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Looking for Franklin Ace 2X00 TECHNICAL Reference Manual

Submitted by javster on October 21, 2021 - 3:27pm

Recently I acquired a Franklin Ace 2100 and am looking for the TECHNICAL reference manual, search in the usual places with no luck (Asimov, Archive) does anybody has a manual that can Scan? I can also borrow it, scan it and return it. Thanks in advance.

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Trashpicked Apple IIe - vertical bars on screen and graphical glitches

Submitted by ellindsey on October 18, 2021 - 10:27am

Several weeks ago, I found an Apple IIe lying in a pile of trash and broken furniture on the curb a few miles from home. I took it home and completely disassembled and cleaned everything, and replaced the RIFA filter cap in the power supply just to be sure. Other than the keyboard, everything seemed to be in good shape, although there was some corrosion on sockets and internal connectors.

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Apple IIc disk drive

Submitted by papalapa on October 17, 2021 - 2:54am

Hi! Recently I got an Apple IIc and all is working except the internal disk drive. I passed the built-in checking (Ctrl+Open Apple+Closed Apple+Reset) and after around 1 minute it says "System OK", but when I put a disk inside during the startup (and even withtout any disk inside), a noise can be heard and the message "No bootable device" is shown.

 

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gglabs a2scsi

Submitted by Paul19804 on October 16, 2021 - 7:18pm

GGLABS A2SCSI - Clone of APPLE SCSI CARD 607-0291 rev. C

 

I have Enhanced Apple IIe with Grappler+ in slot 1; SSC in slot 2; 5.25 disk controller in slot 6; A2SCSI in slot 4. Trying to boot ProDOS from 5.25 floppy.  

Finding the boot hangs whenever the A2SCI is installed, regardless of the state of the SCSI hard disk (on off connected disconnected).

 

Am not finding much documentation on this card and it's hard to run diags if the machine won't boot.  

Anyone have experience with this card?

 

Thanks,

 

Paul

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A2M2010P monitor screws

Submitted by rogerxy on October 15, 2021 - 2:09pm

Hi

I was wondering if anyone could help me identifying the two different kind of screws holding the plastic case on an A2M2010P monitor. (2 in the upper back and 4 under it, so two different kinds of screws).

If you have the correct specs or could unscrew and measure from your own monitor. As it is now the screws are misplaced and it's not possible to assemble the monitor.

Since I'm in Europe, my ability to test different imperial screws are quite limited, so getting the correct specs would help a ton.

Thanks in advance!

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Another source for old cables

Submitted by gottj on October 14, 2021 - 6:59pm

Today I visited a place in Riverside, California that I hadn't been in since the 1980's. The place is called Electronics Warehouse, and their website is https://www.electronicswarehouse.net/

 

They have old parallel, DB9, DB25, floppy drive (PC), and many other types of cables for great prices. So if you can't find a good source for old cables, try this places.

 

 

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Internal drive issue?

Submitted by retrocatgaming on October 11, 2021 - 9:10pm

Tried using Apple II system utilities on my Apple IIc to create a copy of DOS 3.3 onto another disk (I'm using the internal disk drive) but I can only seem to copy programs over manually one at a time from the DOS 3.3 disk to new disk, which is fine I guess, the issue is when I try to use the system utilities disk to copy the entire DOS 3.3 disk to another blank disk. It only creates disk volume 001 with a file named XXX on the new disk.

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Two Drive Dilemma

Submitted by Gumdoc on October 9, 2021 - 5:20pm

Hi all,

 

Posted this on Reddit but it seems to be a head scratcher, so was wondering if anyone could help me troubleshoot.

Purchased a IIGS system with both 3.5" and 5.25" drives. Seller tested and showed both drives as working.

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Brian's Theme

Submitted by MicroCoreLabs on October 9, 2021 - 2:37pm

Who remembers this?    Much easier to enjoy when it is running faster.

Link to YouTube video

 

 

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5.25 Drive Diagnostics

Submitted by Paul19804 on October 8, 2021 - 12:09pm
Anyone know where I can obtain the diagnostic floppies, 077-0324 and 077-325, for the 5.25 disk drive (A9M0107)?
They are "not bootable" and "not copyable" according to the Service manual.
I have a couple 5.25 drives that just spin and spin and spin ... on boot.
Thanks!
Paul
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