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"REBOOTING" boot loop with Spiradisc protected Frogger //e game

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 16, 2015 - 7:21pm

Hi, I bought a vintage floppy disk of Frogger for the Apple //e. It was still shrink wrapped with the original Our Price Records price tag which was pretty cool.

I had nostalgic fun opening it (couldn't resist) but the disk just boot loops.

It displays a one line copyright notice at the top of the screen for a millisecond:

"SPIRADISC (TM) SYSTEM (C) 1982 BITWORKS"

Then says "REBOOTING" and cycles like that.

The label on the front says "II/II+" and of course I'm running it on a "IIe" so I suspect that's the issue. I only just got the machine, and the one and only other disk I have (An Introduction to the //e) loads fine.

The weird thing is though, I used to own exactly that same game in the 80s and it worked fine on my //e!

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"RUN A1": What was the Apple //e loader where you had to type it?

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 16, 2015 - 7:18pm

Can anyone help me remember an Apple //e disk that would load to a command prompt, then you would type:

] RUN A1

It would then load a list of programs/games, where you could hit a number to load the corresponding program.

It could've just been a generic loader (maybe a popular one?), or maybe I even programmed it myself, in which case you won't remember it Wink

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TranswarpGS clone

Submitted by Wayne on March 16, 2015 - 2:51pm

http://a2central.com/

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Rebecca "Burger Becky" Heineman to Keynote Kansasfest 2015

Submitted by sfahey on March 16, 2015 - 11:30am

KansasFest 2015, the 27th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for
July 14 –19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman, a
prolific computer game programmer, designer, and industry veteran, will
join us with a keynote presentation.

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ONERR with Integer

Submitted by macintricks on March 16, 2015 - 2:18am

Another programming question, maybe beyond the scope of this forum....

So I'm taking on a huge project... to develop an ONERR routine (in assembly) for Integer BASIC. Yeah. Who hasn't done this before? My plans so far are:

1. Understand what's going on with Applesoft's ONERR GOTO/GOSUB, which somehow also handles DOS 3.3 and ProDOS errors.

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Finally got my Service Manual/Repair Library together

Submitted by Zan8675 on March 14, 2015 - 8:19pm

Evening all, finally made the shelf space in my office to gather up the primary volumes of my Apple II and Mac repair library.

I have quite a few more Mac books (non-Apple repair guides etc.) but these are the ones I use the most along with the Apple II binders.
I have a number of Apple II books as well but they are on a different set of shelves!!!

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Apple II Joystick Repair or cleaning

Submitted by retrocomputer22 on March 14, 2015 - 5:28pm

I have 3 Apple II joysticks. Two of them are the standard joysticks made by Apple with the thing stick and two buttons. The other one is a CH joystick with a button on top of the stick and two more buttons at the base. The CH stick also has a 2 connectors one it, one to plug into an Apple II and the other plugs into a PC.

Anyway, each one of these sticks has a problem, mainly, mainly with the buttons. The buttons don't work every time you push them or you either have to push them real hard.

I haven't taken them apart yet to check them out and I thought I would seek out some advice first. So here goes my questions. Will taking them apart and cleaning them up do any good? Is there anything I can do on my own to get them going again? Or do I need to get some replacement parts? If I do need parts, what would I most likely need?

Thanks,
Jeffrey

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GS+Z80+CFFA question

Submitted by theart02 on March 14, 2015 - 1:16pm

What is the best way for this configuration=

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How much is an Apple II plus worth?

Submitted by spwath on March 13, 2015 - 8:29pm

I found an Apple II plus with joystick, monitor, manual, looks like 2 floppy drives. Is it worth 125$?

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Apple II Rev. 4 Motherboard question

Submitted by Zan8675 on March 10, 2015 - 7:07pm

Evening all (at least where I am)

I have received several Rev 4 motherboards inside II+ machines in the past few months. The other three I have (one went to Transwarp guy) had the 'Rev 4' under the slot and the 820-0001-04 under the CPU and a 1978 Date silkscreened on the PCB by the CPU and a motherboard Date of 794x and the Memory Select Blocks were soldered.

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