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Apple IIgs keyboard corruption: Repair ideas?

Submitted by Eudimorphodon on March 7, 2013 - 1:10pm

Problem:

I was given a completely peripheral-less ROM 01 Apple IIgs "Woz Edition" the other day. Hoping to have some fun with it I spent a few bucks on an ADB keyboard, mouse, and serial cable (all the parts I could get from Weirdstuff), and was in the process of trying to hunt down a floppy drive when it occurred to me it would probably be a good idea to test the machine. And it has a problem.

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AE Ramworks with Pascal?

Submitted by dramsey on March 6, 2013 - 10:28pm

AE's advertising for the Ramworks III card specifically says:

RamWorks III can be used as a solid state disk with DOS 3.3, PASCAL, CP/M and ProDos (up to 5,700 blocks free)!

Presumably this would require a device driver of some sort under Pascal. However, I can't find one anywhere-- it certainly doesn't seem to be on the AE software disks.

Did this ever exist?

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Anybody need some free HD diskettes?

Submitted by dramsey on March 6, 2013 - 9:52pm

Like 90+ NOS Nashuas in a fetching dark rose shade?

I stupidly bought these before I remembered the difference between "HD" and "DD".

Hey, it's been 30 years and I'm just now getting back into things, OK?

Yours for cost of shipping should you have any use for them.

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Best way to expand storage

Submitted by dramsey on March 6, 2013 - 2:52pm

So I've got my Platinum //e running well with a DuoDrive. But having only 280K of storage online at any one time is kinda limiting. Especially with things like UCSD Pascal, which involve some disk swapping.

I have another Disk II controller card, so adding a couple more 5.35" drives would be pretty easy. That's one option.

I'd much prefer a 3.5" drive, but the controller cards for those are rarer than hen's teeth. There's one on eBay now for $200, which seems high.

Or I could just hold my breath and wait for the next run of CFFA3000 cards.

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Disabling write-protect on Uni-Disk 5.25 for 2 series?

Submitted by Keatah on March 6, 2013 - 2:07pm

Like it says on the cover. Is there a simple way to disable the write-protect feature on 5.25 drives, model A9M0107? These are the ones in the white plastic case with the permanently attached DB-style cable.. The ones with the pass-through option.

No cutting or soldering of wires are allowed. Nor is breaking loose the optical sensor. Anything I do will need to be 100% reversible.

Well off to find the schematics and perhaps work from there.

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Rescued an Apple IIgs

Submitted by Mr.Fix on March 6, 2013 - 7:11am

little background on the scenerio:

Back in November 2012 i was scanning my local classifieds and saw an ad for a apple iigs selling for $150 cdn. It was only the computer, keyboard, a 3.5 unidisk, and a manual. For $150 that was way too much and it wasnt even a woz edition by the looks of the pictures.

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It's Only Tuesday...

Submitted by gsmcten on March 5, 2013 - 6:54pm

All,

It's only Tuesday and it seems that a whole bunch of us are up here at the same time, plus 84 Guests!

Ain't that Great?! Smile

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Help with ALS "The CPM Card"

Submitted by Corey986 on March 5, 2013 - 7:02am

Ok, can't find a manual anywhere only some "release notes" online and a website on how to get it running with a ProDos GS

I want to see if I can get it running on my II. I have the following setup.

Slot 0- Apple Rom card set to AppleSoft
Slot 1- 16k RamEx card (no morherboard jumper language card)
Slot 2- Willegal Super Protoboard
Slot 3- super serial
Slot 4- The CPM card
Slot 5- disk II
Slot 6- CFFA3000
Slot 7- open

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Need help identifying boards

Submitted by nickv on March 4, 2013 - 10:03pm

Hello All
This is my first post here. i mostly creep these forums as i dont have a working apple 2 but i'm interested in anything about computer history.
needless to say i found a bunch of apple two parts at a local thrift store and would like to identify and possibly sell them.

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Apple ii VGA Card

Submitted by -Blimco- on March 4, 2013 - 3:46pm

Unfortunately this website is 'temporarily' out of business.
But WOW , a whole bunch of cool cards.

The VGA card looks complete, as well as the IDE controllers.

http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=apple2;id=56;ac=_%11%1C%1D%19%02%05%00%0B%0D%02%01KPMNK%06%12%11H76l6%281%2F*%29%3D%2F*%3C%3D%22*b%7F1%3C9z;go

Also click on appe II hardware, and then the three tabs:

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