From caen!malgudi.oar.net!chemabs!lvirden Sat Aug 21 15:00:58 EDT 1993 Article: 635 of comp.sys.apple2.programmer Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer,comp.sys.apple2,comp.lang.misc Path: caen!malgudi.oar.net!chemabs!lvirden From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) Subject: The Apple II Programmer's Catalog of Languages and Toolkits Message-ID: <1993Aug18.165159.1871@cas.org> Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Summary: An attempt at a historical look at the Apple II programming environment Originator: lwv26@lwv26aws Keywords: programming languages, Apple II, Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs mark_fisher@milacron.com (Mark Fisher - alternative address), tf3@delphi.com (Austin Phelps - Delphi archiver), schaf@meadow.muc.de (Soenke Behrens - GEnie archiver) Sender: lvirden@cas.org Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 16:51:59 GMT Lines: 1732 Xref: caen comp.sys.apple2.programmer:635 comp.sys.apple2:60959 comp.lang.misc:13686 The Apple II Programmer's Catalog of Languages and Toolkits Archive-Name: AppleIICatalog Version: 2.6 Last Updated: August 18, 1993 ------------------------------ Introduction ------------------------------ I would appreciate the following information from those of you out there who know the answers. Please send electronic replies to "Larry W. Virden" . Product name: Language: Hardware requirements: Operating system requirements: If applicable Company name: Company address: Company phone number: Company email address: Electronic file access info: Otherwise: Author name: Author address: Author phone number: Author email address: Electronic file archive host access (ftp, email, commercial, etc.) info: Legend: (+) = share/freeware [available via FTP]) ------------------------------ Current 8 bit based programming languages ------------------------------ Assembly 1. HyperC(+), ftp from calvin.sfasu.edu:/pub/apple2/hyperc*/* or cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/8bit/hyperc HyperC has a rather complete assembler supporting include files, macros, library creation and post linking of files into the program. Output is of course compatible with the HyperC C compiler. 2. Lisa(+), ftp from cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/8bit/lisa/* Author: Randall Hyde Originally sold by: Laser Systems and then HAL Labs. Last Contact info: HAL Labs 18942 Dallas Perris, CA 92370 3. Merlin 8/16 Plus, Merlin 16 Plus (version 4.08) by Glen Bredon Commercial, sold by Southwestern Data Systems (Roger Wagner). Merlin 8 - DOS 3.3 Merlin 8 - ProDOS, //gs, 128k //e, Laser 128, or 128EX Merlin 16 - ProDOS, 65802/65816 + above Merlin 16 Plus- GS/OS, IIgs Can assemble code for 6502, 65c02, 65802/65816. Macros, conditional assembly, file inclusion, line editor for Merlin 8, full screen editor for Merlin 16/16 Plus. Linkers allow large programs to be assembled. Assembly is done in memory or to disk for large single module programs. Libraries can be used. Relocation of code is easy. Merlin 16(Plus) uses 65802/65816 code to run faster. Merlin can generate code for 6502,65c02, 65802, and 65816 chips. Company: Roger Wagner Publishing Inc Address: 1050 Pioneer Way, Suite P El Cajon, CA 92020 USA Phone: +1 619 442 0522 Customer Service / Tech Support Cost: US $99 from Resource Central some time back. Utilities to convert to/from Merlin and Orca/M are possibly available - check the Resource Central catalog. Additional utilities - Sourceror (a co-resident disassembler), Applesoft source listing generator (which uses the ROMs in your computer), cross-reference listing generator. 4. ORCA/M by Mike Westerfield or on GEnie as BYTEWORKS. This is a commercial package, sold by ByteWorks. Surely someone can provide me with more specifics here! 5. Product name: ProDOS ASSEMBLY TOOLS Language: Assembler Hardware requirements: Apple II, 64K, 1 Disk drive (Minimun) Apple //e, 80 column, printer, second disk drive Operating system requirements: ProDOS Company name: Apple Computer ProDOS version of EDASM. Includes Editor, Assembler, Bugbyter debugger and relocating loader. It was sold by Apple as a Workbench series tool, laterly included in the APDA catalog (#K2SPAT), it passed to the Resource Central catalog (DA-005, $35.00, May 1992) 6. Product name: ProDev 6502 Debugger Hardware: Apple //e or IIgs ProDev P.O. Box 162 Lasalle, Michigan 48145 1 (313) 848-4012 Price: $149.95 Sold by Resource Central (PD-001, $189.00 in a 1990ish catalog) Resource Central P.O. Box 11250 Overland Park, KS 66207 (913) 469-6502 7. Mini-assembler/disassembler Originally available as a part of Apple's Integer BASIC ROM package. No labels - but was usable. On an ENHANCED ][e, IIgs and perhaps other models, enter the Monitor, and type a '!' to enter it (no $F666G call needed!). On any 64k ][ under DOS 3.3, or any Apple ][ (NOT ][+/e/c/gs) with ProDOS or DOS 3.3, simply enter Integer BASIC, then call the Monitor, then use the $F666G call. ------------------------------ BASIC 1. Applesoft (built-in to your computer!). This version of BASIC was written by Microsoft. The first version of this BASIC appeared in cassette form in 1977. In 1978, numberous bugs were fixed and new commands added to Applesoft BASIC, resulting in version two of the software. It appeared in cassette, floppy, firmware card, language card and mother board rom formats. Applesoft II was distributed on the motherboard of all Apple IIs since the Apple II+ in 1979. Additional bug fixes and enhancements were made for the Applesoft II that appeared on the Apple IIe, IIe enhanced ROMs, IIc, and IIgs. This can be extended with several commercial and non-commercial applications. To speed Applesoft up, Beagle Compiler, available through Quality Computers. This compiles the Applesoft interpreted file into a faster, though larger, file. To add commands to Applesoft Glen Bredon's ProCMD (required ProDOS 8). Kitchen Sink Software, Inc.'s MicroDot jbush@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu or gforsyth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Apple IIe (unenhanced or higher), 64k. Subsequent Apple II models. ProDOS 8. Canam Software's AmperPlus(+) Available on Compuserve's Apple Programmer library. Uploaded by 76475.204@compuserve.com Source code