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Here it is: the complete set of the final version of the Apple II Technical Notes, cross-referenced and reformatted for the Web, with the kind permission of Apple Computer!

For those who are not already familiar with them, these Notes are a series of technical tidbits and errata not covered in any of the official Apple manuals. They are organised roughly by topic, and numbered in order of composition. Originally they were distributed by Apple to registered developers, but as Apple no longer registers developers for the Apple II, and as the notes were Freeware anyway, they have been available for downloading online for quite some time now. Now, they are available in a more browser-friendly form as well, with the added feature of extensive cross-linking.

With every distribution of the Tech Notes, Apple included a Tech Note #0, which consists of general information about and a table of contents for the rest of the Notes, so I will not duplicate that effort myself. Also, an Index was provided, as well as a series of File Type Notes, and some sample Source Code to demonstrate important capabilities and techniques. All are available here.

You can also download the Notes in an Apple II format. To my knowledge, this is the only Apple-II-formatted version of the Notes available online!

If you want to download the Notes in plain text format, they are available from the same archive site from which I got the copies that I modified here. This will work on an Apple II, but if you want the complete set it will require a lot more download time (as the files are uncompressed) and much more work (as each Note must be downloaded separately).

Those who are familiar with the Notes will notice that their format here is different from what they are used to. This is because HTML has limitations in how it can deal with things, and different browsers have different interpretations of HTML formatting tags. However, every reasonable attempt has been made to keep the format of these Notes as true to the spirit of that of the originals as possible, and in any event no information has been deleted. It's all here; it just looks a little different.

This was a tremendous project, and it had some unforseen challenges. I have aimed for consistency across the entire set of notes, and this has resulted in occasional compromises in formatting. So, if you have any comments or suggestions about the layout or features of this site, please send me a message about it! Note, however, that I cannot change the wording or content of the Notes themselves, as they are copyrighted material. If you have an issue with them, you are better off contacting Apple Computer about it.

Finally, although Apple no longer supports the Apple II, the online comminity is strong enough that others have taken up the task of maintaining and expanding its documentation. Development of the Technical Notes has been passed on to Syndicomm, which has already released several new Notes. The collection here is only of the original Notes, written and originally distributed by Apple Computer, Inc. Any enquiries made to me about the new Notes will be forwarded to Syndicomm, so you'll get faster results about such matters if you contact them directly.


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