How II 0x0E: Beep! Beep!

I take a bit of a different direction this month, and give you an assembly tutorial (very simple assembly, I promise) on making the Apple II beep. Clicking the speaker, a couple of loops, and that’s it – you’re on your way to making music. Assembly Lines on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/2qMjk5J Virtual ][: http://www.virtualii.com/ The music […]

How II 0x07 – Keyboard Repairs, part 2

Following up from episode 0x02, I finally dig into the inner operations of a pair of keyswitches, cleaning and replacing them. There’s danger! Romance! A shout-out to Dave from the EEVBlog! (https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog) Also, shameless self-promotion: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/pressurepen Tools used: Multimeter: (Get a good one) http://amzn.to/1SN1gmL (or a cheap one) http://amzn.to/1U1h46N Desoldering iron (solder sucker type): http://amzn.to/1PjTCxQ […]