AppleIIAsm-Collection/documentation/AppleIIAsm Library Collection Technical Manual/0.6.0/3.0 Package_Overview.md
nathanriggs 4554eaf2ae MASSIVE: Documentation and Disk 1: REQUIRED
- added cycle and byte count comments
- additionally added status flag clobbering comments
- wrote beginning of final documentation form in markdown for disk 1: REQUIRED
- consolidated macros and subroutines on disk 1
- created alias macros for 65C02, 8080, and Z80 architectures
- entirely rewrote and expanded documentation for disk 1
- rewrote disk 1 demo file to use fewer bytes by using comments instead of _PRN statements
- implemented a software architeture that will span across all libraries in the collection
- added .ASM extension to text sources to help with file attribution on contemporary systems
- slightly modified the naming convention for EXEC files
- fixed minor errors
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Package Overview

The AppleIIAsm package consists of 25 disks that contain thematically related subroutines, demos and utilities, as well as extra disks that hold minified versions of every subroutine for convenience. The contents of each disk and library are covered in Part II: Detailed Descriptions and Listings. The disks are ordered as follows:

  • Disk 0 BOOT (for setting up own environment)

CORE LIBRARIES

  • Disk 1 REQUIRED (Required and Common Libraries)
  • Disk 2 STDIO (Standard Input and Output Library)
  • Disk 3 ARRAYS (Array Library)
  • Disk 4 MATH (Math Library)
  • Disk 5 STRINGS (String Library)
  • Disk 6 DOSFILE (DOS 3.3 File Input and Output Library)
  • Disk 7 CONVERT (Data Type Conversion Library)
  • Disk 8 LORES (Low Resolution Graphics Library)
  • Disk 9 SPEAKER (Mono Speaker Library)
  • Disk 10 HIRES (High Resolution Graphics Library)
  • Disk 11 DETECT (Hardware Detection Library)
  • Disk 12 APPLECHOP (AppleChop High-Level Library)

DEMOS AND UTILITIES

  • Disk 13 MINIDISKA (Minified Libraries Disk A)
  • Disk 14 MINIDISKB (Minified Libraries Disk B)
  • Disk 15 UTILS (Utilities Disk)
  • Disk 16 DEMOSA (Demo Disk A)
  • Disk 17 DEMOSB (Demo Disk B)

MACHINE-SPECIFIC LIBRARIES

  • Disk 18 80COL (80-Column Text Library)
  • Disk 19 MOCKINGBOARD (Mockingboard Sound Card Library)
  • Disk 20 DBLLORES (Double Low Resolution Graphics Library)
  • Disk 21 DBLHIRES (Double High Resolution Graphics Lib)
  • Disk 22 MISC (Miscellaneous subroutine library)
  • Disk 23 IIGS GS/OS 6.04 Library (3.5" diskette)
  • Disk 24 IIGSAUDIO (IIGS AUDIO library) (3.5" diskette)
  • Disk 25 IIGSGRAPHICS (IIGS Additional Graphics Mode Libraries) (3.5" diskette)