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Programmers Introduction to the Macintosh Family 1988

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Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family is a 1988 book by Apple Computer, part of the Inside Macintosh Library, published by Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-19254-3. The scan is the second printing, April 1988.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xix, 197 pages.[2]

The preface describes it as a technical overview for experienced programmers new to the Macintosh, not a programming manual. It picks out the Toolbox and Operating System routines a newcomer should learn first from the more than 900 available, and draws parallels with MS-DOS, UNIX and Apple II development. Readers who find the concepts unfamiliar are sent to Apple's Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family first.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]

  • Preface: Welcome to Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family, p. xiii
  • Chapter 1: An Overview of the Macintosh, p. 1
  • Chapter 2: The Software Anatomy of the Macintosh, p. 11
  • Chapter 3: An Eventful Experience, p. 29
  • Chapter 4: Memory Management, p. 41
  • Chapter 5: Display and Graphics Routines, p. 59
  • Chapter 6: The User Interface Toolbox, p. 89
  • Chapter 7: File Management, p. 121
  • Chapter 8: Development Tools, p. 135
  • Chapter 9: Becoming a Macintosh Developer, p. 153
  • Appendix A: Compatibility Issues and Guidelines, p. 160
  • Appendix B: Important Operating System and Toolbox Calls, p. 166
  • Appendix C: The Apple Programmer's and Developer's Association (APDA), p. 185
  • Glossary, p. 187
  • Index, p. 193

What this book does not contain

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It is a software overview. It has no hardware specifications, service procedures, parts lists or schematics; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 220 PDF pages including the covers and publisher's pages.

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Download: Programmers_Introduction_to_the_Macintosh_Family_1988.pdf (33 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Apple Computer, Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family (Addison-Wesley, 1988), copyright page (PDF p. 5).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Macintosh programmer's introduction to the Macintosh family, record OL2096419M, from Library of Congress catalogue data (QA76.8.M3 M345 1988). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Apple, Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Preface, pp. xiii-xiv (PDF pp. 15-16).
  4. ↑ Apple, Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family, Contents (PDF pp. 6-12).
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