Apple II software Apple II software Apple DOS refers to operating systems for the Apple II series of microcomputers from 1978 through early 1983. Also known simply as DOS 3.x, Apple DOS had three major releases: DOS 3.1, DOS 3.2, and DOS 3.3; each one of these three releases was followed by a second, minor "bug-fix" release, but only in the case of DOS 3.2 did that minor release receive its own version number, DOS 3.2.1. The best-known and most-used version is DOS 3.3 in the 1980 and 1983 releases. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple DOS"
==Notable Apple IIGS demos== ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple IIgs demos"
Apple Pascal was a language and operating system based on the UCSD Pascal system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple Pascal"
Applesoft BASIC was the second dialect of BASIC supplied on the Apple II computer, superseding Integer BASIC. Applesoft BASIC was supplied by Microsoft; Apple was looking for a new version of BASIC for the Apple II Plus computer with 48 KB of RAM, and after their success with Altair BASIC, Microsoft had become the BASIC vendor of choice. Apple licensed a 10 KB assembly language version of BASIC called "Applesoft." It was similar to (and indeed shared a common code base with) BASIC implementations on other 6502-based computers, such as Commodore BASIC: it used line numbers, spaces were not necessary in lines. While it was much slower than Integer BASIC, it had some killer features that the older BASIC lacked: ...more on Wikipedia about "Applesoft BASIC"
Contiki is a small open source, yet fully featured, operating system developed for use on a number of smallish systems ranging from 8-bit computers to embedded microcontrollers, including sensor network motes. The name Contiki comes from Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contiki"
GameMaker is a name given to two different pieces of computer software written for two different platforms by different people. It is not to be confused with Game Maker (two words) or with Game-Maker created by Recreational Software Design in the early 1990's. Gamemaker is also the name of a game-making educational curriculum in Arvika, Sweden. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gamemaker"
GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System) was an operating system from Berkeley Softworks (later Geoworks). Originally designed for the Commodore 64 and released in 1986, it provided a graphical user interface for this popular 8-bit computer. ...more on Wikipedia about "GEOS (8-bit operating system)"
GS/OS is an operating environment developed by Apple Computer for its Apple IIGS personal computer that uses the ProDOS filing system. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling input/output devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals. GS/OS was included as a component of Apple IIGS System Software versions 4.0 through 6.0.1. ...more on Wikipedia about "GS/OS"
Integer BASIC, written by Steve Wozniak, was the BASIC interpreter included in ROM on the Apple I and original Apple II computer at release in 1977, and as such was the first version of BASIC used by many early home computer owners. Thousands of programs were written in Integer BASIC. Apple originally called it "Apple BASIC"; the name "Integer BASIC" was used for it after Applesoft BASIC (a version of Microsoft BASIC) became available. ...more on Wikipedia about "Integer BASIC"
Multiplan was an early spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft. Introduced in 1982, initially for computers running CP/M it was ported to a number of other operating systems including MS-DOS and Xenix. Versions were also available for the Commodore 64 and the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and Apple II series computer. Multiplan for the Apple Macintosh was Microsoft's first GUI spreadsheet - the others were text-based. ...more on Wikipedia about "MultiPlan"
Music Construction Set (MCS) is a music composition notation program. It was originally developed in 1984 for the Apple II, and quickly ported to other systems of the era. It was designed and developed by Will Harvey and published by Electronic Arts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Music Construction Set"
ProDOS (the Professional Disk Operating System) became the most popular operating system for the Apple II series of computers not long after its release in 1983. ...more on Wikipedia about "ProDOS"
Shape tables were a powerful yet little-used feature of Applesoft BASIC and Integer BASIC allowing for simple graphic manipulation on Apple II computers, using the "hi-res" graphics mode. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shape table"
Software Automatic Mouth, or S.A.M., was a speech synthesis program for the early personal computers, developed and sold by a company called "Don't Ask Software" (now SoftVoice). The program was available for Apple computers (including the Apple II, and the Lisa), various Atari models and the Commodore 64. Prices ranged from about $50–$200 USD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Software Automatic Mouth" http://www.shortopedia.com, there's no better way.
SOS, which stands for the Sophisticated Operating System, was the computer operating system released in 1980 that was used by the ill-fated Apple III computer. Despite the failure of the Apple III, SOS was a very forward-thinking operating system in many ways and its features influenced the design of ProDOS that was later released for the Apple //e and later Apple II computers. The SOS file system also heavily influenced the design of the Macintosh Hierarchical File System. ...more on Wikipedia about "SOS (operating system)"
SpeedScript was a type-in word processor for various home computers. Approximately 5 KB in length, it provided many of the same features as commercial word processing packages of the early 8-bit era, such as Easy Script and Bank Street Writer. ...more on Wikipedia about "SpeedScript"
The Print Shop is a basic desktop publishing software package developed in the early 1980s by Brøderbund. It was unique in that it provided libraries of clip-art and templates through a simple interface to build signs, posters and banners with household dot-matrix printers. Over the years the software has been updated to accommodate changing file formats and printer technologies. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Print Shop"
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet program available for personal computers. It is generally considered to be the application that turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool. ...more on Wikipedia about "VisiCalc"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Apple II software".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |