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Help with recently acquired Apple II Plus

Submitted by macdude2010 on July 31, 2022 - 7:51pm

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 flashes the screen with random characters for a split second 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. 

 

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File Type Mismatch Error When I Try To Open Documents

Submitted by JBB on July 31, 2022 - 10:12am

Hello, I inherited an Apple IIe computer that I found in the basement of the family home. It's from the mid-80's. I powered it up and it seems to work, I ran an old program from a floppy disk called "Apple Presents Apple" fine. I am trying to access document text files from some floppy disks. I enter CATALOG and see the list of text files but when I enter READ FILENAME or OPEN FILENAME I get the error message "File Type Mismatch". Can anyone help me with what I need to do to open these files? Also, does anyone have a suggestion of what this computer might be worth?

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Sider controller card problem

Submitted by pcbishaf on July 29, 2022 - 3:10pm

Whenever the card is in a slot in my IIGS, 3.5 in drive stops working. It also seems to affect a serial card that I use as well. The 5.25 drive is unaffected. When I take the sider controller card out of the system, both the 3.5 drive and the serial card work properly. I have had the 3.5 drive daisy chained after the 5.25 and as the only drive in the system. Neither way works.

Also, the drive and serial card stop working even if the sider is turned off and the cable connection is disconnected.

Looking for some guidance.

Thanks

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DB19 to IDC20 Floppy Disk adapter

Submitted by Wayne on July 27, 2022 - 1:15pm

I have a Disk II drive that has the write protect switch disabled. With my IIe I have a 19 pin controller and drive. A2 Heaven sells a DB19 to IDC20 Floppy Disk adapter. I’d like to use it to daisy-chain that Disk II off a 19 pin drive. Has anyone tried this

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BSQ Files

Submitted by Isometrics on July 26, 2022 - 12:18pm

Hello,

I'm totally new here, thanks in advance for any help:

Running an Apple IIGS emulator (GSPplus) on Windows, I have a bunch of applications BSQ Files, when I try to extract the files on ShrinkIt, it says that don't recognize them or displays this message:  Not a nufx, binary acu or sq archive .

Any help will be appreciated!

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Retr0brite

Submitted by insanitor on July 25, 2022 - 2:06am

Hi guys!

My cousin says that using retr0brite on our Apple IIe and IIgs computers depreciates their value. Which means that you'd get more for them if they are yellowed. So, nobody should use retr0brite to make them all look like new if the intent is to sell them.

Is this true? Which would you pay more for?

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Anyone willing to sell an Apple II E8 ROM 341-0014

Submitted by schafferm on July 24, 2022 - 6:38pm

Hello

 

anyone have an extra E8. 341-0014-E8 Apple II ROM that they'd be willing to sell me?

 

looking for an original.  

thanks 

 

michael

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Apple ii rear cable connector mounts?

Submitted by Thatguyagain on July 24, 2022 - 12:37pm

Hi,  

     Is anyone aware of a source for the connector mounts that fit the cable slots of an apple ii?  Specifically one for a 25 pin connector of a super serial card?  Id like to not have the cable and end whipping around.

 

 

 

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Adjust blurred text on GS monitor

Submitted by knight61 on July 23, 2022 - 1:33pm

I saw a  post on here a few months ago in regards to an adjustment for a GS monitor to fix blurred text.  The post said there was an adjustment, but you had to take off the cover to get at it. They also mentioned they had to adjust every once in awhile.  Anyone know about this and where I could find the adjustment setting?  Thanks.Walt 

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