What's the Pride and Joy of your Apple II collection
I know it is hard to say out loud which child you like the best, but I'm sure almost all of us have a favorite. If not a favorite, at least the most unique or even valuable. What is the pride and joy of your Apple II collection, if you had to pick one?
Posted on 8 March 2010 | 10:04 pm
FS: Apple //c system, CRT and LCD screens, external floppy, modem, Apple carrying case
Hi, I've got a working //c that I want to sell to someone who'll give it a good home. It comes with the //c, Apple 9" CRT screen and stand, also the rare Apple LCD screen (3 3/8x 9 1/4") that case be used in place of the CRT, but not at the same time. Also, an Apple external 5.25" drive, Apple 1200 baud (!) modem, and an Apple carrying case that would hold the //c, LCD screen, and power adapter. All cables and power adapters are included, as are a number of programs/tutorials. Software included is the Prodos, Appleworks, and Access II (modem). Would be a neat thing for the Apple collector, or for someone who'd like a bit of Apple history. I'm asking $125 for it, and the buyer pays for the shipping.
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Posted on 8 March 2010 | 4:56 pm
Fitting PAL Encoder card
Hi I recently managed to obtain a PAL Encoder card to give me colour (color) output from my Europlus. Is there a recommended slot to fit this into? Also, the card has a trailing wire (Orange, in my case), which I assume has to be connected to the motherboard somewhere. Which connector should this wire be attached to? Regards Mark
Posted on 7 March 2010 | 4:26 pm
Can I Limit My SE/30 Processor Speed To Run Certain Software at the Correct Speed?
Hi there, I have an SE/30 with a 16mhz processor and a Classic with a 8MHz processor. They both run system 6.0.5. My problem is I want to run some of the same software from my Classic on my SE/30, but the 16MHz processor speed in the Se/30 makes some programs run way too fast or crash. Is there any way to limit the processor speed like in some other Apple models? One I know that can do this is the IIGS..where you can run it at normal or enhanced speed. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!
Posted on 6 March 2010 | 6:33 pm
potential purchase on a apple //c...
Hi, I found someone local that is selling an apple //c. Never owned a //c but have owned an apple //+,//e back in my childhood days. I would like to know what the going rate is for such a system. Seller is selling it complete with monitor and probably with software. havent looked at it yet but from pictures it has something booted up so it looks like its working. Seller is asking $125.00 for it, is this reasonable? What things should i look at? I have a slew of //+,//e 5.25 programs still at my parents place but can //c run these programs? Does //c have basic, integer, or just prodos? How are these compared to //e's? Are these things upgradable like the //e? (ie: ram) thanks in advance.
Posted on 2 March 2010 | 4:52 am
Anyone in the D/FW area want a NeXT box?
NeXT Box with monochome display offered up... let me know... I'm not sure how well it works, if at all.
Posted on 28 February 2010 | 6:54 pm
MicroMac CPU upgrades for older Classic Macs?
Is MicroMac still in business? I want to upgrade a Mac SE to an 030.
Posted on 26 February 2010 | 12:25 am
G4 Powerbooks] Resetting battery gauges...
On my G4 Powerbooks both computers have their battery gauges off so that the computers shut down wayyy before the battery levels indicate that the batteries are out or even low. One, with a newish battery, knocks out at 50%, another with a older but good battery knocks out at around 30%. Apparently I need to reset the gauges of the battery levels somewhere, how do I do that?
Posted on 25 February 2010 | 3:26 pm
Apple Remote ID? Part 658-0086-A
One of the guys at work was cleaning out a file drawer and came across a few items that appear to have come from an old Mac; one of them is an IR remote control that I haven't seen before. I don't have a camera handy, but did find one like it for sale on eBay & grabbed the photo from there (they sure don't make it easy to do that anymore!) [img]http://www.davintosh.com/images/apple_remote_658-0086-A.JPG[/img] The only Apple identifier on it is the logo on the front; the back has "Made in Malaysia" engraved in the case, and inside the battery compartment is a sticker with "658-0086-A" printed on it. That's pretty much it. Almost looks to be a generic remote that Apple repurposed for use with one of their machines. One of the buttons on it says "TV/MAC", so it may have been from a Mac TV or more likely from one of the Performa models; I remember some of them had IR ports on the front, and was it the 6200 that had a TV tuner built in? I just don't recall ever seeing an actual remote included with one... Anybody know what it came with? Thanks!