is in Merlin assembler format. I cannot tell whether program is truely freely distributable or not. Doublestuff! Plus. Contains a language-card version of Applesoft, modified to provide commands for using the double-hi-res Apple ][e screen. Modifications include drivers to get drawings to look right, and upgrades in syntax to allow commands like "HCOLOR=15:HPLOT 0,0 TO 559,192". Author: Unknown Availability: Unknown 2. Micol BASIC Micol Advanced BASIC Apple IIe/c version 4.5 $59.95 Micol Systems 9 Lynch Road Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2J2V6 (416) 495 6864 Still actively supporting the Apple II product. A new upgrade is now available and at least one more upgrade is being developed. Features a 200 page 8.5 x 11 inch manual. ------------------------------ C 1. HyperC(+) ftp from calvin.sfasu.edu:/pub/apple2/hyperc*/* or cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/8bit/hyperc K+R C - Any II with an 80-column card. (out-of-the box only generates native code for a 6502. 65c02 translation available, this and other support is all user-contributed.) Requires Prodos 8. any version. Producer was WSM Group, Tucson, Arizona, which now appears to be defunct. Copyright status == shareware, but it's state is somewhat questionable as there is no known address where one can send shareware fees. Heavy Usenet support -- hyperc-l@calvin.sfasu.edu for questions and discussion. To join, send email to hyperc-request@calvin.sfasu.edu. Articles also appear in comp.sys.apple2 (and comp.sys.apple2.programmers now)occasionally. Source code and binaries appear in comp.{source,binaries}.apples occasionally as well. The Hyper C manual itself is pretty good, and a fair amount of user-contributed improvements are available. Contains some bitset and other Pascal-ism extentions. Work currently being done to support 65c02, 65802, and 65816 transparently. A portion of the product is an interpreter which works in native mode. All file and device I/O works in an emulation mode for compatibility. Some of the products being developed are an 8 bit QWK reader, a standard library, and an alternate OPIX operating environment. A high resolution graphics library is currently available - a double high resolution graphics library may be available in the near future. Source code for the shell, libraries, etc. are available. An assembler (see above) is also included. This product does not support floating point numbers in the standard C tradition, but does have a pre-processor and libc replacement to aid in performing floating point operations. An optimizer is supported by Anthony J. Stuckey Code to create ProDOS SYS files was written by Gary Desrochers and Andy Werner. 2. Aztec C65 DOS 3.3 and Prodos 8 versions available. K&R compatible. Product name: Aztec C65 Apple Commerical Language: C Hardware requirements: Operating system requirements: ProDOS or DOS 3.3 Company name: Manx Software Systems Company address: P.O. Box 980, Freehold, NJ 07728 Company phone number: (800) 221-0440 (orders only) (201) 542-2121 (inquiries) Package appears to still be available, but no further modifications are planned by the company. As of 1992/01/24, the pricing was $199.00 + $5.00 S&H for the ProDOS version. Anyone have any pricing updates? 3. Small C Sold commercially by ByteWorks. Comes as add-on package to ORCA/M and ORCA/M GS assemblers. ------------------------------ Communications related packages 1. METAL+ (Mega Extensive Telecommunications Applications Language), 1989 Language: assembled via Merlin 16 Plus Assembler Hardware requirements: Apple IIe, c, or gs w/128k and at LEAST 800k disk storage. Operating system requirements: ProDOS 8 Company name: Wilson Wares Original Author name: TC Wilson Now available from ftp site aho.cba.csuohio.edu. Send email to thompson@umdsun2.umd.umich.edu and read alt.bbs.metal for more details. METAL is a telecommunications application compiled language. Main purpose is to run BBS software, but can be used to write terminal programs, program launchers, and database software. The METAL compiler can compile ACOS, MACOS, and LLUCE code with little modification needed. One of the primary pieces of software written in METAL is the FutureVision BBS system. 2. Talk is Cheap! Has a programmable script language which some have used to write front ends to services such as Compuserve. This is a commercial package sold by Quality Computers. Thanks to ddkilzer@iastate.edu for the following blurb. Quality Computers not only sells Apple II products, but maintains a list of user groups and publishes an informative newsletter geared towards educators (called Enhance). To get a QC catalog and a free subscription to Enhance, just call or write. Quality Computers (800) 777-ENHAnce 20200 E. 9 Mile Road (313) 774-7200 (International) Box 665 (313) 774-2698 (FAX) St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 (313) 774-7740 (Technical Support) Internet: jerry@pro-quality.cts.com (Jerry Kindall). tech@pro-quality.cts.com (tech support department) GEnie: QC@genie.geis.com (after July 1, 1993) AOL: QualityCom@aol.com CompuServe: XXXXX.YYYY@compuserve.com (need CompuServe number???) I would recommend checking with these folk to see if any of the commercial products mentioned in this guide are available. Quality Computers, Resource Central, and The Big Red Apple Club are probably the three primary sources of commercial software for Apple II owners. Big Red Computer Club 423 Norfolk Avenue Norfolk, NE 68701-5234 (402) 379-4680 Membership is $19.95/year U.S., Canada, or Mexico. Other countries are $35.95/year to allow for airmail postage. Visa/Mastercard accepted. You save the membership real quick since most wares are $5 cheaper for members. They have a ton of public domain stuff in addition to the "classics" you asked about. ------------------------------ FORTH 1. GraFORTH(+) (DOS 3.3 only) (freely distributable, available on GEnie) 2. Mad Apple Forth(+) ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu:/system/apple2/Lang/Forth/* 3. Purple Forth(+) ftp from cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/8bit/source 4. Q Forth(+) version 2.0 Alpha 1.0, by Toshiyasu Morita, email address tm@netcom.com. ftp from ftp.uu.net:/systems/apple2/languages/forth It is a small integer