''Apple Assembly Line'' was a monthly
newsletter
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edited by Bob Sander-Cederlof from October 1980 through May 1988. The publisher was S-C Software Corporation based in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wi ...
.
Overview
The newsletter focused on
assembly language programming for the
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-mold ...
personal computer. Initially, the programs were only written for the
6502 microprocessor, but this expanded to the
65C02,
65802, and
65816 microprocessors as the Apple II family continued to develop.
Sander-Cederlof used the S-C Macro Assembler, which he had authored and sold himself, to publish his programs. At its peak, the newsletter had over 1000 subscribers–mainly those learning to program in assembly language–with issues being mailed all over the world.
In a retrospective of Apple II periodicals, Steven Weyhrich wrote:
See also
*
List of publications and periodicals devoted to the Apple II
The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer. It is one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. Introduced in 1977, it was the first consumer product sold by Apple Computer and the first model in the Apple II series. Its suc ...
References
External links
Official ArchiveiPhone PurchasingDownloadable Programs
Apple II periodicals
Mass media in Dallas
1980 establishments in Texas
1988 disestablishments in Texas
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1980
Magazines disestablished in 1988
Magazines published in Texas
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Newsletters
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