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Apple IIgs (Unearthed), Keyboard (Not Working), Battery (Exploded)

Submitted by zsthompson1 on March 31, 2026 - 5:05pm
Hello. I recently unearthed my family's old Apple IIGS from the basement. I'm trying to get everything up and running to bring it to my classroom (I run a middle-school makerspace). It has all worked except for the keyboard and the mouse. I took a look at the motherboard to discover that the battery had exploded at some point in the last 35ish years. I'm not sure whether that is what's causing the keyboard not to work. I could use some advice on what to try.
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Apple II DuoDisk - Connecting to Classic Disk ][ Interface Card

Submitted by SQ9PXB on March 31, 2026 - 3:14am

Hi,

While browsing various forums, I've noticed that people are having trouble connecting a DuoDisk to a Disk ][ card with two IDC20 connectors. Below is a diagram of such a cable (without the DB19 connectors). It's a direct connection from the DB25 to the two IDC20 connectors. Everything works and has been tested. The DB25 pinout is as described on the connector, but pay particular attention to the correct IDC20 pin assignment.

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FujiNet Create New Disk now automaticlally creates filesystem.

Submitted by Thomas Cherryhomes on March 30, 2026 - 10:00pm

The latest nightly builds of #Apple2 #FujiNet have improved the New disk feature, by automatically placing a ProDOS or DOS 3.3 filesystem on the newly created disk image, as shown here.

https://youtu.be/re2RXZBS7PU

#retrocomputing

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How did various accelerators handle accessing the FDD?

Submitted by gregor on March 30, 2026 - 9:17am

I have a question. How did various accelerators handle accessing the FDD?

Did they adapt to the DISK II's clock speed, utilize the 6502's main processor, or did they disable it?

 

 

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FujiNet NGET and NPUT tools show what's possible, can we do better?

Submitted by Thomas Cherryhomes on March 29, 2026 - 6:53pm

FujiNet has tools like NGET and NPUT to move stuff between an #apple2, and any network endpoint. But I have consistently tried to ask, what could make the experience more integrated?

-Thom

 

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FujiNet NGET and NPUT tools show what's possible, can we do better?

Submitted by Thomas Cherryhomes on March 29, 2026 - 6:51pm

FujiNet has tools like NGET and NPUT to move stuff between an #apple2, and any network endpoint. But I have consistently tried to ask, what could make the experience more integrated?

-Thom

 

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Need help troubleshooting IIc keyboard

Submitted by superbenk on March 29, 2026 - 6:06pm

I have a IIc that is perfectly functional except for the space key.  I've done everything I can think of to troubleshoot but I can't figure out what's wrong.  

 

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Dominodisk, the smallest Apple II Smartport hard drive

Submitted by colinleroy on March 29, 2026 - 4:52am

At least, I think it's the smallest. It's the little sibling of the BurgerDisk and like it, it's daisy-chainable, which means you don't have to choose between a hard drive or your floppy drives.

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Questions from a First Time Apple IIe Owner

Submitted by Saff on March 28, 2026 - 1:50pm

Hello! This is my first post on this forum, and after doing a lot of scouring around for info about the Apple IIe I ordered off of ebay and about some related modern solutions for software, I thought I'd sign up here to share my experience so far and ask some (hopefully educated) questions to shore up what I'm still unsure of. I dug up an old Apple iPod Touch (felt poetic, also I misplaced my usb-c to 3.5mm adapter for my phone) in order to convey MECC-Computer Inspector onto a disk via a .wav "cassette" to run some checks and confirm what I have.

 

What I'm working with:

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