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ImageWriter II smudge

Submitted by aofapple12 on May 18, 2026 - 8:44am

Hello all,

 

I fired up my ImageWriter II with a new color ribbon cartridge (from MacEffects). While the printing looks good, it also has some smudges. 

 

What can I do to minimize or eliminate that? Is thre anything to clean or adjust?

 

Thanks

 

Armando

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Apple II 128K card - questions

Submitted by tiktak on May 17, 2026 - 9:46am

Hi all,

 

I came by a load of cards for the Apple ii. I'm just working my way through them all and currently on this 128K clone.

Compared to another card online, there appears to be some components missing in the middle of the board, below the 6 resistors. I was wondering if these have been removed or were never there?

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Laser 128EX Odd Display Issues

Submitted by nick3092 on May 16, 2026 - 4:03pm

I recently acquired a Laser 128EX, and populated the memory card to 1MB. I tested out Henry Lowe's Card Cat and RAMWerks programs, and I'm seeing some odd display issues that I'm trying to figure out if my Laser is having issues, or it's some odd bug in the program that affects Lasers. So if any Laser owners would be willing to check out these programs, I'd appreciate it.

 

 

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A little AI fun......

Submitted by Stargeezer on May 13, 2026 - 6:47pm
Asked chatgpt to make an Apple II sales poster in the style of 1950's sci-fi posters with a hint of the style of Charlie Chan movie posters.
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Problems with Apple II europlus encoderboard from Sweden

Submitted by macbengt on May 11, 2026 - 2:59pm

Hi, I live in Sweden and recently bought an Apple Ii europlus. MB rev 7, date 8104. Some minor problem with the PSU and ROM chip but that is fixed. The keyboard will not work. The keyboard is Apple 605-4155-0. The encoderboard is made by a swedish compamy WEAB ( Wermlands Elektronik AB) that made kb accessories for Apple II. This company closed in 1984.

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Leadman Clone PSU Schematic

Submitted by tiktak on May 10, 2026 - 8:35am

Hi all,

 

Does anyone have the schematic or a photo of the caps in a Leadman Apple II clone PSU? I'm replacing caps that someone else has removed and there's no silkscreen to indicate polarity. Just smelly-popped and 1000uF as I put it in the wrong way.

 

Photo of the PSU attached with new caps but wrong polarities!

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Questions about Applied Engineering Ramfactor

Submitted by Sid6.7 on May 10, 2026 - 4:09am

Hi all.

 

I’m looking for some technical details regarding the Applied Engineering RamFactor. I recently picked up a board along with its RamCharger module. The card is currently installed in slot 5 of an Apple IIgs ROM 03. I also have an Enhanced IIe available, but I haven’t started testing on that system yet. Slot 5 on the IIgs is configured as YOUR CARD. The board appears to be functional even under these conditions. The RamCharger is currently disconnected, so no tests on that yet.

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Odd Laser EX Issue

Submitted by nick3092 on May 8, 2026 - 7:45pm

I recently acquired a Laser 128 EX. It came with the 4.5 ROM, but supposedly 6/6.1 have some improvements for Smartport devices. So I burned a copy of 6 and installed it. Oddly, it completely broke Smartport and 3.5" drives. Thinking maybe this 6 rom was bad since it seems hard to find and may have been a bad dump, I burned a 6.1 (which not a fan of since it boots in 3mhz mode since the EX lacks the NVRAM of the EX2 to remover what default speed should be). 6.1 also wouldnt read my FE in 3.5 or SP hard drive mode. Put the original 4.5 ROM back in, worked fine.

 

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fleXrom from JD Micro

Submitted by jeffmazur on May 7, 2026 - 11:33pm

 

The fleXrom is basically a universal ROM replacement for almost any 2K ROM found in an Apple II computer. Choose between 64 different images and can be configured to replace either a 9316 ROM or 2716 EPROM. Use it to fix a machine with a bad ROM or to change the F8 ROM, Text ROM, Keyboard MAP ROM, etc. See JDMicro for complete details. Available for $29 from MacEffects

 

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