The premier source of Apple-labeled tools, books and technical resources for development on all Apple platforms. I found these catalogs to be very useful for finding URLs I could use in the way back machine to find cached versions of Apple’s sites, and to find out what documents were being published at the time the catalog was published.
NOTE: see my Macintosh Reference Documentation post for other information sources.
Printed Editions (1996 to 1997)
- The Apple Developer Catalog (January 1996): found that a copy of this version was sold on eBay, hopefully it is scanned by the new owner.
- The Apple Developer Catalog (April 1996): Announcement of the QuickTime VR Authorizing Tool Suite 1.0, with a focus on QuickTime Panoramas. Descriptions of: Apple’s Multimedia Information Mailing, Essentials – Tools – Objects (E.T.O), Apple Developer Program, Apple Developer Mailing, Developer University.
- The Apple Developer Catalog (August 1996): Announcement of the Apple Developer Catalog Online (see below), the Apple Online Media Information Source, the WWDC to Go CD-ROM, and the descriptions of the Mailings, Essentials, Programs etc.
- The Apple Developer Catalog (November 1996): Announcement of Kaidan’s object rig for QuicktimeVR, that Inside Macintosh Books are now available on CD. (scan mislabelled as November 1997 on the internet archive)
- The Apple Developer Catalog (February 1997): Announcement of the QuickTime VR Authorizing Tool Suite 2.0, HyperCard 2.3.5 Value Bundle includes the highly acclaimed game MYST, LiveCard that can be used to run stacks on the Web that can be viewed in any major Web browser.
Online Versions (1996 to 1997)
The Online Catalog was closed on October 31st, 1997 and user were redirected to Apple’s Developer Connection Programs.
devcatalog.apple.com (July 15th 1997) :
- All Inside Macintosh books now 50% off! Check out the complete list of titles and new low prices.
- For those new to ETO, edition #23 is now only $99. Those of you who are familiar with ETO, the #23 Update is only $49.
- QuickTime VR Authoring Tools Suite 2.0 is now shipping! Learn more about QTVR 2.0 and the new book/CD-ROM package, Virtual Reality Programming with QuickTime VR 2.0 and place your order today.
- Upgrade to Apple Media Tool 2.1 from 2.0 for only $75, and to Apple Media Tool Programming Environment 2.1 from 2.0 for $145. Alternatively, upgrade both products together for $195 and save some money.