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CFFA3000 USB Extension

Submitted by apple2lives on March 26, 2013 - 8:59pm

The CFFA3000 supports an internal USB drive. Unfortunately, you need you remove the cover of Apple to gain access. Many of us use a USB extension cable to bring this port to the outside world for easy access.

Every so often a neat item appears on eBay. This is a 3-ft USB extension cable from D-Link and it is designed for use with a USB drive. This item, 170942966023, is selling for $3.59 and includes shipping. I decided to get one for my CFFA3000.

IMAGE(http://www.star9.x10.mx/usb.jpg)

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Apple II or IIGS Assembler (Full Screen) Orca/M

Submitted by -Blimco- on March 26, 2013 - 4:20am

A little hard to track this program down, but I did finally find it!

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Fixing Apple 3.5 floppy drive eject mechanism

Submitted by javster on March 22, 2013 - 10:42pm

Floppy not ejecting completely.

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Wow, That Is One Ugly //c Accessory

Submitted by mutant_pie on March 22, 2013 - 9:47pm

An external battery pack for the //c is up on fleabay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tri-Star-Power-Mat-Model-501-Portable-Solid-Apple-Power-Supply-/300876334323?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item460da084f3

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Thunderclock failure question

Submitted by dramsey on March 21, 2013 - 9:09pm

My newly-acquired Thunderclock seems to be crazy. There was moderate corrosion on the board which I cleaned off, but now the clock seems to be in some weird mode where it's counting down backwards: a program that does nothing but read and display the time shows months and days streaming by, approximately 1 month every 2-3 seconds, always counting backwards.

Anyone ever seen this? Possible fixes?

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To restore or not to Restore...

Submitted by Corey986 on March 21, 2013 - 3:01pm

OK, I'm about to hit a perplexing decision and I'm looking for help in making it.

I have just about finished restoring my Rev 4, Apple II (January 1980 date). When I say restoring, I have rebuilt it pretty much and it has all the original stuff, but I repaired some gouges and resprayed the case with computer matched paint. I have fixed the silver supply and rebuilt the datanetics keyboard. I just have to wait for the paint to harden up so that I can wet-sand the new splatter pattern to make it look perfect.

So this is my decision...

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Composite Out A//e PAL or NTSC

Submitted by k4lmp on March 19, 2013 - 8:57pm

So, I did a search, and couldn't really find a definate answer. I have my A//e connected to a TV card on my PC with a composite input. It displays, but it isn't good, and the picture 'bounces' for lack of a better word. I am not sure if the composite out is NTSC or PAL. From what I've read, it may not be purely either. I hooked up one of my Amigas to the board, and it bounced at first, but then settled down fine. What got me to thinking, is that the Amiga starts off in PAL, then, depending on a jumper, either stays PAL, or switches to NTSC. I have mine set for NTSC.

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reverse engineering apple II interface cards - general thread

Submitted by speedyG on March 16, 2013 - 4:23pm

this thread shall be used for starting reverse engineering projects
if enough interest and required manpower for a card is collected
then a specific card / project related thread should run alomg in an own thread

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Pascal question

Submitted by dramsey on March 15, 2013 - 10:09pm

Back when I had my Apple /// (early 1980s), I wrote a program in UCSD Pascal that displayed a calendar on the right side of the screen and a clock on the left. This was all in graphics mode, of course.

I am trying to recreate this program on my Apple //e. It's not hard, technically, except for one thing: I don't recall how I was able to print numbers on the clock and the dates inside the grid of the calendar.

The TURTLEGRAPHICS unit doesn't seem to have any ability to write text on the screen in graphics mode.

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