From: Bruce Damer <bdamer@digitalspace.com>Reply-To: bdamer@digitalspace.comDate: Thu, Nov 4, 2004, 10:30 PMTo: shirlgato@cybermesa.comSubject: Re: Woz WonderbookGot them all and going thru now, will have a few comments here and there. Superb job! Couple of things that are small..The image on each page of the Apple ][ shows it with Disk ][. I know this is a small thing but Disk ][ is not at all from that era. Is there a way we can show just the Apple ][ as it would have been (for anal history nuts like me ;-). Heck if this sounds too nutty just ignore it, as people often associate the Apple with Disk ][ anyway.On the cover page there is an extra <http://www.woz.org there can we remove it?Can we move the whole Property statement page one down to be after after the Intro page and before the license page?On the property statement page it should probably say:.. under the following Creative Commons License found on page 4.Also on the property page there is an extra <http://www.digibarn.com on the second paragraph that could be deleted.Maybe move "the author is steve woz" statement last on that page below the bill goldberg note as it reads better and allows more associaton of the two first paras with the license.On the license page (4) can we remove the whole reference to carolyn potts and simply say:...please contact the Digibarn Computer Museum through its web site at: http://www.digibarn.com <http://www.digibarn.com/> .On page 7 at the bottom of the License Deed can we insert the line:For the full legal code for this license see:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/> and then remove the Full license out of the document, as it is too much stuff I think.Then I think in the footer for each page we should then say:Distributed under the Creative Commons License on page 4For page numbering I guess it is good to list the page numbers for each section but we ought to list a page number for the whole wonderbook too (when it is assembled). Is that possible? That will tie into the footer referenceing page 4 everywhere.As much as I like the historic ness of our email correspondance I dont think it is a good idea to include it in the PDF. It doesnt add much historically and it could be misinterpreted in the future. That section (14) should be left out.I think it is a great approach perhaps to have one PDF that links (or embeds) all the sections but allow the sections to stand alone (two versions). I think thats whay you are going to do. Havent picked up the CD yet (should be here tomorrow).I dont know how you can do this so fast David!Say look at the scan of woz' notes presumably from the Apple I, is this the same as ours from the wonderbook:http://apple2history.org/museum/computers_apple1/woz6502code.htmlI am going to find a moment at the VCF to announce the existence of the wonderbook (Sellam will help) and will mention you and the effort. Should be a nice announcement.Great job, much thanks, we will have to get all this up on the site in a special section soon!BruceFrom: "Shirl" <shirlgato@cybermesa.com> To: bdamer@digitalspace.com Reply-To: shirlgato@cybermesa.com BruceI also mailed you yesterday a CD with the Woz Wonderbook as a single PDF anda lot of background information files such as the Apple II red bookreference manual, the Apple II mini-manual, and various other rare Apple IIitems from the Woz Wonderbook timeframe such as the Woz Pak.The single file PDF was too large to email, at least my home email accountwould not let me send a 10 MB file.Please review the files and let me know if there are any problems. I alsoadded a Reference section at the end (section 13) which I thought would behelpful to readers of the Woz Wonderbook since it provides a list ofmaterials which further explain the Wonderbook's information. Also in thisreference section are web site links containing digital Apple II informationsuch as the source to SWEET-16 and floating point routines in case someonewants this stuff in text file format.If you contact Steve Wozniak about the Wonderbook, I have some questions.These questions and his answers could become a new section in this document.Or, should I contact Wozniak myself and see if he can answer thesequestions?Q: What are the origins of the Woz Wonderbook name?Q: What 6502 assembler did you use for your early Apple programming such asthe SWEET-16 and floating point routines?I have heard that there were several assemblers in use by Apple in the earlydays:o  Time-shared assembler was used for the Apple-II MONITORo  CP/M-based assembler the Apple-II DOS team usedo  In-house assembler written by Randy WiggintonQ: Was the floating point number format and algorithms based on other work?I know HP in the 1970s was heavily involved in creating a superior numericenvironment and since you worked for HP thought you may have leveraged offof HP's numerics work.Q: Why were the transcendental floating point functions (e.g. SINE) notincluded in your Apple-II floating point package that was in ROM? The Dr.Dobbs article you and Roy Rankin wrote had these functions but the packagenotes and listing provided by Apple Computer did not include these. Didthese other functions may the package too large for the Apple-II ROM space?Q: Was your Apple-II Integer BASIC command and internal structure based onan HP BASIC? Did you have access to the sources for an HP BASIC?Q: Do you have a listing of Apple-II Integer BASIC? I know you wrote thesource on paper and hand assembled it. This listing would make a greatscanned document.Q: What did you think of the programming structure of AppleSoft BASIC fromMicrosoft? I have seen the source and was not impressed. It seems to berather badly written and I know Apple's AppleSoft BASIC team had troublesmodifying it.Q: Do you have a listing of the Apple-II SPREADSHEET? I know this was anin-house spreadsheet you and some others wrote to provide an alternative toVisiCalc. I have read that this was a rather good spreadsheet which hadlimited distribution thru Call-APPLE magazine but Apple Computer did notwant to get into the application software business at that time.Q: What aspects of your early Apple-II programming did you enjoy the most?- DavidDigitalSpace343 Soquel Avenue, # 70Santa Cruz CA 95062-2305 USAdamer@digitalspace.comhttp://www.digitalspace.com <http://www.digitalspace.com/>