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Looking for APTest documentation

Submitted by Corey986 on August 29, 2013 - 6:35am

My son is troubleshooting an Apple II plus (actually a complete rebuild and testing of the machine) and finally he's up to doing a memory test and it fails using APtest's 48k memory test. I'd normal use the dealer diagnostics, but it won't boot, an indicator of a low ram issue.

Is there documentation around on this program so we can understand which chip it is? It says ROW D and has Error 4040 before it, but we are not sure how to interpret that other then row D.

I told him he can keep 1/2 the money from selling it, but it must be 100% working and the keyboard must be rebuilt as the first item (which I did have to help him with) so this memory error is all he has left unless he decides to touch up the paint.

Thanks,
Corey

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Swyft Card Prototype

Submitted by Mike WIllegal on August 28, 2013 - 12:49pm

I just got a prototype SWYFT card working - is there any interest out there?
http://www.willegal.net/blog/?p=5021

regards,
Mike Willegal

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Need a IWM 344-0041-A chip for Apple IIc

Submitted by Mike3 on August 27, 2013 - 1:07pm

Hello ... i have an apple iic that has a bad 344-0041-a disk controller chip.. was wondering if someone might have one .. and if not maybe a iic mother board with other issues,, that might have a good 344-0041-A chip i can attempt to desolder...i have already removed the bad chip and soldered in a socket, ready for a new chip....if so contact me

Regards.. Mike

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Apple IIe platinum boot help

Submitted by Bazza on August 27, 2013 - 4:00am

G'day everyone,
I got given a platinum IIe but when I connect it up to boot all I get is colored square's on screen.
I've also noticed one of the motherboard L.E.D'S next to the text CR2 don't light up.

also I have an original working IIe. can some parts from this be used to test things or are the mother boards totally different.
The original has PAL on the board while the platinum has International NTSC.
thanks hope someone can help me get this going. Dirol

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Applied Engineering: Serial Pro Card

Submitted by gsmcten on August 24, 2013 - 7:45pm

Good Evening All,

I received a Nibble Magazine today that I had won on eBay.
This issue was from 1988 and has some good ProDOS listings.
There seemed to be a lot of AE advertising throughout, but one ad in particular caught my attention. It was for an AE Serial Pro Card. This is used for printers (as you might suspect).
I have never seen an actual AE Serial Pro Card.
I don't believe that I have ever seen one listed on eBay.

Has anyone ever actually seen one of these?

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Apple IIe hardware find from CraigsList

Submitted by jwg1962 on August 23, 2013 - 4:53pm

Sometimes visiting you mother-in-law can be a good thing.

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Stackable storage box for Apple II systems?

Submitted by epoxy2600 on August 23, 2013 - 2:58pm

I have several original A2S1 Apple II systems, and for space reasons I keep them stacked one atop another in my closet when not being used. Ideally I'd like to find a perfect, inexpensive plastic storage box that each system could be kept in to protect from dust and scratches. If the boxes are molded to allow stacking, then even better! The tricky part is an Apple II dimensions are 18"(457mm)x15.25"(387)x4.5"(113) so while there are certainly boxes that are big enough, all the ones I've seen are a few inches larger than necessary for this specific purpose.

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Kickstarter-"The First Apple"

Submitted by gsmcten on August 22, 2013 - 6:41pm

Good evening all,

For those of you who do not know, there was a Kickstarter Funding Project to produce a book called "The First Apple" by Bob Luther.

I contributed to the project and received one of the books, along with a sketch by Ron Wayne.

The story is about how Bob obtained his Apple 1 and his search to find the original owner. There are many interviews and stories concerning the beginnings of Apple and how one of the first Apple 1's was sold out of Steve Jobs garage.

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Another Apple II eBay auction

Submitted by magnusfalkirk on August 22, 2013 - 5:53pm

Just letting everyone know I've got another Apple II, a IIc syste, up for asuction on eBay. The auction number is: 221271729335

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Appraise my card! (AD-DA-C maybe)

Submitted by tkh on August 20, 2013 - 12:58am

Hello there, good people!

Recently, I just got this card. I can sense a great potential coming from this card.
However, I don't know (yet) what it is.

I know for the fact that it is a two-way digital-analog converter, but that's about it.
Is there anyone out here who can help me identify this item?

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