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Asking for hint: annunciators and HGR

Hi everyone !

It is not the first time I read some quick phrase about Annunciators implying different behavior of HGR colors.

Are they talking about the 4 Annunciator lines in the joystick DIP socket, or something else?

 

Thank you all !

Julian

 

 

 

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DRAM test EPROM for all Apple II (except IIgs maybe)

Recently one of my 'IWMless' beta testers ran into a problem with his Apple IIc and needed a memory test program. Since the machine would refuse to boot ("Check Disk Drive" error message), the best way is to remove the firmware ROM (always socketed) and plug in an EPROM with a memory test.

 

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Can you build a IIGS slot based DVI video card for $10 (USD)?

Can you build a IIGS slot based DVI video card for $10 (USD)? Yes, it can be done.

Would you want to build a IIGS slot based DVI video card for $10 (USD)? Now, that's a more intersting and difficult question to answer. The dury is still out on that one. 

For all you sensationalists out there, note that this is the build price and not the sell price.

https://lukazi.blogspot.com/2025/07/cheapskatedv-xenithdv-prototype.html

Cheers,

Alex.

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Trouble with Disk II Analog Card

Hello, first time poster here! I had a stash of Disk II Drives that I have been fixing up and am down to one more, but cannot figure out the issue. The Disk II Analog Card had a faulty 74LS125 which has been changed out, but it will still not read any disks. However, when I insert a different, known working analog card, it reads fine, so I know the head is okay. I have tested each resistor, transistor, diode, and capacitor but still cannot figure it out. I have also changed out each IC chip with working ones with no avail.

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Sirius Printware v2.1

Sirius Software - Printware v2.1.pdf

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Can I fix my Macintosh LC475's Video, Recap It AND then Overclock it? High stakes!

Can I fix my Macintosh LC475's Video, Recap It AND then Overclock it? High stakes!My vintage Mac and LC475 has poor video and on top of this it's capacitors are ALL leaking, causing damage to the machine! So we need to get into this machine urgently, to get those caps replaced and then find a fix for its ailing video output! Oh, and for good measure, we'll "overclock" it from 25MHz to 40MHz!

 

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iigs emulator HD file wont boot on real iigs?

Spent a couple hours setting up a hard drive image for a iigs using the Gsplus emulator.  When I transfer the file to my tnfs server and try to boot it using my fujinet it doesn't recognize the file.  I just get the no boot devie screen.  Any thougts on what I am doing wrong?  File has a .hdv extension.  FIle boots and runs with no issues in Gsplus.  I have noticed that it's 32,768KB in my Gsplus directory.  When I tranfer the file using FileZilla using sftp it shows 33,533KB after the tranfer.  Is the file really growing in size??  Thanks, Chris

 

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Sickly PAL IIe - IOU chip

I've got an Apple IIe that had started to misbehave, culminating with it giving up entirely.

It had been working fine. I'd previously swapped out the keyboard Rom as that had given up the ghost, and there had also been an issue with the PAL encoder chip (the name of which escapes me now, but was a swap out replacement).

I had it out today as part of an exhibition, and it had been sitting there running Pac-Man. I noticed the machine had hung and restarted it. No problem, it came right back up, but after a while it stopped again.

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Quality Control at Capitol Records Canada using an Apple ][+

Hello everyone,

 

Back in the early 1980s, I had the unique opportunity to work at Capitol Records in the Toronto, Ontario area. While the company produced both tapes and records, my role was centred in the tape manufacturing plant.

 

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Did the SmartDisk II ever work ?

Here is the github page (thanks, Wing, for pointing me to it):

 

https://github.com/btb/SmartDiskII

 

The front page claims that they replace the P6 PROM with a "2716 - compatible" EPROM. Which may not be fast enough to make the SmartDiskII work reliably in any Apple II.

 

In post #31 of this thread  I've shown the timing calculations  which call for a 150ns access time for such an EPROM substitute for P6:

 

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