diff --git a/basic/appleiibot/Makefile b/basic/appleiibot/Makefile
index e1abcb20..5c69f2b0 100644
--- a/basic/appleiibot/Makefile
+++ b/basic/appleiibot/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ appleiibot.dsk:	E2.BAS FLAME.BAS FLAME2.BAS HELLO \
 	RLEASM.BAS HORIZON.BAS FLYER.BAS STAR.BAS HYPER.BAS FASTAR.BAS \
 	FASTAR2.BAS BIN.BAS FALLING.BAS SNOW.BAS XMAS.BAS AN3.BAS PLASMA.BAS \
 	C64.BAS SIERPINSKI.BAS FAKES.BAS SIER.BAS DROPS.BAS RR.BAS RR_HGR.BAS \
-	COMBO.BAS
+	COMBO.BAS WIRES.BAS
 	cp empty.dsk appleiibot.dsk
 	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk BSAVE -a 0x0300 LOAD
 	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk SAVE A HELLO
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ appleiibot.dsk:	E2.BAS FLAME.BAS FLAME2.BAS HELLO \
 	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk SAVE A RR.BAS
 	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk SAVE A RR_HGR.BAS
 	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk SAVE A COMBO.BAS
+	$(DOS33) -y appleiibot.dsk SAVE A WIRES.BAS
 
 
 ####
@@ -380,6 +381,12 @@ RR_HGR.BAS:	rr_hgr.bas
 COMBO.BAS:	combo.bas
 	$(TOKENIZE) < combo.bas > COMBO.BAS
 
+####
+
+WIRES.BAS:	wires.bas
+	$(TOKENIZE) < wires.bas > WIRES.BAS
+
+
 
 ####
 
diff --git a/basic/appleiibot/wires.bas b/basic/appleiibot/wires.bas
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13af730f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic/appleiibot/wires.bas
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1FORI=0TO140:POKE875+I,4*PEEK(2125+I)-192+(PEEK(2266+I/3)-35)/4^(I-INT(I/3)*3):NEXT
+2&",cl9E`V3Q/6m^U3QWl?WL60202ZQV0>b4kj_0@`(i1^U:2W0@jd^Xa,k0j_E_B1D^0M9R802,1QePBU3T0XlO;8=mY8J0N9X5U:21oY_03_2V/Z.Y_a/Q463nR4aHZV1`1UI>lMA.84G0S+4C^)'K-)+$#S3*#Z6#'`QK=K/%+6*06*)W;<BC#DUObE_
diff --git a/graphics/gr/plasma/Makefile b/graphics/gr/plasma/Makefile
index 28fbd5b3..b9dd9c2f 100644
--- a/graphics/gr/plasma/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/gr/plasma/Makefile
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ LINKERSCRIPTS = ../../../linker_scripts
 
 all:	plasma.dsk
 
-plasma.dsk:	HELLO PLASMA PLASMA_TINY PLASMA_BOT WIRES
+plasma.dsk:	HELLO PLASMA PLASMA_TINY PLASMA_BOT WIRES WIRES_BOT
 	cp empty.dsk plasma.dsk
 	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk SAVE A HELLO
 	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk BSAVE -a 0x300 PLASMA
 	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk BSAVE -a 0xC00 PLASMA_TINY
 	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk BSAVE -a 0x36B PLASMA_BOT
 	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk BSAVE -a 0xC00 WIRES
+	$(DOS33) -y plasma.dsk BSAVE -a 0x36B WIRES_BOT
 
 ###
 
@@ -53,7 +54,17 @@ wires.o:	wires.s
 	ca65 -o wires.o wires.s -l wires.lst
 
 
+###
+
+WIRES_BOT:	wires_bot.o
+	ld65 -o WIRES_BOT wires_bot.o -C ./apple2_36b.inc
+
+wires_bot.o:	wires_bot.s
+	ca65 -o wires_bot.o wires_bot.s -l wires_bot.lst
+
+
+
 ###
 
 clean:	
-	rm -f *~ *.o *.lst PLASMA PLASMA_TINY PLASMA_BOT
+	rm -f *~ *.o *.lst PLASMA PLASMA_TINY PLASMA_BOT WIRES WIRES_BOT
diff --git a/graphics/gr/plasma/wires.s b/graphics/gr/plasma/wires.s
index 4a14bca6..471b92c4 100644
--- a/graphics/gr/plasma/wires.s
+++ b/graphics/gr/plasma/wires.s
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ CTEMP	= $FC
 	;================================
 plasma:
 
-	jsr	SETGR		; set lo-res 40x40 mode
+;	jsr	SETGR		; set lo-res 40x40 mode
+	bit	SET_GR
 	bit	FULLGR		; make it 40x48
 
 	; we only create a 16x16 texture, which we pattern across 40x48 screen
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ horiz:
 	tya
 	and	#$7
 	beq	ynot
+
 	lda	#$10
 	bne	lookup_smc
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ plot_yloop:
 	asl
 	sta	CTEMP		; save for later
 
