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uthernet/ethernet card for Apple II PLUS Tech Q

Submitted by rocketscientists on February 15, 2009 - 10:07pm

Anyone here tried ethernet/uthernet cards for the Apple II PLUS? Any recommendations and any feedback on any particular one? What will it do? Ease of use? Do fill me in. Thanks
-RocketScientists

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Apple IIGS Formatting Questions

Submitted by Piglet on February 13, 2009 - 10:11pm

http://www.8bitcollective.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6361

Basically you can see my problem. I have a new OSX Mac and a Windows 98 I believe. I have USB floppy burner/reader. I believe I have the old DD floppies and the "new" floppies. Also does anybody have the disk image for the newest version of Noisetracker (which I believe is 4.0?) and the disk image for the newest version of Soundsmith that they could send me? Thank you all so much for your help! Sorry that I am not well versed enough in this topic. Thank you again!

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Apple IIgs Video Sync Question

Submitted by TheKisho on February 13, 2009 - 7:56pm

Does anyone know what type of sync the Apple IIgs outputs (on the RGB output)? Positive or negative. If negative how do you convert it to Positive.

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Disk ][ Speed Testing - need troubleshooting advice

Submitted by apple2ee on February 10, 2009 - 9:54pm

I'm running Copy II plus v8.2 on two Disk ][ drives using an Apple IIe (I copied it over to the apple IIe disk using ADT). I suspect I have bad 5.25 disks that I mail ordered recently. However, I'm checking the drive speed to be sure. Drive 1 is successful in initializing the new disks 90 percent of the time. Disk 2 is almost never successful. Disk 2 sounds crunchier than disk 1 when it reads and writes and tries to init a disk. Disk 2 has been opened and checked for head dirt, it is clean.

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Checking Drive speed with Copy II Plus, which version should I use?

Submitted by apple2ee on February 10, 2009 - 6:11am

I am going to check the speed of a Drive ][ connected to a standard Apple IIe. Does it matter which version of Copy II Plus I use to read the speed? I noticed there are a number of versions available. Which one should I try to use. -thanks

Also, when adjusting drive speed, how far does the speed screw need to be turned to make a noticeable difference? Barely any or alot? I don't want to over crank it on the first try.

Any other random speed tuning advice would be appreciated. THANKS.

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Apple II PLUS tech Q on IC and power indicator light

Submitted by rocketscientists on February 9, 2009 - 3:20pm

Hi

I have an JAMECO 16K RAM card that is currently in slot 0 of my Apple II plus. It also has a ribbon cable that plugged into the IC location E1. Does anyone know what was the original IC that went in this slot? I need to replace the chip in to debug a couple of minor problems.

Also, my power indicator light is out (missing). I have the Apple II PLUS that has the power indicator button flush with the system. Anyone know what kind of bulb and voltage rating that went in there?

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Disk ][ Drive 2 installation question

Submitted by apple2ee on February 9, 2009 - 7:28am

I recently installed a second Disk ][ drive in my Apple IIe. The first drive's ribbon was already clamped into one of the holes leading out of the back of the case, so I just fed the second drive ribbon out of another hole in the back next to the first one. I didn't have another metal clamp to secure the second ribbon so I just refitted the plastic tab that seals the hole with the ribbon coming out the side of it. It's not a great solution but the ribbon is fairly secure.

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Need 5.25 floppy buying recommendations ...

Submitted by apple2ee on February 8, 2009 - 4:24pm

I purchased some Platinum 2S/DD 5.25 disks recently and they don't work very well with the drives. They work about 85% of the time but I get far more I/O errors from them than with my 25 yr old 3M 5.25" disks. Drive 2 can't initialize these disks either, but drive 1 can usually.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what kind of 5.25" floppies to buy for an Apple IIe and where to buy them?

-thanks

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Apple II Plus Keyboard needed-- Help!

Submitted by rocketscientists on February 7, 2009 - 11:38pm

Hi,

I am looking for an Apple II PLUS keyboard. It does not have to be functional, or it is but has some broken keys. I need to repair my own keyboard which I recently broke one of the keys.

The Apple II plus keyboard is a built-in keyboard that has an attached keyboard encoder card underneath it. All I need at this point is the keyboard itself (sans the daughter card). Does anyone here have such item laying around?

-RocketScientists

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Need Static Electricity Prevention Advice

Submitted by apple2ee on February 3, 2009 - 8:29pm

My home is rampant with static electricity discharges. Every time I walk across the carpet I'm building up a charge. I'm worried about shocking my Apple IIe to death every time I touch it. It's a huge problem. Are there any products I can put under my Apple IIe or around it to protect it from the static electricity coming from me? I remember a mat I used to have under it back in the early 80's, but I'm not sure what to buy now. -thanks

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