control-^ is Harder Than It Looks 1 of 1Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical SupportApple IIGS#65: Control-^ is Harder Than It

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 6 #68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Designaccesses to internal I/O or expansion card slots, and accesses to banks $E

Developer Technical Support September 1989Apple IIGS#68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Design 3 of 6Using the Ready SignalThe Ready (RDY) input to

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 6 #68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card DesignPH0/M2SELSafe to assert or deassertPH225ns max35ns min/NMI,/IRQ,/RST,RDY60

Developer Technical Support September 1989Apple IIGS#68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Design 5 of 6The /DMA signal should be asserted and deasser

Apple II Technical Notes6 of 6 #68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Designsolid technique is using the first rising edge of the 7M clock, after PH0

Developer Technical Support September 1989Apple IIGS#68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Design 7 of 6Since the Apple IIGS was released, several “su

Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 1 of 7Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 7 #69: The Ins and Outs of Slot ArbitrationAlthough the Slot Arbiter does not function in System Software 5.0

Developer Technical Support May 1990Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 3 of 7Slot NumberF E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0Slot0 = Inter

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS4 of 7 #69: The Ins and Outs of Slot ArbitrationBit Encoded Slot ConfigurationF E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001 = s

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 1 #65: Control-^ is Harder Than It LooksFurther Reference• Apple IIGS Firmware Reference, p. 77

Developer Technical Support May 1990Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 5 of 7device before it gets control. However, there are some

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS6 of 7 #69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitrationbecome accustomed, everyone has a better chance of working by stick

Developer Technical Support May 1990Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 7 of 7There are certain applications with more specialized ne

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS8 of 7 #69: The Ins and Outs of Slot ArbitrationApple strongly recommends that the Text Tools not be used. GS/OS c

Developer Technical Support May 1990Apple IIGS#69: The Ins and Outs of Slot Arbitration 9 of 7FWEntryThe Miscellaneous Tools call FWEntry should not

Apple IIGS#70: Fast Graphics Hints 1 of 4Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical SupportApple IIGS#70: Fast Graphics HintsWritten by: Don Marsh &

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 4 #70: Fast Graphics HintsAnother source of overhead is branching instructions in loops. By “straight-lining” the code

Developer Technical Support September 1989Apple IIGS#70: Fast Graphics Hints 3 of 4lda |164,y ; accumulator is 16 bits forpha ; best efficiencylda |1

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 4 #70: Fast Graphics Hintsdata to the graphics memory may run at the same speed as a second loop with a higher cyclecoun

Developer Technical Support September 1989Apple IIGS#70: Fast Graphics Hints 5 of 4By using only the VertCnt register and ignoring the low bit of the

Apple IIGS#66: ExpressLoad Philosophy 1 of 2Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#66: ExpressLoad PhilosophyRevised by: Matt

Apple II Technical Notes6 of 4 #70: Fast Graphics HintsClever updates can modify twice as many pixels on the screen by sacrificing some smoothness,ru

Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and Techniques 1 of 6Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and TechniquesRevised by: Dav

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 6 #71: DA Tips and Techniques

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and Techniques 3 of 6HowMuchStack gequ $1000 ;try for 4K of stack spacestar

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS4 of 6 #71: DA Tips and TechniquesWhen this routine calls RealCDAentry, the carry flag is set if no extra stack sp

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and Techniques 5 of 6The Memory Manager knows an interrupt is in progress, so CompactMem

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS6 of 6 #71: DA Tips and TechniquesNew Desk Accessory Tips and TechniquesAn NDA Can Find its Menu Item IDAfter the

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and Techniques 7 of 6position, which may overlap the window’s content. In addition, when

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS8 of 6 #71: DA Tips and TechniquesNDAs Can Have Resource ForksFollowing is the recommended way for a New Desk Acce

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#71: DA Tips and Techniques 9 of 6NDAs Must Be Careful Handling Modal WindowsIf your NDA uses its reso

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 2 #66: ExpressLoad PhilosophySince ExpressLoad focuses on the common things performed by the majority of appli

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS10 of 6 #71: DA Tips and Techniques• Apple IIGS Hardware Reference• Apple IIGS Technical Note #53, Desk Accessorie

Apple IIGS#72: QuickDraw II Quirks 1 of 2Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#72: QuickDraw II QuirksRevised by: Dave Lyons

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 2 #72: QuickDraw II QuirksYou May Need SetBufDims!The call description for SetBufDims on page 16-215 of Volume

Apple IIGS#73: Using User Tool Sets 1 of 3Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#73: Using User Tool SetsRevised by: Dave “fl

