Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Apple II DOS Source Code Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the half-the-size-of-the-itunes-EULA dept.

gbooch writes "The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, is not just a museum of hardware, but also of software. The Museum has made public such gems as the source code for MacPaint, Photoshop, and APL, and now code from the Apple II. As their site reports: 'With thanks to Paul Laughton, in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Damer, founder and curator of the Digibarn Computer Museum, and with the permission of Apple Inc., we are pleased to make available the 1978 source code of Apple II DOS for non-commercial use. This material is Copyright © 1978 Apple Inc., and may not be reproduced without permission from Apple.'"

5 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Good thing it's non-commercial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    what would happen if someone would make a buck off of the Apple ][ DOS...!!!!!

    1. Re:Good thing it's non-commercial by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

      You never know... I'm not sure how far back in time Microsoft goes to rip off Apple; they do always seem to be pretty late to the party.

  2. Non-commercial purposes only? by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because it could be a competent competitor to current Apple products?

    I know I want an Apple II smartphone that I could play Oregon Trail on and make phone calls back to the '70s with!

    --
    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
  3. 6502 assembly too hard to read by JoeyRox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can someone please transcribe this into 6502 binary instructions and place it onto punch cards for easier reading?

  4. Re:Then versus now by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that was written before the line feed shortage. Things were different back then.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.