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Disk ][ Drive 2 installation question

Submitted by apple2ee on February 9, 2009 - 7:28am

I recently installed a second Disk ][ drive in my Apple IIe. The first drive's ribbon was already clamped into one of the holes leading out of the back of the case, so I just fed the second drive ribbon out of another hole in the back next to the first one. I didn't have another metal clamp to secure the second ribbon so I just refitted the plastic tab that seals the hole with the ribbon coming out the side of it. It's not a great solution but the ribbon is fairly secure.

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Need 5.25 floppy buying recommendations ...

Submitted by apple2ee on February 8, 2009 - 4:24pm

I purchased some Platinum 2S/DD 5.25 disks recently and they don't work very well with the drives. They work about 85% of the time but I get far more I/O errors from them than with my 25 yr old 3M 5.25" disks. Drive 2 can't initialize these disks either, but drive 1 can usually.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what kind of 5.25" floppies to buy for an Apple IIe and where to buy them?

-thanks

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Apple II Plus Keyboard needed-- Help!

Submitted by rocketscientists on February 7, 2009 - 11:38pm

Hi,

I am looking for an Apple II PLUS keyboard. It does not have to be functional, or it is but has some broken keys. I need to repair my own keyboard which I recently broke one of the keys.

The Apple II plus keyboard is a built-in keyboard that has an attached keyboard encoder card underneath it. All I need at this point is the keyboard itself (sans the daughter card). Does anyone here have such item laying around?

-RocketScientists

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Need Static Electricity Prevention Advice

Submitted by apple2ee on February 3, 2009 - 8:29pm

My home is rampant with static electricity discharges. Every time I walk across the carpet I'm building up a charge. I'm worried about shocking my Apple IIe to death every time I touch it. It's a huge problem. Are there any products I can put under my Apple IIe or around it to protect it from the static electricity coming from me? I remember a mat I used to have under it back in the early 80's, but I'm not sure what to buy now. -thanks

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Updated version of LoDraw released

Submitted by Craig MX on February 1, 2009 - 8:44pm

New version of LoDraw released!

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Apple IIgs Noisy PSU

Submitted by TheKisho on January 28, 2009 - 6:05am

My power supply is audibly noisy. It's the loudest power supply I've come across. Is it typical for an Apple IIgs power supply to be noisy? I mean at a level and pitch to make your ears ring after about 30mins to 1 hours use or deaf if you used it for 8 hours a day constantly. Okay maybe I'm exaggerating [not death after 8h, but ears ring after 1h] it's really annoying though. This is also with the case closed.

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karateka famous game of apple II

Submitted by adoreapple on January 26, 2009 - 2:27am

recently, I aquired apple II karateka game.it can remind me kid's memory. special thanks cyberfriend mr.2Eor2C assist.and now,I usually play this collect game.it is so funny and it is so easy to the end.I feel it is differcult level is eagle.I just use my hand to beat eagle.hahaha.

somethime I can go on to next level.last master is tall and strong.I must be careful.but somehow I can lesten to victory music.beware,I can't stop in front of princess.if I do it.I will kicked by her.

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Drivers for IBS AP35 needed

Submitted by TheBug on January 25, 2009 - 3:35pm

I have just gotten a IBS AP35 card (accelerated graphics card) that seems to be in working order, but I don't have the driver software for it and it does not have a ROM. Does anyone have access to the software for that board?

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IIgs composite output color issue

Submitted by rittwage on January 24, 2009 - 1:56pm

Hi guys,

I recently pulled out my old GS and it seems the RGB monitor has kicked the bucket. Sad

Anyway, I plugged the composite output to an old Commodore 1702 (which has no problems) and the color is very strange.

In the control panel, all color options are shades of gray. Is this normal?

Apple II games have terribly wrong colors. Mostly pan-inducing clashes of purple and green only instead of the expected Apple colors.

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Need Help Getting External Hard Drive Working. Recomend Anyone?

Submitted by A2forever on January 23, 2009 - 5:32pm

Hello.. I am sure that there are some pretty talented people in this Forum that work with Apple II hardware. One that knows how to properly diagnose problems and fix them. Can someone recommend a person in this Forum that is good with Accessing and Retrieving Data from an External Hard Drive for the Apple II? I'm not even sure an Service exists for this or not. If you guys can help , I would appreciate any feedback on this matter. I understand that nothing is a gaurantee when it comes to working with Vintage Hardware , but you have to start somewhere.

Thanks.

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