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Re: Applesoft Firmware Card
On page 2 of Contact volume 1, dated 5/78, the new Applesoft firmware card is announced for July, same year.
On Contact volume 2, dated 6/78:
"APPLESOFT II - The new APPLE- SOFT has arrived. It's an expanded version of Microsoft's floating-point BASIC, with 9-digit arithmetic and a large function library that makes it ideal for business and scientific programs. Easy to use and powerful, APPLESOFT II's capabilities include high-resolution graphics routines;DATA STORE/RECALL statements that allow saving vari- ables to tape; IN# and PR# state- ments to simplify peripheral use; and an ONERRGOTO command to allow user-specified error-handling routines.
The tape version (P/N A2T0004) costs $20, and is available now at your APPLE dealer. A ROM card version (P/N A2B0009), which plugs into slot 0, has hardware and software switching to select either Integer or APPLESOFT BASIC. It frees up 10K of RAM space for your programs. Available in July, the APPLESOFT ROM card's regular price is $200; but through July 31 only, it will be introductory- priced at $100 a genuine bargain."
On Contact volume 6, the catalog dated 10/79:
"Integer BASIC ROM Card ... for the Apple II Plus
Help yourself to the extensive library of Integer BASIC pro- grams with this low cost, plug-in card. You'll have push- button access to both Integer and Applesoft BASIC, without giving up valuable user memory
space.
The card offers you more than just a high-speed version of BASIC. It comes with Programmer's Aid #1: a firmware package of high- resolution graphics, utility, and diagnostic routines. And it offers a special bonus for assembly language programmers with its inclusion of the stan-
dard monitor ROM (which offers machine language TRACE and SINGLE- STEP capabilities not present in the Apple II Plus Auto-Start ROM).
The Integer BASIC ROM Card is a great way to upgrade the capabilities of your Apple II Plus before you're ready to move all the way into the Language System with Pascal. Suggested Retail- $200.00"
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