-	txa			; get Y in accumulator
+	txa			; get YY in accumulator
 	lsr			; call actually wants Ycoord/2
 
 
diff --git a/graphics/gr/plasma/wires_bot.s b/graphics/gr/plasma/wires_bot.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af10c4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/gr/plasma/wires_bot.s
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+; wires
+
+; 159 -- initial
+; 158 -- jmp to branch
+; 152 -- special case dark blue
+; 151 -- another jmp to branch
+; 148 -- use $10 instead of $ff for black color
+; 147 -- optimize color code
+; 143 -- use 15x15 grid instead of 7x7
+
+; goal=141
+
+.include "zp.inc"
+.include "hardware.inc"
+
+CTEMP	= $FC
+
+
+	;================================
+	; Clear screen and setup graphics
+	;================================
+plasma:
+
+;	jsr	SETGR		; set lo-res 40x40 mode
+;	bit	SET_GR
+;	bit	FULLGR		; make it 40x48
+
+	jsr	$F3D8		; HGR2
+	bit	LORES
+
+;	lda	#$20
+;	sta	HGRPAGE
+	lda	#$10
+;	lsr
+	sta	HGRBITS
+	jsr	$F3F6		; BKGND
+
+	; we only create a 16x16 texture, which we pattern across 40x48 screen
+
+
+; need to beat 30 bytes
+
+	ldx	#15	; store at 15,x and x,15
+			; 240+x, (x*16),15
+
+write_loop:
+
+	txa
+	sta	lookup+240,X
+	sta	lookup+112,X
+
+	asl
+	asl
+	asl
+	asl
+
+;	clc
+
+	tay
+	txa
+	sta	lookup,Y
+
+	dex
+	bpl	write_loop
+
+
+;create_lookup:
+;	ldy	#15
+;create_yloop:
+;	ldx	#15
+;create_xloop:
+
+;	; vertical
+;	txa
+;;	and	#$7
+;	bne	horiz
+;
+;xnot:
+;	tya
+;	bne	lookup_smc
+;
+;horiz:
+;	; horizontal
+;	tya
+;;	and	#$7
+;	beq	ynot
+;
+;	lda	#$10
+;	bne	lookup_smc
+
+;ynot:
+;	txa
+;lookup_smc:
+;	sta	lookup		; always starts at $d00
+
+;	inc	lookup_smc+1
+
+;	dex
+;	bpl	create_xloop
+
+;	dey
+;	bpl	create_yloop
+
+	; X and Y both $FF
+
+create_lookup_done:
+
+forever_loop:
+
+cycle_colors:
+	; cycle colors
+
+	; can't do palette rotate on Apple II so faking it here
+	; just incrementing every entry in texture by 1
+
+	; X is $FF when arriving here
+;	ldx	#0
+	inx	; make X 0
+cycle_loop:
+	ldy	lookup,X
+	cpy	#$10
+	beq	skip_zero
+	iny
+	tya
+	and	#$f
+	sta	lookup,X
+skip_zero:
+	inx
+	bne	cycle_loop
+
+
+
+
+	; set/flip pages
+	; we want to flip pages and then draw to the offscreen one
+
+flip_pages:
+
+;	ldx	#0		; x already 0
+
+	lda	draw_page_smc+1	; DRAW_PAGE
+	beq	done_page
+	inx
+done_page:
+	ldy	PAGE0,X		; set display page to PAGE1 or PAGE2
+
+	eor	#$4		; flip draw page between $400/$800
+	sta	draw_page_smc+1 ; DRAW_PAGE
+
+
+	; plot current frame
+	; scan whole 40x48 screen and plot each point based on
+	; lookup table colors
+plot_frame:
+
+	ldx	#47		; YY=47 (count backwards)
+
+plot_yloop:
+
+	txa			; get (y&0xf)<<4
+	pha			; save YY / SAVEX
+
+	asl
+	asl
+	asl
+	asl
+	sta	CTEMP		; save for later
+
+	txa			; get YY in accumulator
+	lsr			; call actually wants Ycoord/2
+
+
+	ldy	#$0f		; setup mask for odd/even line
+	bcc	plot_mask
+	ldy	#$f0
+plot_mask:
+	sty	MASK
+
+	jsr	GBASCALC	; point GBASL/H to address in (A is ycoord/2)
+				; after, A is GBASL, C is clear
+
+	lda	GBASH		; adjust to be PAGE1/PAGE2 ($400 or $800)
+draw_page_smc:
+	adc	#0
+	sta	GBASH
+
+	;==========
+
+	ldy	#39		; XX = 39 (countdown)
+
+plot_xloop:
+
+	tya			; get x&0xf
+	and	#$f
+	ora 	CTEMP 		; combine with val from earlier
+				; get ((y&0xf)*16)+x
+
+	tax
+
+plot_lookup:
+
+plot_lookup_smc:
+	lda	lookup,X	; load lookup, (y*16)+x
+	cmp	#11
+	bcs	color_notblue	; if < 11, blue
+
+color_blue:
+	lda	#$11	; blue offset
+
+color_notblue:
+	tax
+	lda	colorlookup-11,X	; lookup color
+
+color_notblack:
+
+	sta	COLOR		; each nibble should be same
+
+	jsr	PLOT1		; plot at GBASL,Y (x co-ord goes in Y)
+
+	dey
+	bpl	plot_xloop
+
+	pla
+	tax
+
+	dex
+	bpl	plot_yloop
+	bmi	forever_loop
+
+colorlookup:
+
+;.byte	$22,$22,$22,$22,$22,$22,$22,$22
+;.byte	$22,$22,$22,
+.byte	$66,$77,$ff,$77,$66,$00,$22
+
+
+	; want this to be at 3f5
+	; Length is 141 so start at $3f4 - 
+	;			1013 - 141 + 3 = 875 = $36B
+
+	jmp	plasma
+
+; make lookup happen at page boundary
+
+.org	$4000
+lookup: