Re: The Red Book

[oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)]

louiss@gate.net   (Louis Schulman) writes:
>
>Well, I scored a "coup" this weekend.  I bought, at a flea market, the "Apple
>II Reference Manual", January, 1978 (The Red Book) for 50 cents.
>
>What can people tell me about this famous work?  How many were published?
>How long did it remain in print?  Who wrote the various articles?
>
>It is a fascinating part of Apple history, with hand-drawn diagrams and lots
>of code by the Woz.  Evidently, the II could also be purchased as a bear
>board (like the I).  Does anyone have one of these?
>
>BTW, unless someone wants to make me an offer I can't refuse, This Red Book
>is staying in my collection.
>
>Thanks, Louis


A real "coup" would be to find a copy of The Red Book that still had the extra
hand written pages that where photo copied and included in the package. Rumors
are that Woz himself wrote these additional pages.