Forth. ------------------------------ FORTRAN 1. Cabot FORTRAN 77 Runs on Apple I(?), IIgs, Mac, MS-DOS, CP/M and Unix boxes. Claims the 'worldwide software licence (sic) for software products developed by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Address: The Vicarage Stoke View Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3AE England UK Telephone: 00 44 272 586644 Fax: 00 44 272 586023 BBS: 00 44 272 583023 Compuserve address: 100014,241 ------------------------------ Logo 1. LCSI LOGO, LCSI Apple LOGO, LCSI Terrapin LOGO Information needed. How does LCSI Terrapin LOGO differ from the Terrapin LOGO below - or does it? 2. LOGO PLUS Language: LOGO Hardware requirements: 128K Apple II family, IIgs Operating system requirements: ProDOS Price: $120 (upgrades, quantity discounts, site licenses available) Company name: Terrapin Software, Inc. Company address: 400 Riverside Street, Portland, ME 04103-1068 Company phone number: 1-800-972-8200 (FAX 1-207-797-9235) Company email address: Electronic file access info: Date of info: Terrapin catalog Winter/Spring 1993 issue 3. Terrapin LOGO/Apple Language: LOGO Hardware requirements: 64K Apple II family Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3 Price: $100 (quantity discounts, site licenses available) Company name: Terrapin Software, Inc. Company address: 400 Riverside Street, Portland, ME 04103-1068 I also was told that this was the address: Terrapin, Inc. 380 Green Street Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 492-8816 Company phone number: 1-800-972-8200 (FAX 1-207-797-9235) Date of info: Terrapin catalog Winter/Spring 1993 issue ------------------------------ Pascal 1. Cabot Pascal Runs on Apple I(?), IIgs, Mac, MS-DOS, CP/M and Unix boxes. Claims the 'worldwide software licence (sic) for software products developed by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Address: The Vicarage Stoke View Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3AE England UK Telephone: 00 44 272 586644 Fax: 00 44 272 586023 BBS: 00 44 272 583023 Compuserve address: 100014,241 2. Kyan Pascal Product name: Kyan Pascal Language: ISO standard Pascal Hardware requirements: Operating system requirements: Company name: Kyan Software Inc Company address: 1850 Unio Street #183, San Francisco, CA 94123 Company phone number: (415) 626-2080 Company email address: Electronic file access info: Date of info - 1986 3. Apple Pascal Apple Pascal version 1.1 was released in 1980. Version 1.2 was released in 1983. Version 1.3 was the last release back in 1985. This language had its own unique operating system. It came with a compiler, a very good assembler and a linker. Various toolkits were available for this langauge. For instance, one package was called Applegraphics which provided a set of routines for creating high resolution graphics from any of the UCSD environment's langauges. It is still being sold by Resource Central. Resource Central P.O. Box 11-501 Overland Park, KS USA 66207 Phone: (913) 469-6502 Fax: (913) 469-6507 Product code DA-024. US $69 (plus postage). Includes 5 5.25" and one 3.5" floppy disks, and 6 large manuals, so air-mail postage will be quite expensive. The given price includes surface mail postage. ------------------------------ Shells 1. Davex(+) - Prodos 8 shell environment, which permits limited shell programming. Executable available on most Apple FTP archive sites. 2. ECP 8(+) - Prodos 8 shell environment, which permits limited shell programming. Source and executable available on most Apple FTP archive sites. 3. Proton Command Shell (PCS)(+) Language: Shell (very limited), Proton Programming Language, Assembler Hardware requirements: any apple II, 80 col, 64K (128K or HD recommended) Operating system requirements: Prodos 8 Shareware: $20 Author name: Brian D. Campbell Author address: 16034 N. 30 Ave. Phoenix AZ 85023 Author phone number: (602) 866-1011 Author email address: gtephx!campbellb@enuucp.eas.asu.edu Electronic file archive host access info: N/A Notes: PCS is a shell environment and provides many tools... Assembler Compiler for the Proton Programming Language Simple shell script capability File compare File/directory copy Directory catalog Full Screen Editor File text find ------------------------------ Word Processing packages 1. TimeOut UltraMacros (AppleWorks oriented add on macro language) Sold by Quality Computers, requires AppleWorks (not AW GS). 2. Ultra 4, 1.1 (AppleWorks extended UltraMacros package) Originally by JEM, rights have been transferred to Quality Computers. 3. WPL(+) (word oriented language internal to DOS 3.3 and ProDOS AppleWriter) ProDOS AppleWriter 2.1 is available as a freely distribuable download on GEnie. ------------------------------ Misc 1. CEEMAC(+) Author: Brooke W Boering Date: Jan 1982 Company: Vagabondo Enterprises 1300 E Algonquin -3G Schaumburg, IL and later in 1986 or 1987, 135 Stephen Rd Aptos, CA 95003 Software put into the public domain 3/18/87. A DOS 3.3 graphics language which is a part of a graphics/sound program. It was an early Electronic Arts program according to one correspondent (Richard McCusker). Later correspondents correctly pointed me to Brooke Boering and Vagabondo Enterprises. The basic concept in CEEMAC was the programmer wrote scores of graphics and sounds which were then performed. The language used tables of values (sin, cos, tan) to create cureves, and it also allowed the programmer to use shapes. There were macros that produced dots, boxes, color, sound, and more. It allowed you to anchor a curve at one end and move the other end around. It also allowed you to set the symmetry of the 'score'. Here is a sample score: SCORE: KT :FIRE ORGAN KEY T SPEED [0,0] : - BUT 0 0 CLEAR [0,0] XY1 = $80;$80 : MAIN LOOP F :FORGND SYMMETRY 0-3 VC = RND3 ORA 3 : SAVE FORGND ROTATION VD = ROTEZ :FORGND COLOR COLOR = NXTCOL I believe this is on some of the Internet archives. There are several related disks here. 1. An application written in CeeMac by the author called Fire Organ. 2. the CeeMac disk itself. 3. Maestro 4. A 'third party' disk of CeeMac programs called Sparkee. There was also a CEEMAC newsletter. Any more info that you might have would be appreciated. 