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From: D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject: Re: Retrieve hires pixel value
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 19:46:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Antoine Vignau wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 12:55:07 AM UTC+2, D Finnigan wrote:
>> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> > 
>> > As I understand it, Bill Gates (or Microsoft) didn’t have anything to
>> > do
>> > with the hi-res graphics extensions—that was Apple’s (mostly Woz’s)
>> > contribution. 
>> >
>> 
>> Randy Wigginton addd the hi-res commands to Applesoft.
> 
> *****************************
> *                           *
> *       APPLESOFT:          *
> * FLOATING POINT BASIC FOR  *
> *      THE APPLE-][         *
> *                           *
> *  COPYRIGHT 1978 BY        *
> *  APPLE COMPUTER INC.      *
> *   ALL RIGHTS RESERVED     *
> *                           *
> *  WRITTEN BY MICROSOFT     *
> *                           *
> * EXTENDED BY R. WIGGINTON  *
> *                           *
> *****************************
> 
> and...
> 
> ;TITLE "APPLE II HI-RES GRAPHICS ROUTINES"
> **************************
> *                        *
> * APPLE-II HI-RESOLUTION * 
> *  GRAPHICS SUBROUTINES  * 
> *                        * 
> *    BY WOZ   9/13/77    * 
> *                        *
> *  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED   *
> *                        * 
> **************************
>

Right. Woz wrote the hi-res routines for Programmer's Aid #1, and Wigginton
added them to Applesoft.

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