"Inside Macintosh" Made Easy: "Technical Introduction" (32536)




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SUMMARY

The following book is a good introduction to the internal workings of the Apple Macintosh computer:

"Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family" by Apple Computer, Inc.
300 Pages. $19.95.
Published by Addison-Wesley (1988).

This book fully describes the design and operations of the Macintosh Plus, SE, and II without all the programming details. The book is written for experienced users and novice programmers. The book defines all special terms and explains the Macintosh user interface, the ROM toolbox, Macintosh graphics, system software, files and volumes, memory management, the operating system, resources, hardware, and A/UX (Apple's version of the UNIX operating system).

MORE INFORMATION

If you want a more complete programmer's reference guide to the Macintosh, you can obtain the following set of books:

"Inside Macintosh"
by Apple Computer, Inc.
Five Volumes, 2100 total pages. List price is more than $100.00.
Published by Addison-Wesley.

See also the following book:

"How to Write Macintosh Software: the Debugging Reference for Macintosh" Second Edition
by Scott Knaster
Published by Hayden Books (1988).

The above books are valuable references for advanced programming in all Microsoft BASIC interpreters and compilers sold for the Macintosh, including the following:

  1. Microsoft QuickBASIC Version 1.00 for the Apple Macintosh
  2. Microsoft BASIC Compiler Version 1.00 for the Apple Macintosh
  3. Microsoft BASIC Interpreter Versions 1.00, 1.01, 2.00, 2.10, and 3.00 for the Apple Macintosh
Modification Type: Minor Last Reviewed: 1/9/2003
Keywords: KB32536
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