Apple II

Is it or isn't it an Apple II?

Submitted by swapple on December 5, 2008 - 3:51pm

Hi all,

I thought the machine I have is an Apple II. Then I thought it was an Apple II with updated II+ ROMs. Now I don't know.

The machine boots up (thanks for all the suggestions!!) with "Apple ][" on the display and a "]" prompt. This an Applesoft BASIC prompt, not Integer BASIC. That is what I'd expect on a II+. I naively tried the various keyboard tricks of escaping/switching to INT Basic- no go.

What do I look for to determine if this is a II motherboard with II+ ROMs, or really a II+?

What else I know:

Forums: 
Apple II

Ooops! It's a Macintosh PLUS model...

Submitted by A2forever on December 4, 2008 - 6:44am

Sorry about the last post guys... I have a Macintosh PLUS model... I had an emulator on a floppy that emulated a //e , but for some reason it died :O( . Any how that's what I have. I want to get this system all together. Get what ever floppies it came with , and start from there.

Thanks..

Patrick A.

Forums: 
Apple II

Non-standard DOS archive project

Submitted by dropkick on December 4, 2008 - 4:25am

Hi all

OK, this is my first post here and I have searched for an answer but here goes.

I have an Apple II system that controls a piece of machinery. I want to replace the Apple II with a PC, but I want to archive the Apple data, chuck the floppies away and retire the Apple.

The program and its data disks are not standard DOS. I think this was done to make more space on the floppies.
Is there a way to determine how its set up and make images from there?

Forums: 
Apple II

need a IIe emulator for my Mac Classic.

Submitted by A2forever on December 4, 2008 - 4:12am

hey guys , I got an old Mac Classic II , and a ton of small floppies that came with it. I had a IIe emulator for it , but for some reason it just went bad on me :O( . what I am looking for , and can't seem to find them , are the original startup disks for the mac classic. I think these are 3 1/4 disks? you know which ones :O) . Any how , if anyone has a good emulator for the mac classic , can you get me one? I have an original 5 1/4 hooked up , so I just need to get a good emulator running , so I can see if I can get one of my CMS hard drives up and running.

Forums: 
Apple II

Paddle Test

Submitted by TheKisho on November 29, 2008 - 12:54am

I'm looking for a small BASIC program I can enter into my Apple to see the input of my Paddles. I want to see a set of readouts for both paddles. I like to see the function of the pots 0%-100% and the function of the push buttons 0 (off) or 1 (on).

Forums: 
Apple II

Apple II (non-plus) display issue.... please can you help?

Submitted by arukum17 on November 24, 2008 - 3:13pm

My Apple II (non plus) boots up with a beep when switched on.
But the screen is either flickering low res black/white gibberish or black with a solid flashing cursor. No "Apple ][" welcome.

Forums: 
Apple II

Apple II Pascal...general use and pre-booting for games

Submitted by arukum17 on November 24, 2008 - 5:02am

I am thinking of getting a copy of Apple II Pascal (1979/1980 version with 4 disks, not the later "instant Pascal"). Any users out there?

Also my Wizardry disk, which is the only vintage disk in my collection which refuses to boot, has a golden sticker which says (something to the effect of) "requires Pascal 1.x operating system" (can't recall if it needed 1.1 or 1.2). When I try booting the Wizardry disk without Pascal it gives me an error message, something like "X=random number, Y=random number etc"

Forums: 
Apple II

Good source for Apple II game instructions/manuals and cheats

Submitted by arukum17 on November 23, 2008 - 3:42pm

I have various Apple II games w/o manuals.
Any good source to get the pdf scans for the manuals, joystick functions etc.
All the games are relatively well know (Infocom Enchanter, Hitchhikers, Bolo etc)

Forums: 
Apple II

Apple II Language Card issues

Submitted by arukum17 on November 23, 2008 - 3:37pm

My Apple II (non plus) boots fine without the 16K Language Card and reads from the floppy disk.
Games (Loderunner) play fine etc.

But when the 16K Language card is plugged in and a boot up is attempted (buy switching on/off) the screen goes funny (flickers and gives a solid flashing cursor without the "]" prompt.
When I switch the computer on and off again a random symbol pattern appears, sometime it gives a solid cursor other times nothing.
This language card used to work earlier. It is a generic card and not an Apple II original item.

Forums: 
Apple II

Apple II boot problem

Submitted by swapple on November 23, 2008 - 12:02am

Hi,

I'd like to get this Apple II working. With no diskette drives attached (and no associated disk card installed), when I power up the machine, it does the quick double beep, the "APPLE ][" shows up on the screen and the very next line says something like:

DBxx A=xx X=00 Y=xx P=xx S=xx
*

where xx is a different 2-character hex number

Forums: 
Apple II

Pages

Subscribe to Apple II