Apple II

Hi,
are all power supplies for Apple II II+ and IIe usable with 220 V?

Want to order some from the USA and don't know if they work with the German 220 V system?

Thanks

Hi guys,

My second drive on the Apple II+ is not working properly. Intermittently makes loud noises using ADTPro and does not show as a drive to select when receiving disk images (i.e. copying to it).

I ran some tests using "Apple II Confidence Program"
http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/disk_utils/diagnostics/Apple%20II%20Plus%20Diagnostic%20Confidence%20Disk.dsk

And here are the results:

APPLE ][ CONFIDENCE PROGRAM VERSION 0.1
SEEK/READ/WRITE/ALIGN TEST
=========================
DISK SLOT/DRIVE: 6/1 6/2
ONLINE [*] [*]
TEST DISKETTE [*] [ ]
SEEK [*] [*]
READ [*] [*]
WRITE [*] [ ]
ALIGN [*] [ ]
=========================

As you can see, DISK 2 failed on TEST, WRITE and ALIGN.

Before I head down the path of a full cleaning (thanks to SpeedyG's technical guide)
http://www.harrowalsh.de/Elektronik/APPLEBOX/appleboxdiskiipage1.htm

Should I try something else first?

Just wondering what you guys think,

Thanks,

David

Hi All, This is my first post to these forums and I have to confess, I'm an Apple noob to the point that I've never actually used any Apple hardware in my 42 years on the planet :-o

In fact, I'm actually a collector of hardware produced by Acorn Computers and I also collect related hardware that I used growing up and that is why I find myself here today.

Can you reset an Apple II+ to boot from a floppy via the keyboard?

Or do you always have to power cycle the machine?

The keyboard switch (underneath) seems to toggle RESET vs. CTRL-RESET, but both do the same thing and just bring you back to a DOS prompt and no machine restart.

With a nearly 40 year old power supply, I have to imagine this won't last long with me flipping the switch like that.

Is there a better approach - maybe hard wiring a separate switch to cycle the machine?

What do others do?

David