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Assembly Lines #121 – Disabling your Disk Drive Write-Protect Switch

In Assembly Lines Podcast episode #121, Chris Torrence takes us inside of disabling the write protect switch in a disk II drive and the newer 5.25″ drive produced by Apple after 1982. He goes into disassembly, functioning of the switch and the disabling of the switch. Check it out here:

Assembly Lines Episode 108 Released

Chris Torrence has released the latest episode of his Assembly Lines videocast. Episode 108 goes through a myriad of items released this year for the Apple II series computers including the VidHD HDMI Card as well as the Total Replay disk image from Mark Pilgrim. If you enjoy Chris’s Assembly Lines videos, be sure to support him through Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/ChrisTorrence

Apple II in 1080p: The VidHD

In his latest video, Chris Torrence reviews the VidHD card from Blue Shift. The card lets you connect your Apple II, II+, IIe, or IIGS to a 1080p monitor or TV. Watch now!

Quiet Down Your Kensington System Saver

Ever wish you could cool off your Apple II without all of the fan noise from the Kensington System Saver? Watch as we tear apart the System Saver and replace the fan with an ultra-quiet version: https://youtu.be/KnliZMbmGQA See more Assembly Lines podcast videos at: http://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisTorrence1

Assembly Lines Podcast #56 – Fixing Bugs in Wizardry

Chris Torrence comes to us once again with an interesting Assembly Language problem. Wizardry, one of the early Apple RPG’s, on the Apple II and II plus runs normally, however, running it on the Apple IIe causes an issue with the computer switching to 80 column mode and causing weird issues with the displayed text. Suddenly instead of the normal display of the text, it puts spaces between each character of the text. While most people who have played the…

Assembly Lines Pod Cast # 41 Released

Chris torrence has announced the availability of the latest rendition of his Assemnbly Lines Pod Cast.  Edition # 41 covers ProDOS 2.4.1 and the Bitsy Bye disassembly.  You can listen to the Assembly Lines Pod Cast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6P_a5C4Z0 or by subscribing to Chris Torrence’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrnCRkPLoXXzTtWX9dBJsnA

Source code for the Apple II Web Server

In the Assembly Lines Podcast #18, Chris Torrence displayed the capabilities of the Apple II based Web Server.  For those wanting to install their own, you will want to meander over to David Schmenk’s PLASMA Source page.  David has made the source code available as part of the samples package for PLASMA. Web Server Source Code: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA/blob/master/src/samplesrc/httpd.pla

Web Server for the Apple IIe on Assembly Lines Podcast

Chris Torrence, the production editor on Assembly Lines: The Complete Book, and the curator of the Assembly Lines Podcast has put together a podcast outlining all of the steps necessary to run your own web server from the Apple IIe.  In the Assembly Lines #18 podcast, he runs through the network setup as well as the Apple IIe Contiki setup and in the end shows the Apple IIe serving up a simple breakout game being served to the internet by…

Assembly Lines: The Complete Book Released

Assembly Lines: The Complete Book has been released.  Roger Wagner’s Assembly Lines was an important information source for many programmers in the 1980’s.  The article ran in Softtalk magazine over 33 issues.  Chris Torrence has edited and published this book in close coordination with Roger Wagner under the Creative Commons 2.0 license and it is now available in hard cover from LULU.com for the production only pricing of $21.74. To order a copy of the book, you can go to…