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Question on 5.25" drives

Submitted by TimCross on September 2, 2023 - 10:28pm

I have two slim 5.25" drives.  One is from a Laser 128, the other is a Maple drive.  They both seem to basically work (drive spins, light comes on) but the stepper motor doesn't move the head.  When off, I can manually move the heads without issue.

 

On the Laser drive, if I slide the head back to track 0, Copy2Plus can verify track 0 but then cannot advance the head for the rest of the tracks.  The Maple drive's head can also move but I can't get it to read track 0.  Maybe that head is dead.

 

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Floppy EMU case options

Submitted by HeyMerlin on September 1, 2023 - 1:29am

Hey folks, question for you people who have a Floppy EMU...

 

I followed the thread on Dave's excellent modification to put a Floppy EMU into a Disk ][ case. Unfortunately by the time I got my Floppy EMU and found a drive that I could use (off ebay and yes I'm going to keep the original insides safe), Dave had run out of kits/parts and it may be a few months before he has a chance to release the files. I did see that someone else designed a front panel. I'm wondering if anyone else has done any work similar to Dave's or building on Dave's?

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AdvSkel65 Progress Report: Getting Monitor: Possible Crash on ProDOS OPEN

Submitted by Harry Potter on August 31, 2023 - 6:38pm

Hi!  I can't figure this one out.  Right now, most ports of AdvSkel65 appear to be working, but the two Apple2enh ports are giving me the monitor at startup.  :(  The 64k version used to work, but the 128k version was giving me the monitor at a location used by a Cubbyhole stub.  Right now, it seems that the monitor is showing a location in the main program.  I think this is happening during a call to the ProDOS OPEN function.  I attached the code for the OPEN code, the file-parsing code and the code that reads the files into memory.  BTW, I'm using ProDOSi to access the file system.  Thank

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Apple IIe diagnostic fun...

Submitted by BTDonovan on August 29, 2023 - 8:13pm

Hey everyone... I'm still working on that IIe that I bought late last year and have been slowly restoring.  I wrote a message on the forums back in December or so and got pointed to Joe's for a new keyboard decoder chip and that fixed that problem right away.  In the months that have followed, I have gotten some more gear and setup what, back in the day, would have been an awesome system, but a new set of problems have cropped up int he meantime.  I suppose that I am stuck now, and could use a little advice.

 

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Bluetooth to Apple II – Using an updated Firmware for Option 8’s RetroConnector

Submitted by microbmen on August 28, 2023 - 12:12pm

Bluetooth to Apple II – Using an updated Firmware for Option 8’s RetroConnector

 

Over the last few months, I have written a few different versions of firmware for the Joystick RetroConnector (I’ve also mastered making the little device). I can connect Xbox, PlayStation, and most other 8Bitdo type Bluetooth controllers.

 

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Apple II+ doesn't see all the keys from the keyboard

Submitted by DrkStarr on August 23, 2023 - 3:03am

My Apple II+ hates me, or I got a bad one off E-Bay. :/

Currently, the keyboard is not working correctly. The 1 - 2 - A - S - CR - Space - won't type. And you can't do anything without a carriage return.

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80 column text and HGR simultaneously in Applesoft Basic?

Submitted by bushnrvn on August 19, 2023 - 7:36pm

I am looking for  information on how to display 80-column text and HGR grapics simultaneously in Applesoft BASIC. I know how to switch between the two, and I know you can do a split screen mode with TEXT and GR, but my goal is to display text where desired on the screen, and a small HGR image in the bottom right hand corner of the screen to fill some negative space. Is this possible?

 

I've leafed through the manuals I know of, but I haven't found a straightforward answer. 

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Apple II+ Clone (Z80 type) will not correctly boot with the keyboard plugged in.

Submitted by Libnk on August 16, 2023 - 5:31am

I recently picked up an Apple II+ clone, the type with the built in language card and Z80 softcard, and it wouldn't boot at all, only displaying rubbish characters. I replaced some 74161 counters that were dead and installed a modern power supply, and the computer still wouldn't boot. After scrubbing the ROM card contacts and unplugging the keyboard, I heard a beep and saw the BASIC prompt on my television! However plugging the keyboard back in caused the speaker to beep rapidly and a different rubbish pattern appeared on the screen.

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Apple2enh version of text adventure almost ready

Submitted by Harry Potter on August 15, 2023 - 7:14pm

A Sci-Fi/Fantasy text adventure where you have to stop a madman from another dimension from gaining the secret to fusion and rescue his hostages.

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