Re: Hyperlink Web Browser

[Steve Sanders <robsan19@bellsouth.net>]

Roy Miller wrote:
> 
> Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> 
> > Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com> writes:
> >
> > >:-) And how can we convince you to move from the "w" word to the "p" word?
> > >If you are going to do this for 8 bit Apple's I assume that you will need an
> > >assembler. Do you have one?
> > >What hard/software would you need to work with?
> >
> > What I need most of all is information on cross-development tools. It was
> > easy developing for the C64 since I had a cross-assembler, disk image
> > transfer tools and conversion utilities on my Mac and Unix systems. I
> > developed about half on Unix, then ported everything over to a C64 floppy
> > and finished the job on the native machine, then imaged everything into
> > Commodore disk images for distribution and processing.
> >
> > For the Apple, I can still use the same cross-assembler (xa) but I'm new
> > to doing disk image maintenance. It would be nice to use DOS 3.3, since I'm
> > less serviceable with ProDOS, but on the other hand my Macs would handle
> > ProDOS a lot better as an interchange format. What caveats are there with
> > memory usage with ProDOS, or is there a good memory map I can look at?
> 
> Unless it's out on loan, I have the Apple WorkBench for ProDOS, and that would
> have a good memory map for you. I'll try to get a scan and email it to you.
> 
> DOS 3.3 is limited to 64K, depending on what you are doing, ProDOS, since it uses
> the second bank of RAM might well offer you more memory to work with, even though
> it takes up more RAM than DOS 3.3. It is also possible (thought I don't know how
> to do it) to use even more RAM, as later versions of AppleWorks did. Think of
> C-64 vs C-128. Perhaps that would help.
> 
> >
> >
> > Also, is there a good technical document somewhere explaining the ins and
> > outs of the IIgs serial port and the Super Serial Card? I should also be
> > looking for documentation on serial and ADB mice operation.
> 
> I might have what you need on the SSC. Please be aware however, the "metal" is
> different on those two serial ports. My understanding is that if you follow
> Apple's guidelines, you software would work on both, but I have heard that you
> can get more speed if you do program the metal.
> 
> I don't have the Hardware Reference for the IIgs (I've been trying....) but I do
> have the Firmware Reference, and I can get you whatever data you need from that.
> 
I have the Hardware Reference, and would be happy to look up any
information you may need. Years ago I bought the whole series of Addison
Wesley books on the Apple IIgs.

Steve
> >   Cameron Kaiser * ckaiser@stockholm.ptloma.edu * posting with a Commodore 128
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