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Vintage Computer Fest article on Ars Technica - photos

Submitted by apple2ee on September 17, 2009 - 6:49pm

Ars Technica wrote an article about an event this past weekend called Vintage Computer Fest. There's an Apple section on page 2 of the article although everything shown is probably in some of your living rooms. Still fun though, anyone from here attend?

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest.ars

Always fun to see those old computers.

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Apple IIc drive alignment?

Submitted by skurk on September 17, 2009 - 2:56pm

Hi,

I got a //c in the mail today, traded it for some Amiga equipment with a chap across the pond.

I had about 60 or 70 floppies from 1987 I wanted to try again, and a few of them actually booted and I ran a couple of programs. But, after a while the drive gave more and more errors, and eventually it wouldn't boot anything at all. Not even the ones that worked earlier.

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Looking for Cat-Send or CatSend for the Apple Cat Modem

Submitted by A2forever on September 15, 2009 - 1:44am

Hey everyone... I am looking for an old program for the Apple Cat Modem , this one was called CatSend or Cat-Send? It was a transfer utility that someone wrote along time ago , for some reason I thought I had it in my collection of software , but I don't :O( I tried looking online for a download site , but can't find it... So if you have it , can you send it too me ?

Thanks..

Patrick.

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Looking for a ribbon cable for use with Apple Cat modem and 212 upgrade card.

Submitted by A2forever on September 14, 2009 - 8:50pm

Looking for a small ribbon connector that you use for the Apple Cat Modem and 212 upgrade card. I have the original ribbon cable , but it's some what long , and I am looking for a shorter ribbon cable that I can use , this way its not boggled down inbetween the two cards , does anyone know where I can get one , or can a standard 11 pin ribbon cable do the trick? I know that there is a blue strip on the ribbon cable , I think to state that it is pin#1 , or does this really matter?

Thanks..

Patrick.

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Micro II Apple clone

Submitted by dani9678 on September 11, 2009 - 8:24pm

I have an Apple ][ clone that I'd like to try and get running again. I have some pictures of it that I took to show what it looks like. When you turn it on, there are a bunch of vertical bars across the screen and about four rows across the bottom of the @ character. I noticed that when you turn it off and on again rapidly, a few more characters appear on the screen. I took a couple of pictures of the screen to show what I am talking about. There are 2 cards installed in the first two slots.

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Apple II plus, screen filled with question marks

Submitted by DaveyPocket on September 10, 2009 - 6:34pm

I recently got a broken Apple II plus off ebay. There are two problems with it:

1. The power supply is bad (I'm currently in the process of fixing it)
2. The processor was mounted in socket wrong (reverse and two pins off)

I pulled the power supply from my IIe, which works, and placed it into my II+. I then power it on to see it doesn't work, which is when I discover the processor was put in wrong and re-seat it. Then I power it on again. This time it powers up. I hear the beep, but the screen is filled with jittering question marks, like this:

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Mac GUI Releases Vault- Retro Apple Computing Archive

Submitted by Dog Cow on September 10, 2009 - 9:56am

Mac GUI, a web site originally focused on Mac interface customization, is proud to announce the availability of Mac GUI Vault, a comprehensive resource for retro Apple II and Macintosh computing spanning from 1978 to 1998. Mac GUI Vault includes software for, photos of, and text files on most every facet of vintage Apple computers.

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best way to set up a system made to run just 1 program

Submitted by macvooh on September 8, 2009 - 1:20pm

fellow Apple II enthiousiasts,
I'm setting up 2 APPLE IIe's to run only one single piece of software.

I'd really love to get rid of the floppies or tape interface.
I've seen all kinds of solutions the past few years, scsi, compactflash, ide controllers and now even a USB stick?
Prices can get quite high though.

What is the cheapest solution for me? (keeping in mind I only ever need to run 1 program)

thanks in advance

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Kris Kirk

Submitted by Twilight_Rodent on August 23, 2009 - 9:28am

Hi,
I am looking for the where abouts of Kris Kirk. He was mention a few times in the Hard Core Computist. He was also friends with the Sysop there as well. He was in the army, stationed in Hawaii and NC.

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continue the program... forum game

Submitted by AlbertaGamer on August 20, 2009 - 12:15am

Let's have some fun.

Everybody type three lines.

I'll start.

10 TEXT:HOME:?"PRESS ANY KEY TO START":GET A$:GR:COLOR=6:FOR A = 0 TO 39:PLOT 0,A:PLOT39,A:PLOT A,0:PLOTA,39:NEXTA
20 VTAB 21:?"PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE":GET A$
30 HGR2:HCOLOR=1:FOR I = 0 TO 190 STEP 10:HPLOT 0,I TO I*1.4,190:HPLOT 266,I TO 266-(I*1.4),190:HPLOT 0,190-I TO I*1.4,0:HPLOT 266,190-I TO 266-(I*1.4),0: NEXT I:GET A$:TEXT:HOME

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