Apple Interfacing for Apple II.

The purpose in writing this book is to introduce you to the signals within the Apple II computer and to show you how these signals can be used to control external devices under the control of BASIC language programs. A general-purpose computer interface breadboard has been developed to speed your circuit design and testing so that you can easily perform the many interesting experiments that are included in the book. By using a design system such as the one
described in this book, you will spend your time concentrating on the ·principles involved, rather than troubleshooting your circuits.
However, you will have the opportunity to build and test many digital circuits, as well as circuits that use digital-to-analog and analog to-digital converters.
We have chosen to use the Apple II computer with 16K of read/write memory, and the Applesoft BASIC interpreter program. This software provides a great deal of flexibility and it is worth having it available when you are using external interface circuits. The Applesoft BASIC interpreter has two general-purpose commands that can be used to transfer information to and from the computer. These instructions are easily mastered, without requiring a detailed
understanding of the 6502 microprocessor integrated circuit (IC) that is used as the "heart" of the Apple II.

CHAPTER 1 6502 PROCESSOR
Memory-Input/Output ( I/O) Devices-Software I/O Control Instructions
CHAPTER 2 APPLE INTERFACING .
I/O Device Address Decoding-Device Addressing
CHAPTER 3 I/O DEVICE INTERFACING .
Output Ports-Input Ports
CHAPTER 4 FLAGS AND DECISIONS .
I/O Device Synchronization-Logical Operations and Flags-FlagDetecting Software-Assembly-Language Logical Operations-Complex Flags-Flag Circuits-Multiple Flags-Interrupts-Final Words
CHAPTER 5 BREADBOARDING WITH THE APPLE
Basic Breadboard-Connections to the Apple-Other Considerations
CHAPTER 6 APPLE INTERFACE EXPERIMENTS .
Introduction to the Experiments-Use of the Logic Probe-Use of the
Device Address Decoder-Using Device Select Pulses-Constructing
an Input Port-Multibyte Input Ports-Input Port Applications-Input Port Applications (11)-Constructing an Output Port-Output Port and Input Port Interactions-Data Logging and Display-Simple
Digital-to-Analog Converter-Output Ports, BCD and Binary Codes
-Output Ports Traffic Light Controller-Logic-Device Tester-Simple Flag Circuits-A Simple Analog-to-Digital Converter
CHAPTER 7 ON THE BUS
Interface Control Signals-An Interfacing Example
APPENDIX A LOGIC FUNCTIONS 
APPENDIX B PARTS REQUIRED FOR THE EXPERIMENTS
APPENDIX C 6502 MICROPROCESSOR TECHNICAL DATA
APPENDIX D APPLE INTERFACE BREADBOARD PARTS
APPENDIX E PRINTED-CIRCUIT BOARD ARTWORK 

Publisher: Blacksburg
Author: Jonathon S. Titus, David G. Larsen, Christopher A. Titus
Platform: Apple II