Apple Assembly Line

1986 Contents

January 1986:

• Convert Lo-Res Pictures to Hi-Res
• A Question About BRUN
• Monthly AAL Source Disk Subscriptions
• Text File Transfer Using DOS 3.3 File Manager
• Fast 6502 & 65802 Multiply Routines
• RAMWORKS Compatible Auxiliary MOVE Routine
• Correction to DOS/ProDOS Double INIT
• An Interesting Bit of Trivia

February 1986:

• WildCAT for DOS 3.3
• Mitsubishi 50740 Series Microprocessors
• Faster Cyclic Redundancy Checking
• Correction to Fast Garbage Collection
• DOS Patch: Prevent Direct Commands

March 1986:

• Modifying ProDOS for Non-standard ROMs
• Even Faster 65802 16x16 Multiply
• Some More Rumors
• Add Smarts to 65816 Dis-Assembler
• Fastest 6502 Multiplication Yet
• New Hardware for Programming PALs
• Review of Applied Engineering Transwarp
• New Book by Tom Weishaar
• Which Processor Am I In?

April 1986:

• Tools for Restoring Lost Catalogs
• Writing Messages in Windows
• On Dividing a BCD Value by 4
• Booting into 80 Columns
• Faster Boot and More Space for DOS 3.3
• A "Gotcha!" in the New //c ROMs

May 1986:

• DOS 3.3 for the UniDisk 3.5
• Recovering & Repairing Lost Programs
• More and Better Division by Seven

June 1986:

• Using the 65816 Stack Relative Mode
• Fast 16x16 Multiply & Divide in 65802
• The Real Story about DOS and BRUN
• Toggling Between Two Values
• Using Apple's Protocol Converter
• Generalized MLI System Error Handling
• Practical Application of CRC

July 1986:

• New ProDOS Program Selector
• Using DP18 Under ProDOS
• Booting DOS 3.3 from the UniDisk 3.5
• How Many Cycles Does "BRL" Take?

August 1986:

• Minor Correction to Bob's New QUIT Code
• Fast Integer Square Roots
• Updated Memory-vs-File Maps for ProDOS
• DUMP Command for DOS 3.3
• Compatibility with the Laser-128
• Convert Lo-Res Pictures to Double Hi-Res (with Info about Two Secret RGB Modes)
• Another Way Around the BRUN Problem
• PEA, PEI, PER Instructions in 65802/16

September 1986:

• Short Symbol Table Listing
• Minuteman 250 UPS
• Automatic Setup for ProDOS S-C Macro Assembler
• More on DOS 3.3 and BRUN
• Important Patch for ProDOS S-C Macro Assembler
• Patch Bob's ProDOS Selector for Videx
• MLI Calls and the Monitor "L" Command
• That Other Integer Square Root
• Thoughts on the ProDOS Bit Map

October 1986:

• Apple Finally Lift the Lid on the IIgs
• Convert Hi-Res Pictures to Double Hi-Res
• Moore Screen Tricks
• Text Window Inverter
• Woz's Five-Digit Math Puzzler
• Automatic SETUP Revised
• Another Selector Note
• New RAK-Ware Utility "ScreenGen"
• Cumulative Index Volume 4, 5, and 6

November 1986:

• Ultra-Fast Integer Square Roots
• New ProDOS Bug and Fix
• Timing Apple Programs with Another Apple
• The //gs Reference Manuals
• PAUSE Directive for S-C Macro Assembler 2.0
• //gs Battery RAM and Clock/Calendar

December 1986:

• Eight Ways to Count Bits in a Byte
• Apple //gs ROM Checksummer
• Who Worked on the //gs?
• Commented Listing of ProDOS, $DE00-DEF2
• Another Update to Bob's Program Selector
• Beginning to Peek at the //gs Monitor
• Corrections to HR to DHR Converter
• Demo of Two Simple //gs Tools
• Woz Re-Codes Hi-Res Address Calculations
• Woz Number Game
• Customizing Format Tables in Rak-Ware DISASM