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Apple 2e PAL, self test problem.

Submitted by Stevap on May 31, 2025 - 11:39am

I'v got an Apple 2e, but when i try to test it , with selftest, it stuck and it display only " Ram" without any info about ram chips.

I do not have any Apple 2 comp before, so i do not know what to do next.

Thaks

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IIe cases

Submitted by Wayne on May 30, 2025 - 2:40pm

I guess I never looked too closely at my stealth IIgs before. I removed the top case for the first time and found something interesting.

Since it has a later style top case I thought that the keyboard would be attached to the case but it’s attached to the baseplate. I guess the top case must be an intermediate as there’s no way to fasten the keyboard to it.

I’d thought that there were 3 top cases. The early one with the Velcro cover latches, the later one with keyboard fastened to the top case and of course the platinum IIe.

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Help with Apple iie Diagnostics.

Submitted by Peter_L on May 29, 2025 - 12:42pm

Hello,

When I run the in-built diagnostics, I get a result of a full screen of @ symbols.

The system does seem to test the RAM first, with the normal white lines making a full white block ( the RAM also has been successfully tested on another Apple  ).

Does anyone know what the diagnostics tests in the system after the RAM? Or where the fault might be?

Thank you for your help

Peter

 

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Apple //c Plus Floppy Drive Problem - Seeking Advice

Submitted by astro_rob on May 28, 2025 - 12:59pm

Hello Everybody,

As I mentioned yesterday, I have returned to the fold after having been gifted with a //c Plus. Aside from some cludgy keys, the computer seems to be functioning well, except for the disk drive.

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And We're Back...

Submitted by astro_rob on May 27, 2025 - 5:25pm

I am so  happy to finally return here after having been gone for so long.

I was just gifted with an Apple //c Plus, and I have so many questions. Anyway, they will come later, for now, hello again, long time, no see.

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Packing CRT monitor for shipment

Submitted by microstar on May 25, 2025 - 8:09pm

I need to ship a 12" CRT monitor and am wondering if the best method would be to pack it with the CRT face down rather than sitting normally?

Plan to surround the monitor with about 2" of polyethylene foam which is stiffer than bubble wrap but not as stiff as styrofoam and should give good support.

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Need Help with my Apple Image Writer II

Submitted by ChriRoBa1988 on May 25, 2025 - 4:33am

Hello,

 

My name is Chris and I'm new to the forum and would like to briefly introduce myself. In my free time, I repair and restore classic computers and have a small collection of my own. I'm slowly reaching my limits with repairs and need your help.

 

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Vulcan Menu

Submitted by Wayne on May 22, 2025 - 5:40pm

By chance I discovered something about the Vulcan hard drive that I never knew about and don’t see in the manual.

 

On booting the Vulcan by accident I happened to press the space bar and a menu from the Vulcan firmware opened. It gave me a choice of which slot to boot from or which Vulcan partition to boot off of. I wish I'd known about this years ago.

 

Sadly it’s only on the IIgs and not the IIe. I’m using the Vulcan Gold firmware. Don’t know if it’s on the earlier versions

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Asking you to do a small experiment (needs: Liron card or clone)

Submitted by UncleBernie on May 21, 2025 - 4:27pm

Hi folks -

 

if you have an Apple II, Apple II+, Apple IIe with at least 64k of RAM and a "Liron" card or a clone thereof, or if you own one of the devices supporting "SmartPort" operations, or emulations of "SmartPort" mapping Protocol Converter calls to a Flash memory driver, I have a little experiment you can do for me (and as a benefit for all of us) which does not cost you much time.

 

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My early Apple II PSU is weird (820-0003-01) - RIFA caps nonexistent?

Submitted by geerlingguy on May 20, 2025 - 2:50pm

I've been working on re-capping and refurbishing the PSU in an original Apple II, serial number TODO. The saga is documented in full here.

However, my Dad and I have run into an issue:

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