2. KeyLISP For the Apple ][ (64K required) Company: XPrime Corp Author: Gerard P. Michon Address: 10835 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025-4656 Tel: (310) 470-4663 ISBN: 0-937185-00-0 For Book and Software Package ($149) ISBN: 0-937185-01-9 For Reference Manual Only ($39.95) Works on all versions of the Apple from 64k Apple ][ through Apple IIgs. The reference manual, with index, is 410 pages and is quite complete. Retail: $149 w/book $110 w/o book Sale: $50 w/o book Book: $39 (It is the manual and as such is needed) 3. Product name: MICRO DYNAMO Hardware requirements: Apple II+, //e ..., two drives Operating system requirements: Pascal Operating System Company name: Addison-Wesley Apple II version of Dynamo simulation language. Runs under the Pascal System. More information needed. 4. Product name: MICRO PROLOG Language: Prolog. (AI Language) Hardware requirements: Apple II (+,e,c,GS) Company name: Logic Programming Associates (defunct?) Prolog interpreter for 3 sintaxes: Micro, Simple, Mitsi. With interactive program editor, tracer/debugger, optimizing (tail recursion), error handler, graphics and sound. Still sold in 1990. 4. pidgen(+) ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu:/system/apple2/Lang/pidgen/* Published in Dr. Dobbs Journal. 5. Product name: Apple SUPER PILOT Language: PILOT (Author's Language for Computer Assisted Instruction) Hardware requirements: Minimum: Apple II or II+, 48K, one disk drive for Lesson mode or two disk drives for Author mode Operating system requirements: Pascal Operating System (?) Company name: Apple Computer Apple SUPER PILOT is an improved version of Apple PILOT, with changes in the Graphics Editor, the Lesson Text Editor (lowercase), the Utility Programs, language extensions and operating system extensions. It is sold by Resource Central (DA-004, $69.00, July 1992) 6. tinman(+) Published in Dr. Dobbs Journal, by the author pidgen. One of these was a macro language. One of the two languages was used to implement the other. I will have to dig out the details on these. ------------------------------ GS specific languages. ------------------------------ Assembler 1. APW Assembler Was available through APDA, then by Resource Central. written by Mike Westerfield and based on ORCA/M. 2. Cabot Software Systems Assembler Power System, Cabot Software Ltd., England 65816 macro set and ProDOS 16 GS/OS 3. Merlin 8/16 Plus Sold by Roger Wagner 4. MPW IIgs assembler Macintosh Programmer Workshop package which allows cross-developement for the Apple IIgs. Information needed. 5. ORCA/M GS available through ByteWorks. ------------------------------ BASIC 1. GS-BASIC Apple's Apple IIgs BASIC interpreter. Was available through APDA, then Resource Central. 2. Integer BASIC compiler Available from ByteWorks. This runs on the IIgs and produces IIgs code. Includes source code and a small book on compilers that explains the Integer BASIC compiler. 3. MD BASIC, v2.x Available thru Morgan Davis Group. A preprocessor for Applesoft BASIC. The resulting BASIC code can run in non-GS Applesoft environments. This is NOT a BBS specific language. Besides preprocessing, it does optimization and allows better syntax, such as long variable names, while loops, etc. 4. Micol Advanced BASIC GS (version 4.2 supposedly available now) Version 5.0 supposedly in development. See above for address, phone number. Note that this package is carried by Quality Computers. List Price: $159 ------------------------------ C 1. ORCA/C available through ByteWorks. This is a version of ANSI C. 2. MPW IIgs C compiler Macintosh Programmer Workshop package which allows cross-developement for the Apple IIgs. This is a version of K&R C. Information needed. ------------------------------ Editors ------------------------------ Pascal 1. Complete (formerly TML) Pascal, 2.0 I have gotten an email from one user who documents a number of problems attempting to get an update of this product. I have yet to be able to get other information about it. I would recommend avoiding this product until further info is available. 2. ORCA/Pascal 2.0 Byteworks (see previous address info). Up to version 1.4, ISO/Pascal with extensions such as string handling. As of Version 2.0, some object-oriented abilities were added. Could someone provide more info, pricing, etc.? 3. MPW IIgs Pascal Macintosh Programmer Workshop package which allows cross-developement for the Apple IIgs. Information needed. ------------------------------ Misc 1. ECP 16(+) - Prodos 16 shell environment, which permits limited shell programming. Source and executable available on most Apple FTP archive sites. 2. FORTRAN to C conversion Language: FORTRAN (to C) Hardware requirements: Memory and disk space.:-) Operating system requirements: System 6.0 and beyond. Software requirements: Some IIgs C compiler. Author name: Gary F. Desrochers Author address: 17752 W. 14th Ave. Apt #3 Golden CO 80401 Author phone number: 303-279-7948 Author email address: gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu Looking into legal issues right now. Also fixing many (many) bugs. 2. GS 16 FORTH II, Version II (+) ftp from cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/source/GS16Forth.shk Also available on GEnie. Author: Warren Stone, GSF (?) Hardware requirement: Apple IIgs, 768k Operating system requirement: GS/OS 5.0 A 16 bit FORTH implementation able to make use of the GS Toolbox. Includes assembler, full screen editor. 3. GScheme(+) This is Scheme for the IIgs. Author: Jawaid Bazyar Company name: Procyon ftp from cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/source/gscheme05b.shk and pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/apple2/lang/gscheme.shk 4. HyperCard GS, 1991 Apple's Apple II version of the popular Macintosh application. Published by Apple. Part number A0027LL/A Cost: $69 Contains a programming language called HyperTalk. This is a IIgs implementation which is quite source code compatible to the Macintosh HyperCard's HyperTalk. There are also a few programming kits for HyperCard GS. Available through Resource Central, Quality Computers, etc. 5. HyperStudio, 1989 Roger Wager, Inc.'s popular hyper application for the Apple IIgs. Contains a programming language. There are also a few programming kits for HyperStudio. 