It can't be discounted that Apple's successful foray into the educational market resulted in schools countrywide brimming with Apple IIs, and social groups collecting around the labs after school hours. All manner of things happened there, some documented below.
These files range from explicit memory maps of the Apple II to long tutorials on how to "crack" games, that is, remove all copy protection and make the game easier to distribute between other pirates.
| Filename |
Size |
Description of the Textfile |
| ADC | Apple II Development Forum Conference Transcriptions (1988-1991) | |
| ANATOMY | DOS 3.3 Anatomy | |
| CRACKING | Files about Deprotecting Software or Adding Cheats | |
| DOCUMENTATION | "Soft Dox" for Apple Programs | |
| GENIELAMP | Archive of the Genielamp A2, the GEnie Apple II Roundtable | |
| PIRACY | Writings, Rags, Messages and Lore of the Apple II Pirates/Phreaks | |
| REVIEWS | Reviews of Apple II Software | |
| WALKTHROUGHS | Walkthroughs of Apple II Specific Adventures | |
| 6502.bugs.txt | 3064 | A Collection of 6502 Processor Bugs |
| a2img.fmt | 2791 | USENET: Description of the 2img Disk Format |
| a2memmov.txt | 6360 | Memory Moves with an Apple IIe and Extended 80 Column Card Part I, by Hawkeye |
| acat202mods.txt | 3833 | A Collection of Apple Cat 202 Mods by The Digital Knight |
| acatexpanded.txt | 9797 | Expanding your Apple Cat II by The Ware-Wolf of the Hi-Res Hijackers/202 Alliance/WareBusters |
| acatmods.txt | 1393 | Some Apple-Cat Mods by Mr. Houdini |
| acatprogram.txt | 5750 | Advanced Programming Information for the Apple Cat by The Homer Brothers |
| acatreference.txt | 4704 | A Quick Reference Sheet for the Novation Apple-Cat Firmware Rom by Captain Avatar |
| acos.hst.mod | 6235 | How to get Speed out of your HST and HST Dual Standard Modem on an Apple IIGS |
| aecomman.app | 1792 | A list of commands for Ascii Express |
| aht.01.v1.1 | 11833 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): Pre-Apple History |
| aht.02.v1.1 | 9884 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple I |
| aht.03.v1.1 | 23548 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II |
| aht.04.v1.1 | 13580 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II, Continued |
| aht.05.v1.1 | 8477 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Disk II |
| aht.06.v1.1 | 21745 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1991): The Apple II Plus |
| aht.07.v1.1 | 24260 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIe |
| aht.08.v1.1 | 23149 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIc |
| aht.09.v1.2 | 27985 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Disk Evolution and the Apple IIc Plus |
| aht.10.v1.0 | 18021 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs |
| aht.11.v1.0 | 18339 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): The Apple IIgs Continued |
| aht.12.v1.1 | 33209 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals and the Apple II Abroad |
| aht.13.v1.0 | 29418 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Peripherals, Continued |
| aht.14.v1.0 | 22540 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): DOS |
| aht.16.v1.0 | 22053 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages |
| aht.17.v1.0 | 22980 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Languages, Continued |
| aht.18.v1.1 | 41760 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Software |
| aht.19.v1.0 | 32116 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): AppleWorks |
| aht.20.v1.0 | 30306 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines |
| aht.21.v1.0 | 30618 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Magazines, Continued |
| aht.22.v1.0 | 22904 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Telecommunications |
| aht.23.v1.0 | 44961 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Renaissance |
| aht.apndxb.v1.0 | 35200 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): An Apple II Timeline |
| aht.apndxc.v1.0 | 10081 | The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich (1992): Genealogy |
| aids | 1024 | Method for detecting the "Cyberaids Virus", by The Chemist |
| alien.clues | 1448 | Passwords for Alien Mind, by The Undertaker and the Vandal |
| alinto.txt | 12676 | An Introduction to Assembly Language Programming (on the Apple II) by Charles R. Smith |
| ansi.spcs | 24911 | ANSI and VT100 Codes |
| apple.app | 4157 | Combining Applesoft with Assembly Language |
| apple.txt | 4189 | The Text of the Apple-Microsoft Agreement |
| apple2.gs | 9388 | The Sad, True Truth of the Apple II GS (Stands for Goddamned Slow) |
| applecat2mods.txt | 1380 | Apple Cat Mods, from Mr. Houdini |
| applecatapi.txt | 11140 | The Apple-Cat Modem A.P.I. by The Tailpipe |
| applecatf.txt | 3116 | Apple Cat Firmware Installation/Instructions |
| applecatpatch.txt | 6994 | A Collection of Patches for the CATMSFT and CATCPI CP/M Applce-Cat II Modem Programs |
| applefaq.txt | 9340 | The Apple Frequently Asked Questions List |
| appleii.jok | 1384 | The Unofficial Apple II Brainwash Test by Fred E. Long |
| applemouse.txt | 9734 | Applemouse Programming, by Z-Man |
| applenet.app | 4096 | Advertisement for Apple-net software. Note feature list |
| applenet.txt | 8468 | Getting AE/Catfur to Work with Apple Net, by The 0mega, Lord Vision and The Rock n' Roll Doctor (July 9, 1986) |
| apples.txt | 8230 | Why the Apple II is Broken |
| appleser.app | 11205 | Apple //c Serial Port Information |
| applesoft.tips | 2320 | The Beagle Brothers Applesoft Tips Guide |
| appletips.txt | 2049 | Small Collection of Apple II Tips |
| appswitc.app | 2677 | Apple //e Soft Switch, Status, and other I/O locations |
| assembler.txt | 5456 | The Best Apple's Assembly Tutorial Part 1: The Assembler by The Best Apple and Edited by Nowhere Man |
| bigu_doc.txt | 86817 | DOCUMENTATION: Big U, by Beagle Brothers Software, Transcribed by Mike Spangler (2003) |
| bin.ii | 18944 | Apple II Binary File Format, developed by Gary B. Little |
| binaryii.txt | 18101 | The Binary II Protocol Information by Gary B. Little (November 24, 1986) |
| binhex.txt | 2690 | Description of the .HQX File Format by Dave Johnson of Brown University Computer Science |
| bitsbaud.txt | 11553 | Bits, Baud Rate, and BPS, by michael A. Banks, 1988 |
| bootl-6.hac | 102420 | Bootlegger Magazine Excerpts (Apple II Stuff) |
| catfur.app | 7176 | Bit Blaster's Information on the Cat Fur Modem |
| catstuff.app | 9818 | Expanding your Apple Cat // by the Warewolf |
| centauri.alliance.txt | 4238 | Review of Centauri Alliance |
| cf-ae-pokes.txt | 1942 | Locations in DOS for Poking the Apple Cat, by Philip F. Esterhaus |
| champ.lode.runner.txt | 3119 | Review of Championship Lode Runner |
| command.set.txt | 2122 | A Quick Cheat Sheet of ProDOS Commands |
| coolcatinfo.txt | 9765 | Expanding Your Apple Cat II by The Ware Wolf |
| correct.app | 5716 | Corrections to programming for the Apple Cat |
| cr.adder | 1441 | How to add Carriage Returns to Appleworks Databases |
| crackdos.app | 15403 | Introduction to how AppleDOS operates |
| cramit.app | 5062 | An Introduction to Program Compression |
