Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
Related to the early promotional Inside Macintosh phonebook edition, last week I scanned the documentation for two versions of the MacSupplement documentation. I have not seen this posted anywhere else so please feel free to store these in a central documentation archive. I got this documentation plus the Inside Macintosh phonebook edition along with some of the original diskettes just recently from an early developer. The February 1985 set appears to be before the Inside Macintosh printing. The May 1985 set is after. Some of the original diskettes are also posted here: http://vintagecomputer.ca/files-area/apple/macintosh/developer/# If anyone has any earlier editions (was there only one prior to February 1985?) or has/knows where the diskettes may be imaged, I'd love to fill in the set. Some of my diskettes may have been overwritten but they are in DC42 format so the diskettes can be reproduced. Hope someone finds this of interest. Santo On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > On 2016-05-18 2:02 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Chris Hanson >> wrote: >> >>> For the original “Inside Macintosh,” there was: >>> >>> 1. The prerelease looseleaf edition, sent to developers. >>> >> >> I remember leafing through that edition in the summer of 1984 and >> being horrified at all the Pascal-isms. >> > > I still have a copy. Most pages are dated 1983 iirc. > > It's entirely Pascal oriented, indeed. :-) > > --Toby > > > >> -ethan >> >> >
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On 2016-05-18 2:02 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Chris Hanson wrote: For the original “Inside Macintosh,” there was: 1. The prerelease looseleaf edition, sent to developers. I remember leafing through that edition in the summer of 1984 and being horrified at all the Pascal-isms. I still have a copy. Most pages are dated 1983 iirc. It's entirely Pascal oriented, indeed. :-) --Toby -ethan
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On Wed, 18 May 2016, Fred Cisin wrote: On Wed, 18 May 2016, Sean Caron wrote: There were two printings of Inside Macintosh; the original printing was, I believe, a six or seven-volume set over time ... More than two printings. The first version was originally looseleaf. (4? volumes) Distributed to the "Certified Developer" program. Later, it was redone and released semi-commercially in "Perfect" (paperback/phonebook) binding, and marketed through a publisher. A set of those (4? volumes) was the last thing that I got from them as a certifiable developer. I later heard of a CD-ROM. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com I need to remember I can't play fast and loose with my wording when I send posts to the list ;) While there were multiple printings, it falls out that there are basically two major editions of Inside Macintosh; the early edition that was written more chronologically, and the later edition that was organized by sections of the Macintosh Toolbox. I believe there are other printings yet; my volumes one through five come in big 4" looseleaf binders, all official from Apple. My volume six is a plain bound edition ... not sure if it was ever available in looseleaf (probably, but why spend a lifetime looking?) The CD-ROM edition is the later Inside Macintosh and it is readily found on the Web. I believe Macintosh Garden has it. All volumes on the CD-ROM were provided as PDF documents so it's all still quite readable on modern machines. Best, Sean
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Chris Hanson wrote: > For the original “Inside Macintosh,” there was: > > 1. The prerelease looseleaf edition, sent to developers. I remember leafing through that edition in the summer of 1984 and being horrified at all the Pascal-isms. -ethan
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On Wed, 18 May 2016, Sean Caron wrote: There were two printings of Inside Macintosh; the original printing was, I believe, a six or seven-volume set over time ... More than two printings. The first version was originally looseleaf. (4? volumes) Distributed to the "Certified Developer" program. Later, it was redone and released semi-commercially in "Perfect" (paperback/phonebook) binding, and marketed through a publisher. A set of those (4? volumes) was the last thing that I got from them as a certifiable developer. I later heard of a CD-ROM. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On 5/18/16 10:39 AM, Chris Hanson wrote: > And then a couple years after that, around the time the PowerPC-based Macs > were released, there was “New Inside Macintosh” where the entire series was > reorganized into 25-30 volumes based on content. I don’t think any “New > Inside Macintosh” books were published after 1995 or so, though new ones were > written to cover new technologies. > There also was a release on CD-ROM
