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The Complete Book of Macintosh Assembly language Programming Vol I
Posted by: Juror22 on 2025-11-22 20:08:57
I've been looking for a copy of Vol I ever since I found a copy of the Vol II, pdf online. They occasionally come up, but for more money than I'm willing to pay. The other day, one came up in my eBay search results from Thriftbooks for $18 shipped and I bought it a few mins later. The book is in better shape than the photo shows and most of the pages are pristine, although some have a little edge damage.

I am really going to enjoy using this! 😎
MAC ALP vol1.jpg
Posted by: n8blz on 2025-11-22 21:21:09
Nice. Can you make a pdf for us?
Posted by: Juror22 on 2025-11-22 21:48:43
Can you make a pdf for us?
I'm (finally) taking some time off from work this week and the plan is to build a version of the Book shooter MK5 and make pdfs of a couple books.
Look for an update later this week. The Vol I is 588 pages, including the covers, other book info, etc.
Posted by: n8blz on 2025-11-23 06:48:11
Amazing!! Thanks for you efforts I can’t wait.
Posted by: adespoton on 2025-11-24 15:11:14
books.google.ca

The Complete Book of Macintosh Assembly Language Programming

books.google.ca

Nice find! This is a book I was trying to get my hands on way back in 1989, and it wasn't available in my area.
Posted by: n8blz on 2025-11-24 16:33:33
Yeah. That can’t be made offline. No use to me.
Posted by: Juror22 on 2025-12-30 19:30:40
I finally got my book scanner built, and dialing in the exact lighting and camera placement is taking a bit of time, but I am getting closer and had some individual shots during testing that are perfect except for a small reflection from a seam that I need to mask.
Posted by: Juror22 on 2025-12-31 10:22:33
I'm still sorting out how best to capture the images - here are some examples that I took (still tuning the angles of the camera, light position, etc.)
1) taken with the camera and adjusted for trapezoid (I think that is where the RH focus issues come from) and lighting
photo01.jpg
2,3) vFlat scans - unadjusted (smaller file - 1/4 the size, automatically flattened and cropped, but the text seems slightly blurry)
scanner01.JPGscanner02.JPG
4) vFlat scan - adjusted for lighting (and glare on the RH side)

scanner03.jpg
I'm still tuning things in, so if anyone has suggestions (particularly about the text blur) let me know.
Posted by: frontein1 on 2025-12-31 15:47:20
I'm (finally) taking some time off from work this week and the plan is to build a version of the Book shooter MK5 and make pdfs of a couple books.
Look for an update later this week. The Vol I is 588 pages, including the covers, other book info, etc.
OMG, I cannot wait for this PDF! Thank you so much for doing this 🙂
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