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MDC incompatible with Windows 7?

Submitted by havediscs on May 10, 2014 - 7:06pm

You know the program that comes with CiderPress that's supposed to bulk-list the files that are on all the disk images in a folder? It isn't working. I tried it on two different computers and it spit out a blank txt file on both.

To scan the folder I wanted, I had to plug in an old laptop running Windows XP. I used the same version and it worked on there.

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//c 9" monochrome A2M4090 tilt / rotation

Submitted by ericF on May 10, 2014 - 1:18pm

I have a 9" monochrome //c A2M4090 monitor that exhibits "tilt". The image "slants" down from left to right, maybe one character height over the width. I'm guessing that this is a problem with the yoke deflection.

I love the tightness of this monitor, but the tilt is driving me a bit buggy. Any recommendations?

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My apple II NTSC 1 is not working with my vga converter HD gamebox 1920x1200

Submitted by dvador on May 9, 2014 - 4:21pm

My apple IIe is not working with my vga converter HD gamebox 1920x1200
(the converter works wonderfully with my commodores)

from time to time I get a very bad image (blurred)
most of the time nothing usable

once the converter is connected the apple II does not reply to reset
I'm using a usb to apple IIe converter (normally works wonderfully)

any idea ?

thanks

works sometimes wonderfully with my cvbs to hdmi + hdmi to vga but sometimes the image is blurred

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Disk II won't write

Submitted by dramsey on May 8, 2014 - 11:00pm

I just got a couple of nice Disk ][ drives off eBay-- the first-generation, metal-cased drives with the ribbon cables.

They're both clean and work perfectly, except the second drive won't write-- judging from the error messages I'm getting, it thinks all disks are write-protected. (IO Error 16 and the like).

Otherwise, it's perfect-- I can boot DOS, ProDOS, and Pascal from it with no problem.

I've checked with a multimeter and the write-protect switch seems to work fine, so I guess the problem is electrical. Any ideas?

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ZipChipGS...

Submitted by transwarp II guy on May 8, 2014 - 3:37pm

Hi everyone;

According to this article there is a "ZipChipGS":

http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/fichiers/zipgs.pdf

So is this thing real or vaporware? I’ve never ever seen a picture of one in the last 20 years that I’ve searched!

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Mysterious IIgs Switch

Submitted by bushnrvn on May 6, 2014 - 10:11am

I won this machine last night from the Goodwill auction site. Any idea what this switch is for? Unfortunately, I only have this photo from the listing until I go pick the machine up - probably later today.

Also there is a pic of the serial #. With what I think is a copyright date of 1989, I am hoping this a ROM 3 machine but I wanted to check the serial # to be sure. I have a feeling someone here knows how to decipher it.

Thanks.

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DOS in ROM - impossible?

Submitted by galaxina on May 5, 2014 - 12:30pm

I'm sure there's a very simple technical explanation why it can't be done, but I've not found it yet.

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Apple II Raspberry Pi Case

Submitted by tranter on May 2, 2014 - 3:27pm

I saw this today:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/188160742/apple-ii-raspberry-pi-case

Not cheap. Note that it is not the same size as the original.
There is also a Disk II styled USB SD card reader.

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CF on a Vulcan

Submitted by Wayne on April 30, 2014 - 9:46pm

There has been a bit of discussion on some sites about using a compact flash with an ide adapter to connect to a Vulcan hard drive controller. While looking through some stuff, I discovered I had a 16mb CF. Connected it via adapter to a IIgs Vulcan controller. Formatted alright with the AE Partition Manager and showed up on the IIgs desktop. So I copied the hard drive over and proceeded to boot off the Vulcan controller.

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Drive failures after using asciiexpress.net Apple Disk Server

Submitted by dcpyatt on April 30, 2014 - 5:44pm

Help! Disk Server killed two of my drives!

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