Re: ISO electronic versions of A2 tech docs

[Michael Hackett <at217@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:42:22 -0500, Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:42:45 GMT, Michael Hackett
> <at217@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
> 
>>Getting ready to move here and I'd really like to slim down my collection
>>of Apple II paper docs, if I can do so without losing the information.
[...]
>>I'm also wondering if any of the IIgs programming books are available in
>>PDF or HTML form, or if this has been discussed.
> 
> I'm not sure what all is on the CD but check out the Opus ][ CDs.  I'm
> pretty sure the Programmer's Reference for System 6.0 and 6.0.1 are on
> there.  Probably all the technotes as well.  I believe they are all in
> Mac Word format and possibly others as well.

Thanks for the suggestion, Jeff. Is there anywhere I can get a detailed
listing of what is on the Opus ][ CDs? The Byte Works' site just refers
you to Syndicomm, which doesn't list the contents. I probably already
have the Mac and Apple II format files on floppy somewhere -- things are
a bit of a mess around here just now, though. :-)

Anyway, looks like I'll be holding on to this stuff for now. Maybe after
my move I could discuss the possibility of converting some of the
reference manuals into text and/or XML/HTML/PDF formats. There are
probably legal issues, as well as technical, to consider in this case,
though.

BTW, I neglected to thank Aaron Heiss in my original post for his work in
producing the HTML tech notes. Thanks, Aaron! If I can find a way to
convert the Mac Word files, I'd be happy to send you the images for
inclusion in your site, if you like. However, maybe the idea is to keep it
A2 browser-friendly, so maybe the images would be considered a liability.
I just seem to recall a mention in the old text files about some diagrams
not being reproduced in the text files, but I could be wrong there.

-- Michael