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Inside Macintosh X-Ref 1988

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The Inside Macintosh X-Ref is Apple Computer's combined index, trap list and glossary for its Macintosh programming books, published by Addison-Wesley, copyright 1988 by Apple Computer, Inc. The copyright page prints two ISBNs, 0-201-13694-5 and 0-201-19265-9; the hosted scan is of the third printing, July 1988. The cover subtitle is "Your key to Apple's official programming books for the Macintosh family of computers".[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as 122 pages.[2]

Its general index covers eight books: all five volumes of Inside Macintosh, the Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family, the Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family and Designing Cards and Drivers for the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE, plus the Macintosh Technical Notes for 1984-1987. Each entry carries a letter code for the book (I-V, P, T, C, N). It also has a new index of constants and field names.[3]

Contents

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

  • Preface: About This Book, p. 1
  • Index I: General Index, p. 3
  • Index II: Constants and Field Names, p. 49
  • Appendix A: Routines That May Move or Purge Memory, p. 59
  • Appendix B: System Traps (sorted by name, p. 63; by trap word, p. 72)
  • Appendix C: Global Variables, p. 83
  • Glossary, p. 89

What this document does not contain

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It is an index to programming books. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data. The hosted scan is 130 pages, including the covers.

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Download: Inside_Macintosh_X-Ref_1988.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ Apple Computer, Inc., Inside Macintosh X-Ref (Addison-Wesley, 1988; third printing July 1988), cover and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-3).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Inside Macintosh X-Ref, record OL2097464M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Inside Macintosh X-Ref, Preface and Index I introduction, pp. 1-3 (PDF pp. 8-9).
  4. ↑ Inside Macintosh X-Ref, Contents (PDF p. 6).
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