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Introduction
The various versions of the Aztec C Shell address the lack of a
decent (or "sufficiently robust") command interpreter in computers like
the Apple II. Manx's solution was to make these computers look and act like
"little Unix" systems. They were not alone in this either. Several others
wrote Unix-like shells as general working environments or for
various compilers "back in the day".
The Aztec C Shells for Apple II computers running DOS 3.3 and ProDOS
are up for download from the links below. You do not need Aztec C to use
these. However please also note that the native mode compilers for the
Apple II listed on the compilers page all
come with the Aztec C Shell for their respective target OS's, be
they DOS 3.3 or ProDOS 8.
"Curating" the Aztec C Shells for the Apple II was not a solo effort by
any means. Phoenyx and Rubywand and Paul R.
Santa-Maria provided most of the pieces of this perfectly enjoyable puzzle.
If you have not yet experienced just how well-done James Goodnow's efforts
in making the Apple II into a Unix-like environment were "back in the day",
you really must play with these even if you are not a programmer.
Please see the ReadMe's below and the Docs in the ZIP files for
additional details. The SHELL commands for the ProDOS shell version are
also described at the following link in the Shell Commands sections:
http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/cat2.htm
As noted above, it was not only Aztec C who made these Unix-like shells and
several more are also available from here (Back to Top) and
others will be added as time permits.
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