6. Pecan Power Systems FORTRAN, 1987 (Pecan bought out by Cabot Software Ltd. See above.) Ran under ProDOS 16 (GS/OS), but its UCSD file system was implemented within a single ProDOS file. More information needed. 7. MicroEmacs(+) GS/OS text editor which has programmable scripting language. 8. Cabot Software Systems Modula-2, (Was Pecan Modula-2.) Runs on Apple I(?), IIgs, Mac, MS-DOS, CP/M and Unix boxes. Claims the 'worldwide software licence (sic) for software products developed by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Address: The Vicarage Stoke View Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 3AE England UK Telephone: 00 44 272 586644 Fax: 00 44 272 586023 BBS: 00 44 272 583023 Compuserve address: 100014,241 9. MPW Tools Information needed. 10. Little Smalltalk(+) Ported in 1993 to the Apple IIgs by alb@cognos.com (Al Belyea). 11. XLISP-PLUS 2.1e(+) Language: Lisp Hardware requirements: Apple IIGS, at least 500kB free RAM Operating system requirements: shell program (GNO/ME, ORCA, ...) Author name: David Michael Betz, Tom Almy et al. Author address: Tom Almy 17830 SW Shasta Trail, Tualatin, OR 97062, USA. Author phone number: n/a Author email address: dbetz@apple.com, toma@sail.labs.tek.com Electronic file archive host access info: posted to comp.binaries.apple2. Unix/MS-DOS source code available from glia.biostr.washington.edu:/pub/xlisp. and pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/apple2/lang . Porter: voss@ira.uka.de ------------------------------ Other hardware development environments The cards I had in mind listing here would be those for which some advantageous programming environment was provided or anticipated. Thus, I didn't plan on listing all of the serial I/O cards, etc. If you feel programmers would benefit from some hardware card being listed, be sure to send me some detailed information here. You can see that this is just a new idea here and I need help fleshing it out. ------------------------------ 65802 Available for older Apples and Apple clones which were still stuck with the 6502. Software such as Merlin assembler provide some amount of support for the 802 and 816 chips. 6809 1. Stellation Two OS/9 Level 1 was one of the operating systems available. 68000 1. Stellation Two I don't remember if OS/9 or some other operating system was available for this one. 8088 Ability to run MS-DOS gives programmers access to another base of development and application software. 1. Applied Engineering 8088 Card Information needed on availability. Z-80 Ability to run CP/M gives programmers access to another base of development and application software. Once one gets one of these, then many CP/M programs are possible. One problem is getting the software in a format which is READABLE by the CP/M card though! Some companies carried the 5.25" Apple sector format though. 1. MicroSoft Softcard CP/M Card Information needed on availability. Note that FORTRAN, COBOL and BASIC were available from Microsoft in Apple 5.25" disk formats. 2. Applied Engineering Z-80 Card Information needed on availability. Note that Applied Engineering's CP/M package, called I believe CP/AM, supposedly ran on any MicroSoft SoftCare work-alike (like AE's Z80+ or Z80c, and the Z-RAM Ultra 3). 3. Clone cards Information needed on availability. Misc 1. Faster Floating Point Cards There were several - someone want to send me details? No unique programming environments but can make SANE processing bearable in some cases. A. Innovative Systems Will Troxell, contact. FPE (Floating Point Engine) PO Box 444 Severn Park, MD 21144-0444 (301) 987-8688 Apple II 68881 math co-processor, speeds up Appleworks, Applesoft and many IIgs applications. Package is available from Resource Central. B. Applied Engineering FastMath card Information needed. 2. CPU acceleration These are primarily faster 65816 or other similar chips. A programmer's programming environment is not extended, but made bearable. Applied Engineering series of cards Zip series of cards Others? 3. Graphics display cards Would provide programmer with unique visual capabilities. Has there been even one actually shipped? 4. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) cards Has there been even one actually shipped? AIIdsp - being developed by Ken Poppleton. Operates on a Apple IIs with expansion slots, using the DSP 56001. No meaningful programs using it yet. GS/DSP - was being developed by Pete Snowberg. He was using a 34010. 5. Virtual Memory Management card This one was advertised in CALL-A.P.P.L.E for several months, but I don't know if it ever shipped. I don't have the details handy at this time. Can someone help me out here? I know that it provided an enhanced BASIC which had extended arrays, etc. 6. Sound cards Would provide programmer with unique audio capabilities. Some programming packages may take advantage of having one of these boards available. Mockingboard, Phasor, MDIdeas Stereo digitization and synthesis, Sonic Blaser, Audio Animator MIDI Sound synthesis Voice synthesis 7. BSR X-10 controller card Would provide programmer control over household management of devices. 8. Media control devices CD-ROM VCR Other ------------------------------ Historical 8 bit based programming languages ------------------------------ Assembly 1. Product name: ALD System ][ Language: 6502 Assembly Hardware requirements: `intended for use in Apple ][ computers having 48K of Random Access Memory and an optional Apple ][ Language Card' Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3 Company name: Insoft Company address: 259 Barnett Rd. / Unit 3 Medford, OR 97501 Company phone number: (503) 779-2465 Author name: Copyright 1980, P. Lutus best quote: This is the System ][ manual. It won't teach you how to write Assembly Language programs (because it is finite in length). 2. ASM/65 Programma International 3. Big Mac, Big Mac LC Predecessor to Merlin. Used to be available through CALL-A.P.P.L.E. 4. EAT (Edit and Assemble Text) Software Concepts - written in Integer BASIC 5. EDASM An assembler from Apple that came with the Applesoft Programmer's Assistant. It produces relocatable object code rather than B files. Came with its own line based editor. Also was available on the Apple Toolkit disk. A debugger known as BugByter was also sold as a part of various packages. 