Volume 1 -- Issue 1            October, 1980

Welcome to the premier issue of the Apple Assembly Line!

This new monthly newsletter is dedicated to the many Apple owners using assembly language, or who would like to learn how.  Articles will include commented disassemblies of Apple ROM routines, DOS, and other commercial software; how to augment and modify existing products; beginner's lessons in assembly language; handy subroutines every programmer needs in his tool kit; and many more.

In this issue you will find a tutorial on efficient ways to increment and decrement multiple-byte values, a very powerful subroutine for formatting messages on the screen, and patch code for the S-C ASSEMBLER II Version 4.0 to "adapt" it to the Paymar Lower-Case Adapter.  There is also an article describing a recently reported error found in ALL 6502 chips, and a brief announcement of some new products from S-C SOFTWARE.

Since there will be a lot of source code printed in this and forthcoming issues of the Apple Assembly Line, I plan to offer quarterly diskettes containing all published source code (in the format of the S-C ASSEMBLER II Version 4.0) at a nominal price.  How does $15 per quarter sournd?  Of course, you can always type it in....  The articles should be considered copy-righted, but feel free to use the code in any way you can.  It is printed here for your enlightenment, entertainment, and for your USE.  I hope you find it all helpful.

I do not know all there is to know about the 6502, or the Apple, or about anything!  Nor do I have an infinite amount of time.  Therefore, I will be happy to accept articles and programs from you.  I may print them exactly as you write them, or I may modify them first.  In any case, you will get credit, and the satisfaction of knowing you are helping many others in their conquest of the computer.

If you know others who should be receiving this newsletter, spread the word!  If you are not subscribing yet, then send your $12 today!  If you have any comments about the content, format, or whatever, write now!  Or, you can call me during reasonable at (214) 324-2050.

               Sincerely,

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               Bob Sander-Cederlof
