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[Erick Wagner <wagnere@netcom.com>]

Mike Girone <mike_girone@hpapg1.desk.hp.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have any information on AppleSoft?  Is this an operating 
> system for an early Apple computer?  Any info is appreciated.

Applesoft BASIC is the successor to Integer BASIC and can be found in
ROM chips of most Apple IIs (II+ to IIgs).

Strictly speaking, Applesoft is not an OS.  DOS 3.3 or ProDOS 8 would
be examples of OSs that would work in conjunction with Applesoft.

When Applesoft was developed disk drives did not exist, so the language
only supported cassette-tape based storage.  Some programming techniques
were used to facilitate the use of disk drives.