Understanding the Apple II by Jim Sather, 1983 #MARCHintosh #Apple #VintageComputing
Adafruit showcased the Apple Red Book (The Apple II Reference Manual, January 1978) this week. It contained schematics and specifications for the Apple II computer. Matt replied to the blog post, stating:
“(I) always love to see old computers at Adafruit! if you enjoy the red book, the next must-read is understanding the Apple II by Jim Sather. an amazing book from ’83 that contains a full set of re-drawn schematics, explains how it all works, covers the floppy interface, language card, the II Plus, suggests add-in card designs you might want to build, etc. Truly a master work. check it out on archive.org…”
A wonderful recommendation and appropriate for #MARCHintosh.
You can read the full text of Sather’s book at Archive.org.
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