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Backing up an old Vulcan 40 MB drive

Submitted by william_tell on October 15, 2019 - 11:15pm

I am very fortunate to have both my personal Apple //e and my brother's Apple //gs.   Back in the day we really loved these machines and tended to go overboard maxing them out with Applied Engineering tech.

Well recently my dad reminded me that he still had both in storage at this place, and I've been trying to carefully bring them both back to life.

Both have Vulcan power supply/drive units - 40MB each.  The Vulcan card in the //e has the Rev 1.4 40M Rom (1989) and the //gs has the Rev 1.2 VUL GS/40 Rom (1989).

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//e enchanced open apple / joystick button 0 issue

Submitted by LiveSteamJohn on October 14, 2019 - 3:23pm

Greetings everyone, been searching for a solution to this for a long time and just now stubled across these forums.  I hope someone here can help!

 

I've got my original //e enhanced from back in 1984 and it has survived well all these years.  I've only had to replace the RAM in it about two years ago to keep it running.

 

It has, for quite a long while, developed an issue thats extremely frustrating as it affects just about every single game:

 

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got a 2513 char gen for 5 bucks. thoughts?

Submitted by mdhcraft8 on October 12, 2019 - 9:17pm

Today i got a GI 2513 character generator used in the apple 1 and II.  Date code is 7802. May be willing to sell for 40 to use in a original apple II. 

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Mountain Computer Music System hardware fix

Submitted by amauget on October 12, 2019 - 6:16am

Hi all,I'm trying to use a Music System into an Apple II+.I got the message "** ERROR ** MUSIC BOARD NOT IN MACHINE  PRESS SPACE BAR WHEN READY" when trying to use the card with the software.I have tried different disks images, different motherboards, different slots. I even bought another Music System. No luck.Then I look into the manual, always RTFM :-)At the beginning, there is a notice stating that if you encounter my problem (and others) you have to install a little board with 100 pF capacitor at location B11, where a 74LS08 is. I'm trying to figure out how can I reproduce this board.

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Trouble with ADTPro ESDos while bootstrapping an Apple //e over audio

Submitted by chubzthecoder on October 10, 2019 - 5:54pm

Hi all! My first post here!

I've been having a problem with my Apple //e when trying to make a DOS floppy disk using ADTPro from bare metal using the audio cable, everything works fine in ProDOS when I send it, but when I go to format the disks, it just says I/O Error, but the drives at least spin up (this will be relevant later). I even tried both of my 3.5 in. drives to no avail. So then I tried to use ESDos, because it turns out, that's what ADTPro recommended for my situation.

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ADTPro and backing up a full Profile HDD from Apple /// to OSX

Submitted by abeckett on October 10, 2019 - 5:03am

Hi there -

 

First time poster, brand new member. Im trying to backup an Apple /// Hard Drive to my Mac using ADTPro. It works, apparently, however the image.po file cannot be seen. OSX shows the folder is 5 MB in size but ZERO items inside.

 

As a result, I am feeling dimwitted and have no idea what I have possibly done wrong. I set the working directory, named a file... I have also done nothing and checked what happened.

 

Anyone done a full image and had weird behaiour like this?

 

Thanks;

 

Anthony Beckett

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Apple II Plus - Lockup/Freeze

Submitted by Tebroc on October 9, 2019 - 11:41am

Hi,

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I just broke the sound chaser ribbon cable connector help

Submitted by robbo007 on October 8, 2019 - 5:30pm

Hi all,

After just resotring my Apple IIe mnotheboard from a blowen power supply I was setting up the Sound Chaser and moving it. I removed the ribbon conncetor in a bit of a hurry and broke two pins off. arrrggghhh. Does anyone know how and where to buy a new connector and crimp it on? What tools do I need. Here are the photos.  I'm feeling kinda down now after this stupi error. :(

 

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Finally got an Apple II+. What's next?

Submitted by cbmeeks on October 8, 2019 - 4:39pm

I have several IIe's, a couple IIgs's and a couple IIc's.  But I always wanted an original II and II+.  I can't afford a II and, over the years, I've noticed that II+'s run around the $200 - $400 range depending on condition, etc.  However, I've noticed recently a few under the $200 range.

 

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Any FAQ/info on file transfers, disk images etc?

Submitted by Fuji on October 8, 2019 - 5:07am

I'm in the midst of reviving my old Apple ][+ clone, and while waiting for some replacement components to get the computer going I thought I'd look into the software side of things and try to refresh my knowledge of how to use my (5.25") floppies and transfer files and programs to/from other platforms (most notably a current Mac, or an Atari STe in case a serial port is needed which my Mac doesn't have).

I'm sure these things get asked all the time, so I'm wondering if there's a FAQ, an online guide or something which I can read to catch up?

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