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Games that stand the test of time - Apple II, II+, IIe, IIc, IIGS

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 26, 2024 - 8:16am

Since the IIGS is backwards-compatible, what are the best retro games that everyone should put on my Floppy Emu that actually stand the test of time.

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Unable to use most games/utilities on Floppy Emu - Apple IIGS

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 24, 2024 - 11:50pm

Many 3.5" and 5.25" games on my Floppy Emu are getting stuck on a screen (ex: see attachment below), but they are all varying versions of ProDOS 8 and 16. One game, Ancient Art of War (and it's succesor, Ancient Art of War at Sea) instead just show a blank screen. So far, of all 10+ games I've tried, only one has worked, Oregon Trail. No idea why. Can someone please assist? Is it some control panel setting? My startup slot is 5 or 6... I don't remember, and I'm allocating all 8MB of my ram, running on the fast (2.8MHz) config speed. Any ideas?

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Where To Buy: Apple 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive (A9M0106)

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 24, 2024 - 8:37pm

I've looked everywhere and I can't find a working tested Apple 3.5" floppy disk drive (model A9M0106) anywhere for under $120. Any ideas?

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Recs for IIGS Expansion cards?

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 24, 2024 - 7:13pm

Just looking for recommandations for expansion cards for my Apple IIGS that I should purchase. Please no storage options or RAM expansion recs. Thank you!

 

My current slots:

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Help me Fix my Apple II Plus

Submitted by macdude2010 on June 22, 2024 - 10:18pm

Hello all,

 

I have just recently inherited an Apple II+ Plus from my late godfather. I got it working with little trouble, but then the power supply blew up. I bought a replacement for it from ReativeMicro and just installed it. Since installation I seem to be having trouble with getting the Apple II to read disks. Now when turning on the Apple II, it boots and then just stays at the Apple II screen with the drive spinning, I can get it to boot to BASIC by pressing CTRL+RESET. I've tried a new Disk interface board but it didn't change anything.

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Help me fix my saved Apple IIe Platinum

Submitted by marshmallow on June 22, 2024 - 11:58am
Hi everyone!I recently bought an Apple IIe platinum (that was used in a school!), the monitor, and a disk drive from an estate sale. I got it home, plugged it all in and turned it on. The monitor turned on fine, but nothing else. I quickly turned it all off. I then went into a DEEP rabbit hole of YouTube videos, along with finding the Apple II group on FB. I own about 20 original arcade games, so I'm comfortable around voltages, CRTs and electronics, so I decided to dive in. First. No power to main board.
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Website for digitally designing your Apple II setup

Submitted by Austin_iigs on June 14, 2024 - 4:40am

I'm a pretty experienced coder, and I'm considering making a website where it not only compiles lots of information from different sources, but also allows you to digitally create an Apple II where you can check for incompatibilities and such. What do you guys think? Should I make it? Would anyone use it?

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The Freed 6809 card revisited

Submitted by jbforrer on June 13, 2024 - 1:03am

Greetings,

My recently-completed prototype 6809 card designed by Alex Freed.Runs OS9 nice and stable. Tested on my Apple 2e Platinum in slot 4.

Card runs at 1+ MHz, has no attached peripherals or memory. It relies entirely on the Apple host for I/O, display and keyboard.

Design based on the Stellation Two "The Mill" implementing the Motorola MC6809E. I made a few changes to impliment the CMOS Hitachi HD63C09E.

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Apple II clock circuit question...

Submitted by jeff d on June 11, 2024 - 2:56pm

Looking at the II clock circuit because I'm not seeing a clock on a 79 II motherboard. At first I thought it was a problem with the crystal because I was only seeing a high output from Q2.

 

Looking at the SAMS Compufact Apple II / IIPlus I see the following information on the timing circuit, so I took some measurements:

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