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New Connectors for Floppy Emu Dual 5.25 Mode

Submitted by nick3092 on May 31, 2021 - 2:06pm

I just saw that the Floppy Emu creator just released a new version of the //c drive switcher and a new adapter for the standard disk II card to work with the model C FE dual 5.25" mode. 

 

The new version of the //c switcher is functionally the same on the inside, so if you have an old one you don't need to swap it out. You can use the new external piece with the old internal tap. So no need to open up the //c to use the new one if you have the old one installed. The new internal part is a bit smaller and should fit in a Laser 128 better now.

 

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Apple II+ Displays NO graphics (Hi or Lo) ...

Submitted by Paul19804 on May 29, 2021 - 2:17pm

This Apple II+, Rev 7, tagged (19)80(week)42.  48K plus Language Card and single disk drive and Apple Controller.  Video seemed ok in all modes, until random white blocks started to appear here and there on the screen.  I had replaced the power supply (new), but hadn't really cleaned up the computer.  Pulled ALL the chips; de-ox'd the pins; and reseated them.  

Computer is now functioning well .... with one exception:  NO GRAPHICS.

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Seeking complete Rings of Saturn manual scan

Submitted by Keatah on May 28, 2021 - 4:10pm

I hope someone has, or can make, a complete Rings of Saturn [Level-10 Dakin5] manual scan. The one currently on Asimov is incomplete, missing several pages and the reference card. And maybe there's something I can scan in return.

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Apple Scribe Printer

Submitted by pcbastler on May 28, 2021 - 4:09pm

Hi,

 

I am restoring an Apple Scribe Printer for my //c.

I made out some parts to be replaced, but unfortunally I am missing the schematics/BOM (or Service Manual) for that printer.

 

Does anybody know, where to get infos on the printer?

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Apple II online emulator

Submitted by tolderlund on May 19, 2021 - 10:21am

Just found an emulator which runs in your browser.

https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/

The emulator has several disk images which you can select to "load" into the drive and boot from it.

You can even load DSK files from your local pc and have the emulator run them.

And you can download the emulator's DSK files to your pc.

Pretty awesome I think.

 

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PEEKing a negative value on the Apple IIc

Submitted by LoadError on May 18, 2021 - 3:58am

I am porting a little BASIC program to the Apple IIc, using the AppleWin emulator to test it. AppleWin does not have a IIc mode so I'm using the IIe-enhanced mode (the program uses the MouseText font).

I need to generate a "clicking" sound and thus I've inserted this instruction:

S=PEEK(-16336)

This instruction is accepted and works in AppleWin.

But when I typed the program in the real IIc, I got a "syntax error" on the above instruction.

I'm assuming the IIc does not accept a negative value for PEEK, because otherwise it's plain BASIC.

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Ascii or even asterisk art?

Submitted by NovellNetware on May 17, 2021 - 11:05pm

Back in they day I know about ascii art or even art with asterisk on a type writter. I was thinking hey. i got a Apple II plus with a oki 82a dot matrix printer. I should be able to print something up. But I can't find anything really related to it. Thiking a simple basic program or something. But all I can find is old minicomputers and mainframe data. Though, I'm not a programmer so I can't really convert it. But if somebody could point me in the correct direction. On a side note. I can hook up the printer to my windezs 10 machine and print using the generic / text printer driver too.

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sharing "new" software

Submitted by dfxgordon on May 16, 2021 - 8:20am

Hello, after being away from Apple ][ for 35 years I have polished off the game I wrote in the 1980's and got it working on emulators.  Anyone have advice on where to post disk images so people might actually find them?  They are on my github already, I wondered about existence of something more discoverable.  I see there is this asimov directory, but not sure what their policies are, or even how to contact.  This software is intended to be completely free.

Thanks!

Dan Gordon

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Chipset for Apple //

Submitted by eackerman on May 13, 2021 - 9:49pm

Hello Everyone, 

I hope everyone is doing well.  Just wanted to share something that I have never seen before (and I have been collecting for many years!!).  Last week I was contacted by an older man who is moving and needed to get rid of all of his Apple stuff.  We got some cool stuff including a complete working Apple //GS system and all of the manuals.  We also got the stuff below in one of the various misc boxes.  

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Mouse Interface card

Submitted by baldrick on May 12, 2021 - 4:33pm

I got a IIe Mouse Interface Card with a missing dongle.

 

These were soldered to the board with a DIL-10 connector and a 10 conductor ribbon cable with a DB-9 connector for the mouse.

And the ribbon cable was removed (rather forcefully, I think)

 

Anyway, if anyone has a schematic (I know they're hard to come by - I've been looking but Apple didn't relelase schematics willingly for this card) I sure would appreciate it so that I can repair this with a new ribbon cable and DB-9 connector.

 

 

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