6. Microproducts Assembler $39.95 back when it was being sold in the late 1970s. 7. Randy's Weekend Assembler, 1978 by Randy Wigginton. Written mostly in SWEET-16 16 bit emulator (package written by S. Wozniak and a part of the Integer BASIC ROM). 8. SC Assembler II 8 bit assembler whose support has ceased due to the closing on the company. (In addition, he published a monthly newsletter, Apple Assembly Line, whch was published from 10/80 through 5/88.) Last known address: Author: Bob Sander-Cedarlof Address: P.O. Box 280300 Dallas, Texas 75228 Bob went to work for AE as a software engineer and might still be available at the address/telephone number given above. It would be worthwhile for anyone interested in 6502 assembley language to buy the back issues to Apple Assembly Line. In addition to an assembler for the 6502 he offered cross assemblers for: Motorola 6800, 1, 2, 8/6301, 6805 6809, 68HC11, 68000 Mitsubishi 50740 series Intel 8048 & 8051 families, 8080/8085 Zilog Z-80, Z8 RCA 1802EC LSI-11 General Inst GI-1650, GI-1670 Sharp LH5801 Most cross assemblers were available in both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS format. 9. TED/ASM, 1978 by Gary Shannon (and editor by Randy Wigginton) 10. UCSD Pascal Assembler Part of the Apple Pascal package. Was one of the early assemblers with macros, conditional assemblies and able to generate relocatable code. ------------------------------ BASIC 1. Applesoft toolkits Apple's Applesoft Programmer's Assistant. Product from Apple. Came with an assembler called EDASM. Came with a series of ampersand commands, but a high resolution character generator that let you design your own fonts and display them on the high resolution graphics screen using traditional PRINT statements. Apple Programmer's Toolkit, which occupied the ROM space left unused by Integer BASIC. Originally distributed as firmware as well well as Apple DOS 3.3 boot disks. Product name: SuperGraphics 3-D Display System & Game Tool (by Bill Budge) Language: called via PRINT "%..." from Applesoft or Integer BASIC Hardware requirements: `Required are an Apple II with 48K of RAM and a minimum of 1 disk drive.' Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3 Author name: P. Lutus Author address: Kerby, Oregon Author phone number: 1980 There was an Atari 800 version. 2. Applesoft compilers Product name: Microsoft TASC: The AppleSoft Compiler version 3.0 Language: Basic compiler Hardware requirements: Apple II+, //e, //c Operating system requirements: Company name: Microsoft, Inc. It can makes use of auxiliar memory on 128K Apples Was available in 1985. 3. Blankenship BASIC Information needed. 4. Integer BASIC This BASIC was in the ROMs of the Apple II' first sold by Apple. When the Apple II+'s with Applesoft in the on-board ROMs started selling, Apple also sold a Firmware card which had Integer BASIC in ROM on them. Steve Jensen sent email claiming that Integer BASIC can be found in a file found on any Apple DOS 3.3 system disk. Steve says that it autoloads when you boot the DOS 3.3 disk. Certainly it can be autoloaded by executing an Integer BASIC program from that disk. There were many articles and books on Integer BASIC published back in the 'olden days'. One of the best sources of information was the Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine, which published a lot of information on the language. A.P.P.L.E. sold a relocatable RAM version of Integer BASIC as Interger BASIC+. ------------------------------ FORTH 1. 6502 Forth 1.2 Programma International. 2. Apple Forth 1.6 Cap'n Software Used a unique disk format. Information needed. 3. FORTH II Softape published this one. Ran on Apple II+, //e, etc. 4. MicroMotion FORTH-79 Language: FORTH (79-standard, with extensions) Hardware requirements: Apple II, 48k, 1 5.25" drive Operating System requirements: n/a (it has its own custom OS) Company name: MicroMotion Company address: 12077 Wilshire Boulevard, #506 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Company phone number: (213) 821-4340 Doesn't seem to be GS-compatible, one at least one GS, it boots part-way, then freezes just before it prints the startup banner. Works fine on an Apple IIe though. There appears to have been a second disk available at an extra cost containing floating-point arithmetic and hi-res graphics commands. 5. MicroMotion MasterFORTH Product name: MicroMotion MasterFORTH Language: FORTH (FORTH-83, with extensions) Hardware requirements: Apple II, 48K, 1 5.25" drive Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3 Company name: MicroMotion Company address: 12077 Wilshire Boulevard, #506 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Company phone number: (213) 821-4340 MasterFORTH also had additional disks containing floating-point and hi-res commands, which appear to have been sold separately. Both of these are fairly old packages...FORTH-79 is copyright 1980, and MasterFORTH is copyright 1984. ------------------------------ FORTRAN 1. Apple FORTRAN, 1980. This compiler package ran under the UCSD environment and required the user to have purchased the run time package as available from the Apple Pascal package. It disappeared from Apple catalogs in 1986. Information needed. ------------------------------ Logo 1. Apple Logo Ran under the UCSD operating system. Information needed. 2. Apple Logo II, 1984 Ran under ProDOS on 128k machines. Information needed. 3. KRELL's LOGO for the Apple ][ Proprietary but DOS 3.3 based OS. Required 48k As of 1983, the address was: Krell Corporation 1320 Stony Brook Road Stony Brook NY 11790 Tel: 516-751-5139 Produced as a part of a NSF grant by Stephen Hain, Leigh Klotz, and Patrick Sobalvarro. Supervised by Prof. Harold Abelson. Krell wrote some tutorials and packaged up their work. This version of Logo was also licensed by Terrapin and others. Contact the MIT Technology Licensing Office ((617) 253-1000) for details on licensing MIT Logo. Info provided by "John Hale" , Patrick Sobalvarro, Stephen Hain, Hal Abelson, etc. ------------------------------ Pascal 1. Apple Instant Pascal (via Resource Central) Written by Think Technologies, sold by Apple. Ran only on the Apple IIc or 128k IIe machines. This was an interactive Pascal, designed for teaching the language. This Pascal ran under ProDOS. 