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Legacy documents consist of guides, references, sample code, and other resources that have become irrelevant for current product development. Some of these documents describe features, functions, classes, or methods that are no longer supported. Other legacy documents describe currently supported technologies, but the approaches and development techniques described in these documents are no longer recommended.
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+5 Volt Trickle (HTML)
HW21.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1993-04-01
8*24 GC QuickDraw and Deaccelerated CopyBits (HTML)
QD16.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-02-01
_AddDrive, _DrvrInstall, and _DrvrRemove (HTML)
DV02.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-03-01
_PBClose the Barn Door (HTML)
DV13.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-06-01
A/ROSE & MCP Card Q&As (HTML)
PT505.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Absolute Pointing Device Memory Structure (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-02-01
Accessing the ARA/PPP password (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW56.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-05-17
Accessing the DialAssist data (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW51.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-07-11
ADB - The Untold Story: Space Aliens Ate My Mouse (HTML)
HW01.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
ADBReInit on the SE with System 4.1: Don't Call It (HTML)
HW02.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-07-01
Adding dependencies with kmodload (HTML)
QA1097.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2001-12-05
Apple Desktop Bus Q&As (HTML)
HW505.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Apple Mass Storage Class Driver always matches to my device at startup (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1131.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2002-05-23
AppleVision Technote (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1105.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1997-12-01
Are the Name Registry device tree nodes unique? (HTML)
HW64: Discusses whether Name Registry nodes copied from the Open Firmware device tree are unique.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-11
Asserting fast-back-to-back transfers in the PCI Power Mac (HTML)
HW22.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
AsyncDriverSample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
ATA Device Software Guide Additions and Corrections (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1098.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1997-07-01
ATA Manager Events Clarified (HTML)
DV24.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-12-07
ATADemo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
ATAErrorDetector (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Audio CD Tool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
BasicDiskImage (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Boot Blocks (HTML)
DV03: Warns that Boot Block form and function will change and describes undocumented Boot Blocks features.
Deprecated Technical Notes 1987-03-01
Break/CTS Device Driver Event Structure (HTML)
HW04.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-12-01
Bus Error Handlers (HTML)
DV04.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-02-01
BusErrorTest (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Byte Smear(ing) Tactics (HTML)
HW05.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-08-01
Cache As Cache Can (HTML)
HW06.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1989-10-01
Calling ataManager on a Power Macintosh (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
DV26.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-09-21
CD Tracker (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
CD-ROM Driver Calls (HTML)
DV22: Discusses public interface to Apple CD-ROM driver and supersedes information in AppleCD SC Developer's Guide.
Deprecated Technical Notes 2000-08-14
CD-ROM Notes (Most Excellent) (HTML)
DV18.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-02-01
CD-ROM Q&As (HTML)
DV505.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
CDROMDriveCheck (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
CDTool (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Checking for the Printer Driver (HTML)
DV42: Describes a legacy Mac OS technique avoiding system hangs when using serial drivers on USB systems.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 2000-06-19
CMOS On Macintosh LC PDS (HTML)
HW07.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1991-02-01
Color Monitor Connections (HTML)
HW08.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1987-07-01
Communications Toolbox Overview Q&As (HTML)
CM505.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Composite Class Driver loads via both Driver/InterfaceInitialize entry point (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
USB04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-09-28
Composite SIMMs Not Supported (HTML)
HW33.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1993-06-01
Connecting to a Sleeping or Dozing Macintosh (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
NW46.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-01-31
Connection Manager Q&As (HTML)
CM510.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Cooperating with the Coprocessor (HTML)
HW22.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1989-06-01
Coordinating Deferred Tasks and Secondary Interrupts (HTML)
DV45.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-11-08
CPUGestalt (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Shows how to determine the processor type of the Macintosh you're running on.
Deprecated Sample Code 2003-10-27
Creating a Monitors Control Panel Extension (HTML)
HW24.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
Customizing Desktop Printer Utility (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
TN1113.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2000-08-14
DDC Information Source (HTML)
HW27.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-22
Detecting CD/DVD media types (HTML)
QA1001.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2001-02-21
Detecting specific ROM-in-RAM Mac (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW49: Identifying a Mac by name ("iMac"), and better alternatives for determining specific features ("has Firewire").
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1999-10-05
Determining a PostScript Printer's Optimal Resolution (HTML)
QD44.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
Determining if a Drive is a Network Volume (HTML)
FL01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-11-01
Determining if a PCI Bus Exists (HTML)
HW01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1998-09-01
Determining Power PC Type 11 Errors (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
PLAT21.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-02-15
Determining the Size of the Disk Cache (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME04.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
Determining the State of the Modern Memory Manager (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
ME03.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1996-07-03
Determining Whether a Device Supports Asynchronous I/O (HTML)
DV05.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Developing a SCSI SIM for a PCI SCSI Controller (HTML)
HW13.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
Device Driver Flags (HTML)
DV27.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-03-14
Device Management Overview Q&As (HTML)
DV520.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Device Manager (HTML)
DV01.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-05-01
Device Manager Q&As (HTML)
DV515.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Difference between PCCard SDK2 and SDK3 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW62.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-03-29
Differences between iMac models (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW32.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1999-01-25
DisableEject (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Disconnect/Retry (HTML)
HW07.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
Disk Icons (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Docking Manager Q&As (HTML)
DV526.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1993-05-01
Don't Look at ioPosOffset for Devices (HTML)
FL24.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1998-06-01
DR Emulator Caches (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW28: Describes the Dynamic Recompiling emulator's cache, including a description of when to flush the cache.
Deprecated Technical Q&As 1996-04-08
Drive Queue Elements (HTML)
DV05.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1985-06-01
Driver Education (HTML)
DV23.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-08-01
Driver Loader Library Call GetDriverInformation: A Bug & Workaround (HTML)
TN1025.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1996-02-01
DriverGestalt Demo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
DriverGestaltExplorer (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Drivers & DAs in Need of (a Good) Time (HTML)
DV19.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1989-08-01
DriverServicesLib Queue Routines (HTML)
DV40.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2000-01-18
DropPrint USB (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-03-26
EgretWakeup (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
ENET sample (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Error Loading: DriverServicesLib (-2804) Error Explained (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QD3D59.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1997-07-11
Ethernet Driver Message Blocks (HTML)
HW09.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
Explicitly Forcing PCI Burst Transfers (HTML)
HW19.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-15
FCode & OS X (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1106.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2002-01-15
Fear No SCSI (HTML)
DV24.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1992-09-01
File Corruption with SCSI Manager 4.3 (HTML)
DV06.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 1995-07-01
Finders and Foreign Drives (HTML)
TB10.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1984-05-01
Finding Drivers in the Unit Table (HTML)
DV06.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-02-01
FindSerialPorts (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-15
FireWire for Mac OS 9: An Overview (HTML)
TN2126.
Unsupported Technical Notes 2004-09-17
Fixed CLUT Devices and the Single Techno Nerd (HTML)
QD19.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1992-12-01
Floppy Disk Interface Q&As (HTML)
HW510.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1990-10-01
Floppy II (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
Forcing Floppy Disk Size to be Either 400K or 800K (HTML)
DV07.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1986-02-01
FormatAsDOS (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-01-14
FPU Operations on Macintosh Quadra Computers (HTML)
HW23.
Unsupported Technical Notes 1992-06-01
FWSendSoftwareInterrupt vs. SendSoftwareInterrupt (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1002.
Unsupported Technical Q&As 2002-02-13
GDevVideo (HTML) (DMG) (ZIP)
Unsupported Sample Code 2003-07-22