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 3 #73: Using User Tool SetsIf you do use the WAP in a conventional way, your xxxStatus function should return

Developer Technical Support July 1991Apple IIGS#73: Using User Tool Sets 3 of 3down and allow it to remain in memory in a purgeable state; if you do

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS4 of 3 #73: Using User Tool SetsWhen your application quits and calls TLShutDown, the system disconnects your tool

Apple IIGS#74: Top Ten List Manager Things 1 of 4Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#74: Top Ten List Manager ThingsRevised

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 4 #74: Top Ten List Manager ThingsEight—Custom listDraw Routines and the Clip RegionThe custom listDraw routine below sp

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#74: Top Ten List Manager Things 3 of 4 blt skip2 brl NoDraw ; if no

Apple IIGS#67: LaserWriter Font Mapping 1 of 2Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#67: LaserWriter Font MappingRevised by:

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 4 #74: Top Ten List Manager ThingsDimMask dc i1'$55,$AA,$55,$AA,$55,$AA,$55,$AA'NorMask dc i1'$FF,$FF,$

Apple IIGS#75: BeginUpdate Anomaly 1 of 4Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#75: BeginUpdate AnomalyRevised by: Dave Lyons

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 4 #75: BeginUpdate AnomalySo What’s the Problem?The problem is that the updateRgn is not a very good place to save t

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#75: BeginUpdate Anomaly 3 of 4But I Have to Do…If you absolutely must do some of the things previously

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 4 #75: BeginUpdate AnomalySome consideration was given to posting an application event via the PostEvent call.Unfortunat

Apple IIGS#76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats 1 of 8Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 8 #76: Miscellaneous Resource FormatsThe resource compiler template follows:#define rSoundSample $8024/*------

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats 3 of 8Following is a simple cursor example:resource rCursor(1,fixed

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS4 of 8 #76: Miscellaneous Resource FormatsverMalta 22verCyprus 23verTurkey 24verYugoslavia 25verIreland 50verKorea

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats 5 of 8Note: For compatibility with the Finder, keep the name field

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 2 #67: LaserWriter Font MappingPostScript font families include plain, bold, italic and bold italic fonts. Some fonts f

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS6 of 8 #76: Miscellaneous Resource FormatsFollowing is a simple rTaggedStrings example:resource rTaggedStrings(1) {

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#76: Miscellaneous Resource Formats 7 of 8The resource compiler template follows:#define rRectList $

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS8 of 8 #76: Miscellaneous Resource FormatsNevertheless, in some cases keeping fonts inside an application file is n

Apple IIGS#77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files 1 of 4Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#77: Print Manag

Apple II Technical Notes2 of 4 #77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration FilesWhat Writes to the Printer.Setup and ATInit Files?Before Apple I

Developer Technical Support January 1990Apple IIGS#77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files 3 of 4

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 4 #77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration FilesNetwork Booting and Printer.SetupWhen Apple IIGS computers are b

Developer Technical Support January 1990Apple IIGS#77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files 5 of 4If your application needs the complete

Apple II Technical Notes6 of 4 #77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration FilesThe ATInit File FormatThe AppleShare Programmer’s Guide for the

Developer Technical Support January 1990Apple IIGS#77: Print Manager & AppleTalk Configuration Files 7 of 4Further Reference• Apple IIGS Toolbox

Developer Technical Support May 1992Apple IIGS#67: LaserWriter Font Mapping 3 of 2The three examples shown in Table 1 show three variations of the pl

Apple IIGS#78: Bank Alignment and Memory Management 1 of 2Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#78: Bank Alignment and Memor

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 2 #78: Bank Alignment and Memory Managementcannot know themselves, since they are only told how much memory is

Apple IIGS#79: Integer Math Data Types 1 of 2Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical Support®Apple IIGS#79: Integer Math Data TypesRevised by: Ji

Apple II Technical NotesApple IIGS2 of 2 #79: Integer Math Data Types-3276816384 8192 4 2 1121418116384132768165536low-order wordhigh-order word01215

Developer Technical Support May 1990Apple IIGS#79: Integer Math Data Types 3 of 2Similarly, two Fixed or two Frac values may be compared, as Longint

Apple II Technical Notes4 of 2 #67: LaserWriter Font MappingFurther Reference• Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference, Volumes 1 & 2• Apple LaserWriter Ref

Apple IIGS#68: Tips for I/O Expansion Slot Card Design 1 of 6Apple IITechnical NotesDeveloper Technical SupportApple IIGS#68: Tips for I/O Expansion