2. Tiny Pascal interpreter published by MUSE? back in the 1970s. Information needed. 3. Pecan Power System's Pascal (Pecan bought out by Cabot Software Ltd.? See above) Information needed. ------------------------------ PILOT 1. Product name: Apple PILOT Language: PILOT (Author's Language for Computer Assisted Instruction) Hardware requirements: Minimum: Apple II or II+, 48K, one disk drive for Lesson mode or two disk drives for Author mode Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3? Company name: Apple Computer System to support program development for Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), based on COMMON PILOT, with color graphics, sound efects and a character set editor. It operates in two modes: Author, where the instructor creates lessons and stores them on a lessons disk, and Lesson, where the student uses the disk to take a lesson interacting with the computer. Product was replaced by the improved Apple SUPER PILOT. ------------------------------ Misc 1. muSIMP Product name: muMATH-80 Language: muSIMP Hardware requirements: Apple II with 48K Standard disk drive in slot 6. 16 sector disk controller board. Game paddles if graphics are to be used. Operating system requirements: ADIOS - a customized version of DOS. Company name: The Soft Warehouse Company address: P.O. Box 11174 Honolulu, HI 96828 Description: Arbitrary precision math package, includes Lisp like language. Variable number base arithmetic (base 2 through base 36) Algebraic processing: Automatic simplification of expressions Expansion of expressions Factoring of expression Step-by-step equation solving Logarithmic and trigonommetric processing Matrix and array processing Calculus operations: Differentiation Integration Taylor series expansion LORES Graphics output User defined functions Microsoft also sold a version of this with their name on the documentation. 2. Product name: P-LISP Version 3.0 Language: Lisp Hardware requirements: Apple ][/][+ Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3 Company name: Pegasys Systems, Inc. Company address: 4005 Chestnut Street Philadelphi, PA 19104 Company phone number: (215) 387-1500 (800) 523-0725 Description: P-LISP is a nicely featured dynamically scoped Lisp. Features: car, cdr atom, equal, number, null, quote cons, list, explode, implode, copy, conc append, rplaca, rplacd, apply, mapcar add, sub, mult, div, greater, zero, length, int and, or, not setq, set, put, get, rem read, fread, prin1, print, chr, getchr, save, load call, peek, poke htab, vtab, onerr define, lambda, flambda, cond, prog, progn, return go, eval oblist, remob trace, untrace gr, text, color, plot hgr2, hcolor, hplot, hto, draw, xdraw openseq, appendseq, writeseq, readseq closefile, close, openrnd, writernd, readrnd writefcn, readfcn Includes structure editor. I also had a note about this one and a 'company' called Gnosis. Anyone have any more info about this? Pegasys is supposedly out of business - I don't know who owns this software now. 3. PROMAL Product name: PROgrammers Micro Application Language Language: Written in a mix of assembler and PROMAL Hardware requirements: Apple IIe, Extended 80 col card or a IIc. Versions available for Commodore 64 and IBM PC. Operating system requirements: ProDOS 8. Company name: Systems Management Associates Company address: 3700 Computer Drive P.O. Box 20025 Raleigh, NC 27619 Company phone number: (919) 787-7703 Company email address: N/A Electronic file access info: N/A As far as I can determine, the Apple II version is no longer an active product. Also note that the IIgs was never completely supported. This was a C-like language which was interpreted, came with a shell, and was source compatible for the most part between various architectures. ------------------------------ Historical GS based programming languages ------------------------------ C 1. APW C Previously available through APDA, then through Resource Central. Now discontinued. This was a version of K&R C. ------------------------------ Unconfirmed or future languages. Please provide more info. ------------------------------ AMACS - formerly commercal, shareware and now supposedly freeware implementation of EMACS. More information, location, etc. needed. Written by a Brian Fox (or is it bfox@prep.ai.mit.edu?) ANIX - a shell that appeared with the Lisa assembler. I don't have any details on whether there was a shell language. At one time, the authors were available on GEnie as HAL.LABS. See the entry on Lisa for U.S. Postal Service address. APEX - an operating system for the Apple IIs with installable device drivers. Included an assembler, editor, and XPL, a high level programming language. Was developed on the 6502 prior to the Apple II and was ported to it when the Apple first appeared. Developed at the Colarado School of Mines by Peter Boyles. At least available at versions 1.8. BASIC Beagle Basic - this was different from the Beagle Bros. Compiler. This package put Applesoft into RAM so that you could customize it. You could rewrite error messages, rename Applesoft commands, etc. Support was present for new Applesoft commands such as ELSE, HSCRN , SWAP, TONE, and enhanced features to things like GOTO and GOSUB. Is it still available in some form? Pecan Power System BASIC. Pecan appears to have been bought out by Cabot Software Ltd. More info is needed as to whether this product is still available. TML BASIC -- commercially sold IIgs version of BASIC. Product name: Z BASIC Language: BASIC Hardware requirements: Apple ][,][+,//e,//c/IIGS 64K for ProDOS 128K for DOS 3.3 Operating system requirements: DOS 3.3, ProDOS 8 Company name: ZEDCOR, Inc. Company address: 4500 East Speedway Boulevard Suite 22 Tucson, Arizona 85712-5305 Company phone number: (602) 795-3996 (602) 881-8101 (800) 482-4567 (Orders only) Description: Portable BASIC. Scalar Data types: integer +/- 32,767 long integer E +/- 63 single precision E +/- 63 long integer +/- 2,147,483,647 extended double precision E +/- 16,383 string 0 to 255 characters User defined functions and subroutines. Same program can be recompiled with no changes and run under Macintosh, MS-DOS, CPM/80, TRS-80, Kaypro, Apple ][, ][+, //e, //c, IIGS. This requires buying the compiler for the specified machine. Can someone provide me with info as to whether ZEDCOR