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
For the original “Inside Macintosh,” there was: 1. The prerelease looseleaf edition, sent to developers. 2. The “phone book” edition where volumes I-III were combined, sent to developers. 3. The original “Inside Macintosh” volumes I-III, and later IV and V to cover the Mac Plus and Mac SE & Mac II, with photos of Mac logic boards on the covers, sold at retail. 4. Reissues of volumes I-V with new-style covers to match the new volume VI covering System 7 technologies. And then a couple years after that, around the time the PowerPC-based Macs were released, there was “New Inside Macintosh” where the entire series was reorganized into 25-30 volumes based on content. I don’t think any “New Inside Macintosh” books were published after 1995 or so, though new ones were written to cover new technologies. -- Chris > On May 18, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Alexandre Souza > wrote: > > Ue...I have the 4 volume collection...is there another one?! > > Enviado do meu Tele-Movel > Em 18/05/2016 12:29, "tony duell" escreveu: > >> Still unpacking after a house move 18 months ago... I have found just over >> a dozen volumes of Inside Macintosh. >> >> Since programing is not my thing, and I am not into the Macintosh, I don't >> really need them. Does anyone want them? Tbey are free, but would have to >> be collected from me in SE London (near Bromley, easy to get to from the >> M25). >> >> I can make a list of titles if there is any interest. >> >> -tony >>
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
On Wed, 18 May 2016, Alexandre Souza wrote: Ue...I have the 4 volume collection...is there another one?! Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em 18/05/2016 12:29, "tony duell" escreveu: Still unpacking after a house move 18 months ago... I have found just over a dozen volumes of Inside Macintosh. Since programing is not my thing, and I am not into the Macintosh, I don't really need them. Does anyone want them? Tbey are free, but would have to be collected from me in SE London (near Bromley, easy to get to from the M25). I can make a list of titles if there is any interest. -tony There were two printings of Inside Macintosh; the original printing was, I believe, a six or seven-volume set over time ... Subsequent to the release of System 7, they re-wrote and re-printed Inside Macintosh and it ended up split across a much wider number of volumes that were organized more on a functional, rather than chronological, basis. IMO, the earlier printing of Inside Macintosh is both more readable and is also of greater historical interest. I had a number of books myself out of the second printing and I got rid of them some years ago, only to later go and re-purchase a complete set of the first printing to archive ;) Best, Sean
RE: 'Inside Macintosh' books
> Ue...I have the 4 volume collection...is there another one?! Apparently, there is. This is really not my area, but I've just read the titles off the books. All say 'Inside Macintosh' and 'Apple Technical Library' on them. The titles are : Overview Processes Imaging with QuickDraw PowerPC System Software Files Networking Macintosh Toolbox Essentials Memory QuickTime Text More Macintosh Toolbox QuickDraw GX QuickTime Components With them was another Macintosh book : ResEdit Reference (for ResEdit v2.1) -tony
Re: 'Inside Macintosh' books
Ue...I have the 4 volume collection...is there another one?! Enviado do meu Tele-Movel Em 18/05/2016 12:29, "tony duell" escreveu: > Still unpacking after a house move 18 months ago... I have found just over > a dozen volumes of Inside Macintosh. > > Since programing is not my thing, and I am not into the Macintosh, I don't > really need them. Does anyone want them? Tbey are free, but would have to > be collected from me in SE London (near Bromley, easy to get to from the > M25). > > I can make a list of titles if there is any interest. > > -tony >
'Inside Macintosh' books
Still unpacking after a house move 18 months ago... I have found just over a dozen volumes of Inside Macintosh. Since programing is not my thing, and I am not into the Macintosh, I don't really need them. Does anyone want them? Tbey are free, but would have to be collected from me in SE London (near Bromley, easy to get to from the M25). I can make a list of titles if there is any interest. -tony
