''Apple Assembly Line'' was a monthly
newsletter
A newsletter is a printed or electronic report containing news concerning the activities of a business or an organization that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers. Newsletters generally contain one main topic of int ...
edited by Bob Sander-Cederlof from October 1980 through May 1988. The publisher was S-C Software Corporation based in
Dallas, Texas.
Overview
The newsletter focused on
assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (or assembler language, or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as Assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence be ...
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-m ...
personal computer. Initially, the programs were only written for the
6502 microprocessor, but this expanded to the
65C02,
65802
The W65C816S (also 65C816 or 65816) is an 8/16-bit microprocessor (MPU) developed and sold by the Western Design Center (WDC). Introduced in 1985, the W65C816S is an enhanced version of the WDC 65C02 8-bit MPU, itself a CMOS enhancement of the ...
, 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. It ...
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
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Newsletters
Science and technology magazines published in the United States
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