is still doing business, as well as info on pricing, versions, etc.? Otherwise: Author name: Author address: Author phone number: Author email address: Electronic file archive host access (ftp, email, commercial, etc.) info: Byteworks languages and tools ORCA/Debugger - I need more info on this item. Text based source level debugger. Works with any language that supports the ORCA-style intrusive COP debugging method. ORCA/Disassembler - I need more info on this item. Assembler which works on plain binary or OMF files. Can disassemble ROMs. ORCA/BASIC - Some discussion of this occured on AOL several years ago, but I do not know if work ever began. ORCA/f2c - Some discussion of a Fortran 77 to C conversion tool becoming available has occurred. ORCA/Logo - In development for Byteworks in conjuction with Roger Wagner's effort to use Logo in HyperStudio for Macs. ORCA/Modula-2 - In development for ByteWorks. Communications related packages ACOS - ProDOS 8 BBS Language LLUCE - ProDOS 8 BBS Language MACOS - a hacked version of ACOS. Design Master - I need some info on this item. A prototyping tool. This tool allows you to create Apple IIgs GS/OS 5.x/6.x resources interactively. It does not allow one to modify existing resources. FORTH - C. K. Haun supposedly has written a shareware version of FORTH for the Apple IIgs. Someone reports that this is available on GEnie. Illsys Systems is said to be selling a commercial version of FORTH for the IIe and IIgs systems. Ads were seen in Nibble. An implementation of Fig-Forth was available at one time - can anyone provide me with details? I believe this was freeware. FORTH 79 - Information needed on an Apple II package by this name. I know there were several other packages which implemented FORTH 79 - but I understand there was a package specifically called FORTH 79. MVP-FORTH - can someone provide me more info on this? TransFORTH - wasn't this one sold by ALS? Foundation - I need some more info on this resource editor. Allows one to edit a few native resources. GNO - lots of languages being ported here, such as bison, flex, csh, ksh, gsscheme, xlisp, and perhaps even a c and c++ compiler. No formal list has been submitted to me yet. I did find bison on pindarus.cs.uiuc.edu. KSH - A Graphical Korn shell which will run on the GS is being developed. More details once the product is available. LISP - there was at least one micro LISP available written in Integer BASIC back in the old days, as well as at least one commercial product. There was also some product called AppLisp which had the Winston and Horn LISP textbook included. MSHELL - some sort of shell. I don't know how programmable it was, who wrote it, whether it is/was available commercially, etc. MULISP/MUSTAR - MuLisp was a Z-80 based P-Code lisp compiler. MuStar was an Artificial Intelligence Development System, including editor and debugger. Written by Microsoft. Nevada software - there were several packages by Ellis Computing, Inc. which required the Z-80 card to use. These were called Nevada PILOT, Nevada Assembler and Nevada FORTRAN. Basically, they were standard CP/M products, but in a 5.25" Apple disk format. NPL - NonProcedural Language. 1980. A relational database language. "An Introduction to Nonprocedural Languages Using NPL", T.D. Truitt et al, McGraw-Hill 1983. Versions for Apple II, MS-DOS. OS/A+ - Micom OS/A+ system, came with a very nice BASIC (very similar to Atari BASIC in the graphics area). The OS had Applesoft compatibility. Pascal - There is a rumor of a ProDOS based Apple Pascal - anyone know any details? PILE - Polytechnic's Instructional Language for Educators. Similar in use to an enhanced PILOT, but structurally more like Pascal with Awk-like associative arrays (optionally stored on disk). Distributed to about 50 sites by Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation for Apple II and CP/M. "A Universal Computer Aided Instruction System," Henry G. Dietz & Ronald J Juels, Proc Natl Educ Computing Conf '83, pp.279-282. PILOT - a text based version written in Applesoft is mentioned in the Apple History files. SC Macro Assembler IV - a DOS 3.3 macro assembler. SuperGraphics - SuperGraphics 3D Display System and Game Tool Some sort of PRINT "%" interface. More information needed. Tutor-Tech - a commercial hypertext development system which runs on 8 bit Apple IIs. ------------------------------ Acknowlegements ------------------------------ Thanks to the following folk for maintaining copies of the catalog on their respective services, fielding and routing questions, etc. Mark Fisher <70751.3127@compuserve.com> - Compuserve. Austin Phelps - Delphi Thanks to David Muir Sharnoff for providing ftp access for this catalog at: idiom.berkeley.ca.us:/pub/compilers-list/AppleIICatalogV.L where V is the major version level and L is the minor version level. Also, be sure to check out these Usenet groups for programming discussions: alt.bbs.metal The METAL telecomm environment. alt.emulators.ibmpc.apple2 AppleII emulators on IBM PCs, Amigas, Unix, etc. comp.binaries.apple2 Binary-only postings for the Apple II computer. comp.protocols.appletalk Applebus hardware & software. comp.sources.apple2 Source code and discussion for the Apple2. (Moderated) comp.sys.apple2 Discussion about Apple II micros. comp.sys.apple2.comm Apple II data communications. comp.sys.apple2.gno The AppleIIgs GNO multitasking environment. comp.sys.apple2.programmer Programming on the Apple II. Some specialized groups are: bit.listserv.apple2-l Apple II Binary and Source BITNET Mailing List. pro.apple.user.groups ??. pro.apple2.gs Apple IIgs discussions. pro.apple2.misc ??. pro.apple2.news ??. pro.apple2.tech Apple II technical discussion. sub.sys.apple Apple II/Macintosh. uiuc.sys.apple2 Apple II discussions. I would be happy to add other mailing list, Proline conference information, or Fidonet conference type information if it would be submitted to me. This article is Copyright 1993 by Larry W. Virden. Permission is granted for free distribution of this article as long as all information within it remains intact. No commercial use of the article is permitted without specific permission of the author. -- :s :s Larry W. Virden INET: lvirden@cas.org :s Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614