The Emulated version of First Screening

On this page you can

• download the original .DSK file of First Screening that bp Nichol created using Apple Basic for the Apple IIe in 1983-84; this was distributed as the Underwhich edition;
• download a program that emulates the Apple IIe on PCs or Macs;
• play First Screening on your computer through the emulator;
• view the printed matter included with the Underwhich edition of First Screening;
• view the original source code.

Instructions (PC)

• Download and unzip the original DSK file. The zip file contains FirstScreening.dsk (which is in DOS 3.3 format, which the original was in); FirstScreening.po (in ProDOS format) and FirstScreeningBybpNichol.txt, which is a text file of the source code.
• Download and unzip the Applewin emulator. Alternatively, do an Internet search of 'emulator' and 'Apple IIe' and pick a different emulator.
• Run the Applewin.exe emulator.
• Click the icon.
• Navigate to FirstScreening.dsk (or FirstScreening.po) and double-click it .
• Click the button.
• If it does not start by itself, type

  RUN FIRST SCREENING

  and press the “Enter” key.
• When First Screening halts, you are given instructions on how to run "Off-Screen Romance". Try any of these:

  RUN  1748
  RUN 1748-
  GOSUB 1748
  GOSUB 1748-
  GOSUB 1600

Instructions (Mac)

http://apple2.intergalactic.de ("OSXII", an Apple //e emulator for Mac OS X utilizing Cocoa and OpenGL) is an emulator we hear works properly on some Macs. Another is Virtual ][ at http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/VirtualII

An incomplete list of Apple IIe emulators for the Mac is at http://www.zophar.net/mac/apple2.html (this list doesn't include "OSXII"). Many of these haven't worked for us.

In the meantime, Mac users can view the JavaScript version or the QuickTime version.

Printed matter from First Screening

The below graphics are from Geof Huth's copy of the original Underwhich edition of First Screening. Click the graphics for larger versions.

Front Cover

Colophon

Introduction by bpNichol

Disk sleeve. The disk is a 5.25” floppy.

Back label