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Hello from Central Florida

Submitted by jrubin on September 23, 2014 - 10:19am

Ive brought the IIe out of storage after 20 years. Brought it up on a variac and tested the components. Mostly in working order.

Slight issues with the 80 column card, as it leaves some artifacts on the screen in 80 col mode.

Has a micromodem IIe which works
Has a super serial, i use it for ADTpro
Has the mentioned 80 col card
Has the Microsoft Z80 card
2 diskdrives, one disk][ and one u-sci
not modified or enhanced ][e not //e
working swivel monochrome monitor
applesaver side mount power unit with fan
broken q key, i have the key, but need a new peg

on the hunt for modem.mgr 1.6 all copies found on the new have the wrong install disk image included for 1.5

a couple of movies on my progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXYwe0ZxXzE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae5lnUmEQoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSf6WU_uHFs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoeWaxfNYJM

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Humorous serial number in //c I'm restoring.

Submitted by TowMater on September 21, 2014 - 1:47pm

photo

The drive is working well after a thorough cleaning.

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II+ serial numbers

Submitted by falter on September 20, 2014 - 11:22am

Question for those in the know.. I was under the impression A2+ serials *were* fairly consistent. I had been under the understanding that the 2+ started out more or less at A2S2-0001 kind of and went up from there. Along the way, the serial number labels changed from the smallet darker green to the lighter green with the dot matrix style numbers. My 2+ has the latter with a serial in the 500,000s.

Yet here I am presented with an A2+ that has the old style sticker, but a seven digit serial.. 1400000ish. Does this suggest a2+ serials were not consecutive? This 2+ also has the older silver power supply. Wondering if its a misprint.

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Apple iigs disks

Submitted by insanitor on September 20, 2014 - 1:36am

Can someone tell me what disks originally shipped with the Apple iigs? The manual mentions a "training disk". No operating system...?

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Apple II Foil tab keyboard (again)

Submitted by falter on September 19, 2014 - 9:02pm

Hey guys,

So summer is over and I'm back to my other expensive hobby. I'm trying desperately to revive this II+ foil tab keyboard I have, but seem to be getting nowhere. I think what I am lacking is an understanding in the principle of the thing, how it's supposed to work, how different characters are generated, etc.

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Fixing Disk II Analog Card (600-0038), Won't Write/Format

Submitted by jdmoser on September 19, 2014 - 2:59am

I have a Disk II drive that reads well enough, but doesn't write and I can't format disks. I've checked the write protect switch, and I've read up on adjusting the speed of the drive via the potentiometers at R21 and R33... except my analog card does not have those potentiometers. The documentation I read suggested in that case that the analog card be replaced. Fair enough... but...

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Chirp, Chirp, Chirp....

Submitted by MarkO on September 18, 2014 - 10:17pm

It's so quiet in this forum.......

MarkO

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READ command query

Submitted by RockbadgerX on September 16, 2014 - 2:13am

Hi. This is me seeking code help again. I do usually look in manuals (which are vague and rarely provide examples). Then I try to backwards engineer other programs. Then I try to create my own small routines.

But...

The READ command.

1) Usually I use OPEN / READ / CLOSE to get information from a text file. Works fine. However, I've noticed other programs seem to just use READ. For example,
"READ PROGRAM":INPUT A$
Can I just READ PROGRAM or do I need OPEN/READ/CLOSE?

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Transferring Files/Prgs to CFFA 2.0 card?? HOW

Submitted by Mike3 on September 15, 2014 - 10:32am

Hello ..I must be butt stupid but.... Blush just started using my CFFA card I bought In 2006 And I can't seem to find anything on HOW to transfer files to the CF card from My laptop.. I have the CFFA setup and formatted and boots from slot 7 on my APPLE IIE and GS .. Since the Laptop does not recognize the CF card .. how can I load the card with Programs? I must be overlooking something... Mike

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Is the lamp in the power switch of the kensington //e system saver replaceable?

Submitted by georgel on September 15, 2014 - 7:15am

It looks to me it can't be replaced since the switch itself cannot be disassembled but just in case I decided to ask here too. Thank you.

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