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Help - Apple //e Won't Boot Pascal Disks

Submitted by TedCHoward on July 8, 2024 - 6:26pm

I recently bought an Apple //e. It's the "Enhanced" version with the 65c02 and 128K RAM.

I also bought a FloppyEmu. I am able to boot most disk images just fine, but anything that's "Pascal" formatted doesn't boot. Instead what happens is the system starts to beep repeatedly. This continues until I turn the machine off.

The machine came with a DuoDisk. Drive 1 seems to work. I can boot ProDOS and DOS 3.3 disks, but I get the same exact behavior with Pascal disks.

I'm not really sure where to start troubleshooting here. Has anyone seen anthing like this before?

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3d printed apple II case lid

Submitted by ebaybrad on July 8, 2024 - 2:43pm
came out better than expected.  Now if only could get the cost down....

 

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Video Ultraterm with Apple Monitor II

Submitted by old_hitech on July 6, 2024 - 11:03am

I recently bought a Videx Ultraterm video card for my Apple II+ computer. I do not have an Apple Monitor /// (the recommended monitor to use with the Ultraterm to view the 132 column or higher modes according to the Ultraterm manual). I do have an Apple Monitor II and it does not support the 132 column or higher modes. I reviewed the specs for the Apple Monitor /// and Apple Monitor II and it looked to me that the Monitor II had a wider video bandwidth (18 MHz  vs 15 MHz) and Resolution (900 TV lines at center vs 700 TV Lines at center).

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What is this?

Submitted by dorkbert on July 4, 2024 - 12:32pm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204868493902

 

Looks like an A2 Workstation card, but has battery backed RTC/RAM added on.

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Neo6502 Board

Submitted by a2fan on June 30, 2024 - 10:23pm

Surprised this has not been posted yet, but there is a new SBC that has a real 6502 and can run Apple II software.

 

https://www.olimex.com/Products/Retro-Computers/Neo6502/open-source-hardware

 

It seems to have some kind of bus connector also, maybe possible for a breakout box with real Apple II cards?

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Apple IIGS no longer boots up and goes to purple and green blocks

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 30, 2024 - 11:27am

I was recently trying to fix my 3.5" floppy drive. Plugged it in and the motor ran endlessly. Unplugged it from the IIGS and turned the IIGS back on and now it doesn't even boot.

Boot screen either goes to purple/green OR shows an endless set of question marks "?" OR shows random scrolling gobbly good.

Please help fix as I just got this ROM 01 IIGS and was so excited to get it going. Everything was working so perfectly. Thank you so much.

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Apple 3.5" 800k Floppy Drive Eject Mechanism

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 30, 2024 - 9:04am

So, I opened up my Apple IIGS 3.5" 800k floppy disk drive to attempt to fix the eject button. On the first try, I simply unplugged the eject PCB, the motor, and the gears from the rest of the drive, and put it back in. Next time I tried to eject the motor actually turned on, but I never stopped. Uh-oh! Not good - but, at least I know that the motor works. I Opened it up again and looked much closer. I learned that not only was the gear stripped (which I can order replacemnts for).

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Apple IIe red light

Submitted by sonas on June 27, 2024 - 10:41am

I recently changed the rifa cap on my old Apple IIe and after putting everything back together my duodisk drive is constantly spinning and has a red light on at all times.  

I am pretty new to this, so I am not sure what the issue could be. Before changing the rifa everything worked fine. 

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Are these expansion cards worth it?

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 26, 2024 - 8:27am

Feel free to post below what you guys think and if you have any to add.

Are these cards worth it?:

  • CP/M card - II, II+, IIe, IIGS
  • 8MB Ram expansion - IIGS
  • AE PC Transporter - IIe, IIGS
  • Fingerprint GSi - IIGS
  • Apple II Workstation Card - IIe
  • Applied Ingeunity  Innerdrive - IIGS
  • Apple II Video Overlay Card - IIe, IIGS
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