From 8a2ce322a371eac84f326173216d65b7c6a68bba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "T. Joseph Carter" Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:41:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Chapter 1 just about finished. This one was easy. The rest won't be. --- ch01.txt | 25 ++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch01.txt b/ch01.txt index d30cec9..eb168d7 100644 --- a/ch01.txt +++ b/ch01.txt @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -.ce -CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION -.sp2 +## CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION Beneath Apple DOS is intended to serve as a companion to Apple's DOS Manual, providing additional information for the advanced programmer or the novice Apple @@ -21,18 +19,12 @@ the accuracy of the information presented here, all of the material included in Beneath Apple DOS has been thoroughly researched and tested. There were several reasons for writing Beneath Apple DOS: -.sp1 -.nf -To show direct assembly language access to DOS. -.br -To help you to fix clobbered diskettes. -.br -To correct errors and omissions in the Apple documentation. -.br -To allow you to customize DOS to fit your needs. -.br -To provide complete information on diskette formatting. -.br + +- To show direct assembly language access to DOS. +- To help you to fix clobbered diskettes. +- To correct errors and omissions in the Apple documentation. +- To allow you to customize DOS to fit your needs. +- To provide complete information on diskette formatting. When Apple Computer Inc. introduced its Disk Operating System (DOS) version 3 in 1978 to support the new DISK II drive, very little documentation was provided. @@ -44,7 +36,6 @@ intact. Beyond these Apple manuals, there have been no significant additions to the documentation on DOS, apart from a few articles in APPLE user group magazines and newsletters. This manual takes up where the Disk Operating System Manual leaves off. -.bp Throughout this manual, discussion centers primarily on DOS version 3.3. The reasons for this are that 3.3 was the most recent release of DOS at the time of @@ -56,5 +47,5 @@ In addition to the DOS dependent information provided, many of the discussions also apply to other operating systems on the Apple II and Apple III. For example, disk formatting at the track and sector level is, for the most part, the same. -.br + .nx ch2