Apple II

An external battery pack for the //c is up on fleabay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tri-Star-Power-Mat-Model-501-Portable-Solid-Apple-Power-Supply-/300876334323?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item460da084f3

OK, I'm about to hit a perplexing decision and I'm looking for help in making it.

I have just about finished restoring my Rev 4, Apple II (January 1980 date). When I say restoring, I have rebuilt it pretty much and it has all the original stuff, but I repaired some gouges and resprayed the case with computer matched paint. I have fixed the silver supply and rebuilt the datanetics keyboard. I just have to wait for the paint to harden up so that I can wet-sand the new splatter pattern to make it look perfect.

So this is my decision...

So, I did a search, and couldn't really find a definate answer. I have my A//e connected to a TV card on my PC with a composite input. It displays, but it isn't good, and the picture 'bounces' for lack of a better word. I am not sure if the composite out is NTSC or PAL. From what I've read, it may not be purely either. I hooked up one of my Amigas to the board, and it bounced at first, but then settled down fine. What got me to thinking, is that the Amiga starts off in PAL, then, depending on a jumper, either stays PAL, or switches to NTSC. I have mine set for NTSC.

Back when I had my Apple /// (early 1980s), I wrote a program in UCSD Pascal that displayed a calendar on the right side of the screen and a clock on the left. This was all in graphics mode, of course.

I am trying to recreate this program on my Apple //e. It's not hard, technically, except for one thing: I don't recall how I was able to print numbers on the clock and the dates inside the grid of the calendar.

The TURTLEGRAPHICS unit doesn't seem to have any ability to write text on the screen in graphics mode.