Re: iBook on Apple IIGS programming for kids

[Chuck Morris <chuckwmorris@gmail.com>]

On Jan 21, 6:34 pm, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1月22日, 上午2时48分, Steven Nelson <steven-nel...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 21, 7:41 am, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any way of making it compatible with ibooks under ios 4.3.3?
>
> > Thanks for being the first with an Apple2 ibook!
>
> >   --Steve
>
> Not now, as iBooks Author is only supporting iBooks 2 format (for iOS
> 5) and iPad only. The only other possibilities is to published via
> PDF, but will lost the video/interactivity stuffs. In the example
> codes, I do have videos for the program output and those will be lost.
>
> The book is still in early form, now have all the source codes done,
> but lack the starting and ending.
>
> My main aim is to get the Apple II History (apple2history.org) content
> published as book, or worked with some Apple II historian to design a
> book (so that I can owned an Apple II book). We really do deserve a
> book for our community.

That's pretty sweet, and thanks for sharing it with the community!
I've purchased all of the ByteWorks products previously, and loaded
the manuals for the compilers, etc. into iBooks for handy reference as
I manage to find a bit of time to play around with programming on my
two Apple IIGS's (a ROM1 and a ROM3), or on an emulated machine.  I've
now added your eBook, and will surely find the code samples useful in
learning the languages you used.  I had been programming for a living
for a couple of years already before I ever owned my first "PC" (an
Apple II+), and I have maintained fror years that the older machines
provide an excellent platform for kids to learn about the concepts
involved in programming, so I appreciate what you've been doing with
your website, and now this eBook.  It's great to see young people
develop an appreciation for the classic machines that a lot of us
still hold onto and love.