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Apple II - Characters not being displayed

Submitted by Poppa Gord on December 23, 2016 - 6:13pm

I finished setting up my Apple II following a move and everything was initially functioning normally.

While keying in commands, some keys started repeating on occasion. Then some keys would repeat several times, followed by one repeating without stopping.

Rebooted to normal prompt. However no matter which key was pressed, no characters were displayed on screen. Reset appears to work normally.

I did find a report of a similar problem in the forums but it did not appear to have been resolved.

This is an earlier Apple II (serial 734) with original keyboard.
Note, my hardware background is limited to pulling/inserting ICs and expansion boards. I no longer own any meters, so very basic instructions (including what meter/settings to use) would be appreciated.

Thanks
Gord C.

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Apple II Plus - E8 ROM

Submitted by Clint on December 23, 2016 - 1:52pm

I am just restoring an Apple II Plus that has been stored for many years.

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Apple IIe issues

Submitted by mechanicjay on December 23, 2016 - 12:31pm

Hey All,

I've recently starting using an Apple IIe. I'm having what appears to a lot of electrical noise/interference which is affecting various components in the system. This manifests itself as jumpy image on the screen and as static over the speakers (connected to a mountain music card).

If I pull all the cards, I still see the issue with video.

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1979 BBS - Christmas Test Run

Submitted by 6502enhanced on December 23, 2016 - 9:24am

The Apple II Networks II BBS will be online over christmas for a first test run!

The BBS is dedicated to the first BBS that run on the Apple II about 1979/ 1980.

The BBS-Software is Networks II from 1980 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Networks_II ).
The BBS run's on an Apple II with a Hayes Micromodem II with 300 baud!
Regarding to this time period you can download different VisiCalc sheet's for modern use, send Emails and post messages on the board's.
(After the test run your account will be saved - so you can dial-up again without problems.)

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Apple IIgs - overclocking possible?

Submitted by Statsman1 on December 22, 2016 - 11:51am

I recently scored a used Apple IIgs ROM-1 and while I am waiting for it to arrive, I'm learning about what this machine actually is.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holisays to all

Submitted by gsmcten on December 21, 2016 - 9:21pm

Well, it's that time of year again.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year
to all the Fritter Critters!

Steven Smile

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Titan Accelerator IIe

Submitted by blegate on December 20, 2016 - 12:09am

I've only been back with the Apple II about 2 weeks. I came across this Titan card, found the manual and installed it in the a Apple II+. It boots fine, loads integer, etc. I tried on a word processing program and it does seem a tad faster, especially with scrolling.

What's you thoughts on this card?

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Apple II?

Submitted by wishtoknow on December 19, 2016 - 8:58pm

Have a look at this photo.
What do you think this is?
Have you ever seen one of these before?

To me, it looks like a IIGS prototype
with the keyboard attached. (keeping
in lines with the other II series)

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Imagewriter II issues

Submitted by CWJ_Wilko on December 19, 2016 - 5:40pm

Hoping someone can help me out here.

I've had some ongoing problems with my Imagewriter II. It takes 15 minutes to 'boot' from power on, I'm suspecting there's a capacitor somewhere that needs to be replaced, as turning it off and on after it's finally going takes just a second.

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color in character sets in hgr mode

Submitted by the777 on December 15, 2016 - 5:46pm

i dont understand how the character sets r built up. they seem to b 16 bits long and 7 bits wide. is there somewhere where the color information goes?

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