Tag: Don Williams

The Wozpak Special Edition Now 20% Off

The Wozpak Special Edition is now priced for the Christmas Holidays.  The 350 page book with the notes from Steve Wozniaks’s Apple-1 and Apple II notes was produced in coordination with Steve Woznaik by Brian Wiser and Bill Martens.  It includes a number of interesting items and introductions from the men who made the Apple II computer what it became. It is normally available for the list price of $49.95, but during the holidays, it is 20% off at just…

A.P.P.L.E. BASIC Classes Ad

BASIC Programming Classes

Don Williams will be our instructor again for two levels of Integer Basic Programming classes available to our members.   Beginning and Intermediate classes will be available, with the beginning class starting sometime in August. Details will be available in the next issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Key Clicker Routine

If you have a newer Apple with the silent keyboard, Don Williams has written a short and sweet machine language routine to solve your problem. 0300:  48              PHA 0301 : A9 20        LDA #$20 0303: 8D 30 CO   STA $C030 0306: 20 A8 FC    JSR $FCA8 0309: 8D 30 CO   STA $C030 030C: 68              PLA 030D: 4C 1B FD   JMP $FDIB 0038: 00 03 Once you store the address ($0300) in location $38 and hit return, your keys will click…

Meeting Minutes

A.P.P.L.E. Meeting Minutes

Date: 20 June 1978 Time: 7:07 pm The meeting got off to a flying start at 7:07 PM as we introduced ourselves. Our official membership now stands at about 64, with 31 present at this meeting. (And in the two weeks since the meeting, has increased to over 100!) Val reported that the new Call -A. P. P. L. E. “Hot Line” has been installed and that the number is 932 -6588. (Where have we heard that number before?) This…

Assembly Language Classes

The Assembly Language classes are now scheduled to start June 1 at Empire Electronics. Cost $35 per persorn including Synertek manual. To sign up, call Tom Geer at (206)244-5200 or Don Williams at (206)242-6807. The course includes Number Systems, Boolean Algebra, 6502 Instruction set and Programming.

Coming Up In Call-A.P.P.L.E.

For Applesoft users, a fix decimal point routine by Bob Huelsdonk and a floating point foutine for Integer Basic by Don Williams, along with YOUR programs and YOUR articles. Our pay scale is pretty low (nothing!), but the rewards are gratifying… By submitting your programs to our library, you have helped another member with your contribution!

Meeting Minutes

18 April 1978 Meeting Time: 1905 Place: Omega Stereo in Bellevue The meeting was held at Omega Stereo in Bellevue. Val Golding called the meeting to order at 7:05 and led the introductions to the 22. members present. Mike Thyng read the March minutes, which were then approved. Val reported he had contacted a Sottech representative concerning club use of their software.  They appear to be willing to work with us on royalties, and we voted to ask Val to…

Don’s Translator

I would like to comment briefly on my. experience running Don’ s program the first time.  Like most of you, I have had very little to do  with low level programming. With Don’s program, I was able to see at a glance how a BASIC line like “500 PRINT” translated into Hex bytes 08 F4 01 63 01, and in turn, I was able enter a line of Basic from machine language.  Examining the result, I was able to determine…

Mike’s Thing

A collection of tidbits worth nothing What is a color monitor worth to you? One of our number has access to same and will consider all serious offers… If you want 16K chips, tell us. We would have to buy a large quantity, true, but we have to know how many we can handle before we approach a manufacturer. We feel we could do something for under $250. Speak now or forever hold your chips. We have to get moving…