If you already know Basic and have access to one of the popular Apple models, you're on your way to developing real expertise on the subject. The book combines color, graphics, and sound with clear-cut demonstrations to help you learn-FAST. You'll start off simply, using Basic statements like POKE, PEEK< and CALL to enter and execute machine language programs. Then you'll develop a Basic operating system, entering and executing your machine language programs from there. The next step will have you using an Apple System Monitor to program directly and save the time usually needed to interpret Basic statements. Finally, you'll learn how to use the Apple Mini-Assembler to avoid the troublesome details involved with direct machine language programming. All in a few, quick stages-you'll be surprised at how uncomplicated it is!