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SilenType no LF

Submitted by Timelord on January 6, 2021 - 8:03am

When testing my SilenType, it has no line feed. Before I dig into this, if the motor is dead, is that part available at all?

 

Mine is an early unit, around serial 4000. I am going to try it with a second interface card before testing the motor in any other way. The old Apple Service docs are pretty vague on this topic, but I know that the rollers work, so it must be the motor, the internal controller interfsce to the motor, or the main controller card--this last one happens to be on the Apple Service list of possible defects for no LF, so don't laugh. 

 

 

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Thoughts on wDrive versus Floppy Emu?

Submitted by djc6 on January 3, 2021 - 2:04pm

I have an Apple IIGS with only a 3.5" drive and a BOOTI card. Looking for a solution for primarily 5.25" disk images, but also 3.5" disk images.  What are people's thoughts on both units? Some Pros/Cons I've come across:

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Echo II Clone

Submitted by necron9x11 on January 2, 2021 - 5:51am

Hi y'all -

 

Back when I was a kid my first computer was an Apple II+ and I had an Echo II speech card for it. Somewhere along the way I picked up a IIe and traded away the II+. Thought I had kept the Echo II but when I dug the IIe out of my parents garage on a recent visit just before the pandemic hit I could not find it so seems not. 

Being a bit of a hardware hacker, and I been lurking here a long time so I know there are plenty of y'all who are way more knowledgable than I, I got it in my head I should try and make my own Echo II clone. 

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Anyone ever create Apple Fortran diskettes from images?

Submitted by old_hitech on January 2, 2021 - 4:13am

I have been working with Apple Fortran on the Virtual II emulator using Apple Fortran disk images from ftp.apple.asimov, FORT1.DSK and FORT2.NIB. On Vitrual II I can edit source files and complile them with no problems. I wanted to do the same on my actual Apple II Plus and tried to make actual FORT1 and FORT2 diskettes using my FloppyEmu.

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Boot Message Text

Submitted by 8BitHeaven on January 2, 2021 - 12:08am

Does anybody know off hand where the boot message text lives.  That is where is the APPLE ][ or Apple //e or ACE 1000 vx.x message text stored.   I'm thinking about getting a ROM-X and mulling over some ideas. As I recall it was clear text ASCII in the ][ Plus but was mildly encrypted in the //e so copyright infringement was easier to detect after the Franklin court ruling. I wonder if the Laser 128 was the same or if it moved in the "clean room" ROM?

 

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II+ no boot condition

Submitted by baldrick on January 1, 2021 - 6:15pm

Hi guys.

 

I've stumped myself with this II+ (clone)

It was working fin until today when it failed to start.  The screen shows some bands of lo-res graphic horizontal bars.  No beep.

I've removed all the cards and the top 32K of RAM, so it is sitting with only the lower 16K of RAM.

 

I am getting a clock signal, the 14 MHz, 7MHz, 3 MHz and 1MHz are all there.

All address states at the CPU show logic state high, so that's good.

 

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Apple IIe Platinum seems dead - help!

Submitted by mabalmer on January 1, 2021 - 10:08am

I was recently "gifted" an Apple IIe Platinum -- with a dead power supply, and every single slot empty. 

The power supply had significant damage to it (likely from whoever owned it previously replacing the fuse on the AC side with a piece of 14-gauge wire) and had the 6-pin motherboard power plug clipped off. 

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iic handle

Submitted by Verault on December 29, 2020 - 6:14pm

I got an apple IIc in rough shape. Its missing the handle. Does anyone out there have the handle to sell? Please contact me, thank you!

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Apple 2 color monitor pcb

Submitted by medwardl on December 28, 2020 - 8:37pm

I'm trying to resurect my Apple 2 color monitor, the pcb is pretty close to beyond repair without a mess of bodge wires as some of the traces have disintagrated and the rest isn't much better. Does anyone know where I might get a reproduction pcb or a file I can send to a pcb maker and have them make a new one?

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Apple IIe plug and socket partnumber

Submitted by martin72 on December 25, 2020 - 5:22am

Hi, the connection of the plug and socket from the power supply (6 pins) to the mainboard (J14) of my Apple IIe European version is unreliable. I am looking for the part-number or type of this connector and socket so I can order and replace them. 

Does someone know this information or where I can find a replacement for this?

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