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ORCA C Question on the Apple IIgs

Submitted by retrocomputer22 on March 19, 2015 - 2:20pm

Has anyone used ORCA C for the Apple IIgs? If so, how is it?

I've been coding in C for a long time on other platforms and now I
m interested on porting some things to the GS. I don't know much about
orca C but I was thinking about buying it.

Does anyone have a copy of the manual they could share with me? If I read
through the manual, I should be able to tell if the stuff I want to port
would be worth doing. I would also like to learn a bit more about ORCA C
before throwing down $100.00, I've looked all over the net for a manual
or more info, but information on ORCA C is scarce.

Thanks,
Jeffrey

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Can anyone remember this "futuristic" generic green Apple ][ monitor with no bezel?

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 17, 2015 - 9:37pm

Hi all, can anyone help me track down the make and model of the green or amber composite monitor my parents had for our family Apple //e. I can't find any sign of it on eBay or Google Images (but lots of photos of Amber Heard which is quite distracting), yet my memory is distinct.

- It wasn't Apple branded AFAIK
- It had little or no visible bezel (plastic frame) around the screen

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The best Apple iie sound disk FOUND!

Submitted by insanitor on March 17, 2015 - 8:37pm

I was wondering if you guys have ever seen or heard of this disk.

Many years ago I was given all the disks from two people I knew who were selling or have lost their Apple ii stuff.

One particular game was interesting in that the sound that came out of my iie was incredible.

It was an introduction to the game and it said something like this:

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What BASIC book came with the //e and what's wrong with this program?

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 17, 2015 - 8:02pm

Hi guys, what was the handbook that had some basic BASIC (basic) programs in it for kids young and old to try?

And, no prizes I'm afraid, but what's wrong with this program?

10 INPUT "WHAT IS YOUR NAME? ",N$
20 PRINT "HELLO ";N$

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"REBOOTING" boot loop with Spiradisc protected Frogger //e game

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 16, 2015 - 7:21pm

Hi, I bought a vintage floppy disk of Frogger for the Apple //e. It was still shrink wrapped with the original Our Price Records price tag which was pretty cool.

I had nostalgic fun opening it (couldn't resist) but the disk just boot loops.

It displays a one line copyright notice at the top of the screen for a millisecond:

"SPIRADISC (TM) SYSTEM (C) 1982 BITWORKS"

Then says "REBOOTING" and cycles like that.

The label on the front says "II/II+" and of course I'm running it on a "IIe" so I suspect that's the issue. I only just got the machine, and the one and only other disk I have (An Introduction to the //e) loads fine.

The weird thing is though, I used to own exactly that same game in the 80s and it worked fine on my //e!

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"RUN A1": What was the Apple //e loader where you had to type it?

Submitted by IIeBoy on March 16, 2015 - 7:18pm

Can anyone help me remember an Apple //e disk that would load to a command prompt, then you would type:

] RUN A1

It would then load a list of programs/games, where you could hit a number to load the corresponding program.

It could've just been a generic loader (maybe a popular one?), or maybe I even programmed it myself, in which case you won't remember it Wink

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TranswarpGS clone

Submitted by Wayne on March 16, 2015 - 2:51pm

http://a2central.com/

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Rebecca "Burger Becky" Heineman to Keynote Kansasfest 2015

Submitted by sfahey on March 16, 2015 - 11:30am

KansasFest 2015, the 27th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for
July 14 –19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman, a
prolific computer game programmer, designer, and industry veteran, will
join us with a keynote presentation.

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ONERR with Integer

Submitted by macintricks on March 16, 2015 - 2:18am

Another programming question, maybe beyond the scope of this forum....

So I'm taking on a huge project... to develop an ONERR routine (in assembly) for Integer BASIC. Yeah. Who hasn't done this before? My plans so far are:

1. Understand what's going on with Applesoft's ONERR GOTO/GOSUB, which somehow also handles DOS 3.3 and ProDOS errors.

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Finally got my Service Manual/Repair Library together

Submitted by Zan8675 on March 14, 2015 - 8:19pm

Evening all, finally made the shelf space in my office to gather up the primary volumes of my Apple II and Mac repair library.

I have quite a few more Mac books (non-Apple repair guides etc.) but these are the ones I use the most along with the Apple II binders.
I have a number of Apple II books as well but they are on a different set of shelves!!!

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