Posted on 24 February 2010 | 8:58 am
How about running GBBS with in Applewin?
What would the possibility of having GBBS run through Applewin? Since alot of people have already converted all their floppies to .DSK format and alot of the Hard Drive images as well have been converted of to .HDD . This would be kinda cool in itself! If there was a way for Applewin to emulate an Applecat Modem , or Micromodem or what ever one had at the time... Would be neat to boot up these old BBS's and run them again and see how they were at the time they went off line! I know that there are Telnet sites out there , but they seem to confusing and not editable when it comes to customizing the looks and feel of the site like GBBS was back in the day! If there was a program ou there that was as good as Gregg Sheaffers BBS program then I would jump at it to replicate a bbs that I enjoyed back in the day , but so far the ones that I have come accross look like Garbage.. Applefritter looks good , that's one good example of how a layout of a board should look like... But I know that there were a ton of bbs's back in the day that just ran off of two Disk ]['s . I have been in contact with the writers of Applewin and hopefully , someday , there will be an emulation of a modem! Anyways just wanted to pick everyone's brain for a sec to see what you thought. Patrick.
Posted on 23 February 2010 | 7:50 pm
Any machine readable A1 programs around?
Moving programs to the A1 is kind of tricky since there is normally only 1 expansion slot. You can either have a cassette interface in it or a CFFA-1 card. Moving between the formats can be tricky, although a CF flash card can be loaded up with ciderpress on a modern PC. I now have my PS2/RS232 ASCII interface converter prototype working. Using a terminal program on a PC I can download programs to the A1 using the monitor commands. Once in the system, I can save to whatever type of device I have in the expansion slot. Are there any A1 programs floating around in machine readable hex or even better, monitor command format? If not, is anyone interested in helping build a library of programs in this format? Regards, Mike Willegal
Posted on 22 February 2010 | 5:59 am
How Do I Slow Down My SE/30 Without Pulling The Ram Out to Run Software at The Proper Speed
Hi there, I have an SE/30 with 5megs of Ram running System 6.0.5. My problem is I can't get certain classic games to run because my Ram speed is too fast for the games making them crash. I'm wondering if there is a way to limit how much Ram the system uses without having to actually pull the ram out of the system. In the Control Panel in 6.0.5 I just see the Ram Cache 32k on and off option but that's not helping me out. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!
Posted on 21 February 2010 | 3:39 am
eBay Warning. Suspicious Seller.
Good evening all. I wanted to report a suspicious seller on ebay. His name is CAPKNIGHT and he specifically sells Apple II items. At the moment he has several items for sale including an Applied Engineering Accelerator for a IIgs. The kicker is that there is a shill (r***r) jacking up the prices on the cards. (r***r) has forced the price up of this particular card to $405.00 within the last six hours. He has 62 bid retractions in the last six months and 30% of the time he bids on CAPKNIGHT's items. All of this has been reported to the eBay authorities, but I wanted to make sure that all the "Fritter Critters" are aware. Good Night and be watchful. Steven :)
Posted on 20 February 2010 | 5:09 pm
Keyboard Project
Hey Guys, I am considering taking on a keyboard project. The goal is to create an ASCII keyboard suitable for use with the Apple 1. The big question is what should I aim for? My initial thought was to create a Datanetics replica. As cool as it would be, I'm having doubts about it because of the lack of clear/reset functionality it would have. Any thoughts or suggestions on what the ideal Apple 1 keyboard would be? Cameron
Posted on 20 February 2010 | 9:19 am
Looking for a copy of Aztec C
Does anyone have a copy of Aztec C for sale/trade? It needs to be a full original copy, I know there are some excellent sites dedicated to the Aztec C history, etc, but need an original copy. Thanks!
Posted on 20 February 2010 | 8:54 am