| cramit.txt | 7040 | Some Tips on Cramming Data with an Apple |
| crammin.app | 5071 | A simple compression scheme |
| deathlord.txt | 4008 | Review of The Deathlord |
| diskgo.txt | 613 | Getting Faster Apple DOS Speeds by Tamerlane of the Ring |
| disksplitter.txt | 640 | DOCUMENTATION: Disk Splitter 2.5 by The Stack and The Atom |
| dos.chart | 1678 | The DOS 3.3 Memory Access Chart |
| dosless.txt | 1792 | Creating an Apple DOS-Less Disk |
| doubletake.txt | 33268 | SOFTDOCS: Double-Take, 2-Way-Scroll Multiple-Utility Disk by Mark Simonsen of Beagle Brothers (1983) |
| drelbs.txt | 2817 | SOFTDOCS: Drelbs, from The Ware Lords by Mr. Echo and The Intern (1984) |
| dsk.img | 6446 | USENET: A Method for Using a Mac to Make a .dsk Image File Back into a Real IIgs Disk |
| dskimages | 8354 | USENET: Transferring Files from the PC or Mac to a GS |
| emu.pt.update | 3739 | Message: Bugs in IIGS Proterm v1.9p |
| errors.app | 4286 | A comment on error traps, by Nick Fotheringham |
| errors.txt | 4480 | A Comment on Error Traps by Nick Fotheringham from the Apple Barrel |
| expandca.app | 9367 | Expanding your Apple Cat, by Warewolf |
| fasteddie10b1.prsrls | 4650 | USENET: Press Release: Fast Eddie 1.0b1 Beta: Apple IIGS Emulation for the Power Macintosh |
| fasteddie10b1.qna | 6059 | USENET: The Fast Eddie (possibly) Frequently Asked Questions |
| fevsgus | 3505 | USENET: Review of the Fast Eddie Beta through the PowerMac AV Video Out |
| fools.errand.txt | 2054 | Review of Fool's Errand |
| format.nufx.txt | 47577 | The New Archive Standard for the Apple II -- "NuFX" -- NuFile eXchange by Andy Nicholas (February 3, 1989) |
| funwiththecat.txt | 6081 | Fun with the Cat: Tutorial Number One by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht |
| funwiththecat2.txt | 2045 | Fun With the Cat: Tutorial Number Two by Rappin' Jimmy B of the Knights of Nicht (February 15, 1986) |
| futrae.app | 4684 | The Future Evolution of Ascii Express (Humor) |
| gamecheats.txt | 4102 | Collection of Patches, Cheats and Mods to Apple Games (August 1, 1982) |
| gif.txt | 32977 | The Standard of the Graphics Interchange Format (June 15, 1987) |
| gserror.txt | 4503 | A Collection of GE/OS Error Codes |
| homeword.txt | 2682 | SOFTDOCS: Homeword |
| icon.convert | 3308 | Converting Apple IIGS Icons to Clip Art by Marty Knight |
| iigsprob.hum | 2680 | The Apple IIgs Sound Problem |
| joystick.app | 5961 | The Official Joystick Review Guide, by The Tracker |
| kar.news | 7768 | How to Beat Karateka by ?Syntax Error |
| kickmacr.app | 9981 | How to kick butt with AE Macro Action |
| locksmith.txt | 8035 | Some Updates About Locksmith from The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983) |
| locksmithparm.txt | 18481 | Locksmith Parameters by The A.P.B. (April 3, 1983) |
| mac2info.app | 11449 | Late-breaking (1987) information on The Macintosh II |
| machinel.app | 15408 | Dr. Firmware's Tutorial of Machine Language |
| memory.txt | 12020 | An Apple Peek Poke, Call List |
| ml.part.i | 5680 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk by Dr. Firmware |
| ml.part.ii | 5370 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part II by Dr. Firmware |
| ml.part.iii | 5627 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part III by Dr. Firmware |
| ml.part.iv | 4970 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part IV by Dr. Firmware |
| ml.part.v | 5703 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part V by Dr. Firmware |
| ml.part.vi | 5210 | The Machine Language Tutorial Disk Part VI by Dr. Firmware |
| mllessons.txt | 27067 | Machine Language Tutorial by The Shoalin Temple of the Dragon BBS and Tom O' Brien |
| oneguy.txt | 1408 | Hey, If You Pirate the Game, Don't Call Tech Support |
| oneusi | 2432 | A Ad for 1US1: The Tommy-Gun Fax for the Apple II GS by Captain Tom |
| opcodez.app | 2811 | Various Apple Opcodes |
| parameters.txt | 13824 | A Collection of Apple II Copy Protection/Copy Settings (June 9, 1982) |
| parm2.txt | 1024 | Collection of Apple II Copy Parameters |
| peekpk.txt | 1280 | Apple Peeks and Pokes List |
| peekpoke.app | 21120 | A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs |
| peeks.pokes | 2957 | Description of the differences between CALL, PEEK and POKE in Applesoft |
| peeks.pokes.1 | 6166 | Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes |
| peeks.pokes.2 | 4396 | Collection of Apple Peeks and Pokes in the Zero Page Area |
| peeks.pokes.3.1 | 14869 | Apple Peeks, Pokes and Calls List Version 2.1 by The Enforcer (May 1984) |
| peeks.pokes.3.2 | 5377 | Miscellaneous Applesoft Information, by Control Reset |
| peex-pokes.txt | 2418 | The Beagle Brothers Peek and Poke Chart |
| pm2600.app | 3045 | The Poor Man's 2600 Hertz by Sir Briggs |
| pokelist.app | 19769 | A really large collection of Apple II PEEKs and POKEs (Duplicate) |
| puppy | 20973 | Documentation About Puppy, a Very Small Scale Bulletin Board for Apples by Tom Jennings (December 10, 1987) |
| quick.draw.3 | 5122 | Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Part III) |
| quick.spells | 3256 | Quick-Draw Adventure Mapper by Sherlock Apple (Spells) |
| resurrect.txt | 12007 | Ressurection: When an AppleWorks Word Processor or Data File Goes Bad by Harold D. Portnoy (1990) |
| sc4.review.txt | 7195 | A SuperConvert 4 Review by Rudy A. Guy |
| scsi.hd.how.to | 15503 | The Do-It-Yourself SCSI Hard Drive Manual by Paladin (November 6, 1988) |
| secretk.app | 6956 | Secret Keys: Little easter eggs and news about Apple II games |
| secretkeys.faq | 49612 | The Definitive Source Guide to Secret Keys, Easter Eggs and Hidden Messages by the Ramsacker (April 15, 1992) |
| tex | 7780 | SOFTDOCS: TEX: Text Filt Utility by Floyd Zink, Jr. (1987) |
| usr.16.8k | 85773 | The Info File on the USR Robotics 16.8k Model |
| vanilla.hd | 34895 | Dr. Ken's Roll-Your-Own Vanilla SCSI Hard Disk Drive by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz |
| vanilla.tape | 21723 | Build Your Own Vanilla SCSI Tape Backup System by Dr. Kenneth Buchholz (1989) |
| vidomac.app | 33057 | 1986 Seminar on "Macintosh in Film and TV Production" |
| vt100 | 3685 | DEC VT-100 Compatible Cursor Command Sequences |
| wizardry.4.info | 3012 | Advice about playing Wizardry IV |
| wiztips1.txt | 10590 | Wizardry Tips I by Jim Reich |
| wiztips2.txt | 7681 | Wizardry Tips II |
| wiztips3.txt | 5304 | Wizardry Tips III by Jim Reich |
| wiztips4.txt | 8538 | Wizardry Tips IV by Jim Reich |
| wozconf1.txt | 21151 | Transcription of conference on MAUG (Compuserve Apple Users Group) with Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple (October 16, 1983) |
| wpgs.review | 8231 | USENET: Review of the Freeware Version of WordPerfect IIgs by Corel (January 31, 1997) |
| xmodem | 21581 | XMODEM Protocol Reference, by Ward Christensen January 1, 1982 |
| ymodem.s | 13048 | YMODEM Source Code for GBBS by Mike Golazewski or Greg Schaefer |
| zmodem.gbbs | 7045 | The Addition of ZMODEM to GBBS! |
| zorroplaying.txt | 659 | Zorro Playing Tips, by The Tracker |
| There are 157 files for a total of 1,962,904 bytes. |
| There are 8 directories. |