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Floppy Emu firmware update

Submitted by css on June 4, 2020 - 4:51am

Just an FYI for those of us that have BMOW's Floppy Emu, there's a new firmware update which adds some features:

 

https://www.bigmessowires.com/2020/05/27/floppy-emu-update-favorites-lisa-fixes-and-more/

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Steve Wozniak actual signature...

Submitted by tradeya on May 30, 2020 - 1:00pm

Just grabbed this on Ebay. I always see the "Woz" signature, but, haven't seen his full name signature. Does anyone know how rare a full Steve Wozniak signature is? I thought it was cool to add to my collection. Now I need a Steve Jobs autograph! :). Sorry for the post in the Apple II forum but it seems to be the most active. In any case, I'm still looking for an additional Ventless Rev. 0 if anyone has one for sale. Thanks!

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373068337370

 

 

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ProDOS, 8 Drives per Slot...

Submitted by Timelord on May 30, 2020 - 8:32am

From what I can see, ProDOS now supports 8 drives/volumes per slot without remapping. How precisely would I set up more than four volumes on (e.g.) a SCSI device, when the Apple II SCSI utils only support two drives (four on a //gs in slot 5)?

 

Does this also mean that I coul daisy-chain four 3.5 drives and four 5.25 drives?

 

How precisely would I set up a system to support this? It isn't very thouroughly explained. 

 

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BASIC.SYSTEM Changelog (since 1.5)?

Submitted by Timelord on May 30, 2020 - 8:15am

I've been looking for a changelog for the ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM (and an updated manual) that covers versions > 1.5, the last official Apple version. I do not see a changelog specific to this on the ProDOS website, and the current version now is 1.7.x, so, what has changed, and what is new?

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Apple II Desktop: Integrated Applications and FSTs; v2.x?

Submitted by Timelord on May 30, 2020 - 7:34am

Have any of you heard of, or used any programmes designed for integration with Apple II Desktop (originally MouseDesk)?

 

What I would like to see, at a minimum, in the future--which probably means writing it--are the following:

 

ANSI Text Editor: It'd be nice to support line numbers, and some other features such as find/replace. I suppose I could try porting something lie SciTE. 

If done right, this could output a .BAS file, so you could write an AppleSoft BASIC programme in A2D, export as .BAS, then run it in A2D.

 

Filesystem Support:

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Trying to get ADTPro to work on Linux, without success yet

Submitted by insectorx on May 30, 2020 - 2:47am

Hi everyone.  I was able to get ADTPro to work earlier with an Apple IIgs, but I no longer have that machine (sold it during the lockdown to help pay bills).  I now have an Apple IIc and I'm not able to get ADTPro to work for me.  I've heard a lot of people say that it can be the cable (since I can't use the same cable as the IIgs), but I did order it from the apple2online store, so I'd assume it's the right cable.  I'm also using the same usb to serial adpter as before.  I had the same Linux distro on there as before, but now ive reinstalled it to troubleshoot, but I'm getting the same res

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SOS on the //e?

Submitted by Timelord on May 30, 2020 - 2:23am

I'm curious, has anyone managed to run SOS on a //e with a large memory card? Given that we have 1MB cards commonplace, twice the RAM of the ///+, I see no system resource reason why a //e couldn't run SOS. I frankly have never tried to do that, but I would expect the boot block difference to get in the way of it working. 

 

SO, has anyone managed to run or port SOS to the //e or //gs architecture? I think that it has some advantageous features that might be useful.

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Connecting Mac Plus floppy drive to gs

Submitted by nebular on May 29, 2020 - 1:28am

So I was able to salvage a GS from our local ewaste facility and I've been able to get it up and running with ADTPro (speediboot however doesn't work, and I seem to be only able to transfer over serial with pin 8 on the gs serial port empty). Trouble is it only had a 5.25" floppy drive, and I have no disks (and no money to buy them online). I do however have a couple Mac Pluses, a couple LCs, A Mac II, a Classic II, and an M0130 external drive (ewates has been good to me). So I'm flush with mac 3.5" floppy drives and I have a 20 pin ribbon to DB-19 adapter from the M0130.

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SONY KV-5200

Submitted by Timelord on May 28, 2020 - 11:51pm

Is there any chance that one of you might have a repair manual or schematic for the SONY KV-5200 (1979 colour NTSC portable television)?

 

I have one that does not power on, at all, and it is a beast to take apart. Before I tear it down, it;d be nice to know where to look for faults. This telly use DC12V or AC120V, so perhaps something in the switching circuit is stuck? It also had a battery pack from the factory, but I see no reason why it would not work if there was no battery and it was not set in charging mode; although perhaps the charging mode circuit is stuck?

 

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Need help with identification/classification of Apple II

Submitted by Stubby5000 on May 27, 2020 - 10:50pm

Hello all. I'm new here and just learning about the Apple II; forgive my ignorance. I have the opportunity to purchase an original II. It has serial number A2S1-22012 and is board revision 820-0001-07. It appears to have onboard Integer ROMs (only four??) and an Applesoft firmware card. The owner believes the mainboard was replaced at some point, but he's adamant that it's still a "real" original II. I have another contact who believes this is a II Plus mainboard in a II's case, making it clearly much less valuable/desirable. Below you'll find all the pictures I have of the unit.

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