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Disk drives do not work.

Submitted by KF5SDR on July 16, 2014 - 12:48am

I have two Disk ][ drives, three disk controller cards, and around thirty bootable disks (I have run them successfully before). But whatever combination of drive, controller, and disk I try, my Apple //e will not boot. What could I do to rectify the problem?

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16sector.com down?

Submitted by protek on July 15, 2014 - 1:48am

16sector.com appears to be down as the address opens just a blank page.

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Disk ][ head stepper

Submitted by richard-iii on July 12, 2014 - 5:57am

I got hold of a damaged disk drive for my ][e, it appears to have suffered a fall from a great height as the case was dented, the disk rotating flywheel and bearing had dropped out and the pcb mount had snapped off of it's mounts to the casting.

These are all rectifiable but the head drive stepper motor appears to be seized solid - which seems very odd for a stepper motor.

The spiral disk that drives the head is a press fit onto the shaft of the motor.

Anyone taken this apart?

Anyone know where I could find another stepper?

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Apple ][e display pulsating

Submitted by richard-iii on July 11, 2014 - 7:10pm

Hi all,

I have after many years finally got myself a lovely Apple ][e!

It seems to be working fine but the display is doing an add pulsating thing.

Basically once a second all the text appears to go bold and then it flicks back to normal.

The machine has an 80 column card in it, if that's relevant.

Any ideas what might cause this?

(The monitor is an lcd tv)

Cheers!

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Disk ][ Question:Slot Selection

Submitted by mutant_pie on July 11, 2014 - 1:42pm

After reconditioning some Disk ]['s I found that they worked terrifically well with all software, when booting them in slot #6. Trying to boot from slot#4 created issues however. It was driving me nuts at first, when I didn't realize the solution, and I was keeping slot #6 open for being able to quickly be plugging in and out an I/O card (for running a DuoDisk).

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Basic compiler for A-//e

Submitted by BillO on July 5, 2014 - 6:16pm

A question for all you good Apple fans.

Does anyone know of a compiler that will work on an enhanced Apple IIe to compile Applsoft code?

I tried TASC, but it makes assumptions about the enhanced IIe ROM that NOT correct.

BTW, I am still using DOS 3.3 for nostalgia purposes.

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Looking for unprotected PFS: File

Submitted by Keatah on July 5, 2014 - 3:44pm

Just as the label says on the can - Does anyone have an unprotected PFS: File disk?

Currently on asimov there is a prodos version, but what about the original from when it first came out?

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How to run an Applesoft program from a floppy disk?

Submitted by rookie2013 on July 2, 2014 - 8:48pm

Folks,

Recently purchased an old Apple IIe, and I'm trying to set the clock in an Applied Engineering Timemaster II H.O. clock/date card.

This card comes with a floppy disk containing a program (written in Applesoft BASIC I think) called SET CLOCK. I need to run it to set the clock.

I'm new to Apple II computers, and wonder how do I run it?

Haven't figured out how to find a command line in ProDOS, so I'm at a loss.

Thanks for any help/tips you could provide me with.

rookie2013

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Enhancing an Aplle IIe

Submitted by BillO on July 1, 2014 - 9:24am

I searched on this, but could find nothing specifically about my questions. It seems the search engine is not that specific and if I put IIe in the search, everything with IIe in it comes up. IT appears to be doing and 'or' on keywords rather than 'and'.

I've got a couple of questions to those that might have done a DIY enhancement.

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Albert Computers

Submitted by FLimits on June 30, 2014 - 9:15pm

I'm looking for info on Albert Computers, the company that produced the Albert (an Apple II "clone" with some fairly advanced bells and whistles). I'd especially like to talk to anyone who worked there and/or has firsthand info about their design and production processes. I've found what appears to be a prototype mainboard for the Albert, as well as a number of other items, such as a draft of the user's manual, product shots, pictures of mockups of the retail packaging (Polaroids!), etc., and I'd like to get more background info as I review and catalog these materials.

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