Apple Graphics Tablet Operation and Reference Manual
The Graphics Tablet Operation and Reference Manual is Apple Computer's owner's manual for the Apple Graphics Tablet for the Apple II, copyright 1979. The scan has 67 pages, photographed from a spiral-bound copy, and no usable text layer.
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Introduction
- Chapter 1, Getting Started: what you will need, unpacking, plugging in, installing the interface card (any slot except slot 0), backing up the diskette, starting up, the menu overlay and aligning the menu
- Chapter 2, The Graphics Tablet Software: drawing, the menus and the colour menu, saving and loading pictures, viewports and reductions
- Later chapters and appendices: programming the tablet from BASIC and machine language (firmware entry points and parameters), backing up the diskettes, and care of the tablet (Appendix A: the wood base, sheet-metal baseplate and snap-on cover; keeping magnets and diskettes away; "dead spots" from magnetic exposure or jarring, which a service centre corrects)
What this document does not contain
[edit | edit source]A user manual: no schematic and no service procedures. The interface card is drawn in Apple Graphics Tablet Interface Card Schematic (050-0020-02) and Apple's service pages are Apple Graphics Tablet Technical Procedures.
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Apple Graphics Tablet: cites Chapter 1
Download: Apple Graphics Tablet Operation and Reference Manual 1979.pdf