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Need help wit ha clone keyboard....

Submitted by dimebag on February 2, 2023 - 1:14pm

HiI have buyes an Apple II+ clone, done some work on to put it alive again.Now it boot , read floppy etc, seem ok, but the keyboard don't work at all....As you can see, the ribbon is very damaged....

 

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How to 'steal' sprites from Apple II games ?

Submitted by UncleBernie on February 2, 2023 - 12:42pm

During development of a graphics card for the Apple-1 I ran into the problem to procure some nice looking on-screen figures found in Apple II games for demo purposes. Alas, the process using a real Apple II (clone) is too tedious, it takes me about 15 minutes until have a a captured screen image on my Linux machine to work on it, only to find out it was taken while the screen buffer was incomplete (software still drawing the 'sprites' or the fixed objects). So I moved to AppleWin-1.30.12.0 emulation where I have the debugging console.

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Getting Mystery House to boot

Submitted by nijssen on February 2, 2023 - 4:04am

Hi everybody,

Last time you helped me out with my Apple II (see https://www.applefritter.com/content/apple-ii-europlus-help-diagnosing-no-prompt). It still runs!

 I got the Drive II's running as well, it boots DOS 3.3 and also some games and software I have. 

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How to test a Cirtech plusRAM card

Submitted by martind on February 1, 2023 - 4:02am

Hi,

 

I have a Cirtech plusRAM card with my Apple II, I believe it is a 1 meg card with an additional 1 meg on-board.

I would like to check the card is working but I'm unsure of what I can do to show the additional RAM in the system.

I've tried running Apple-Cillin and doing a RAM test but it does not appear to detect this type of expansion card.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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ProDOS directory sorter (not CAT.DOCTOR)?

Submitted by cryu on February 1, 2023 - 2:05am

I've been using CAT.DOCTOR to sort the root directory on my ProDOS floppy boot volume, to specify which particular system files are loaded.

 

However, CAT.DOCTOR appears to be incompatible with Dan's Apple2Card.  I'm not in front of my Franklin at the moment, so I can't report the exact error that it throws when I try to read in the root directory -- but it does bomb out.

 

Before I start reverse-engineering CAT.DOCTOR, is there a workalike that I can test to see if it works?

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Looking for double high-res colors explanation

Submitted by jakint0sh on January 31, 2023 - 11:50pm

I will preface this by saying I'm not trying to rant at anyoneor be rude (and I apologize if it comes across that way), I'm just trying to be as precise as I can be with my question; I'm after a very specific thing.

 

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Info on a z80 clone and asl smarterm card?

Submitted by Thatguyagain on January 30, 2023 - 10:05pm

Hi, so i got an asl smarterm 80 column card and a z80 card marked H006 z80 that im assuming is a clone of something else. The 80 column card I assume goes in slot 3 and the crt in and out jack is easy enough to figure out. The z80 card i have not a clue and im looking for copy of cp/m might work with it. Looking for a manual link or helpful info.

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Apple II din serial adapter?

Submitted by Verault on January 29, 2023 - 11:23am

Does anyone know of an adapter that  can be used to take the large Din connector of the Apple IIc and adapt it to connector to the small Din connector on say the IIgs , IIc plus, or the Mac?  Id really rather not make one as soldering a mini din connector will drive me nets.  So again a large female din 5 to a small male 8 pin din.

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A2Forever Posts about Apple Cat Voice Mail / BBS software

Submitted by lucidphreak on January 29, 2023 - 11:22am

Howdy.. I see that member a2forever posted a few posts quite some time ago about bbs software that would (using an apple cat modem/dtmf decoder/SAM, and im sure other odds and ends) would allow a bbs user to dial in, select a menu option then be "dropped back" into a digitized voice messaging service using touch tones for navigation like a VMB..  Lots of people including me asked him to upload a copy but I never saw any response that he did.

 

He hasnt logged into the bbs for 5 years - was just curious if anyone else might know about this software/have a copy?

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Murder Party (Electronic Arts)

Submitted by gmontag451 on January 28, 2023 - 12:42pm

I've spent the last few days decoding the complete text for the game Make Your Own Murder Party from Electronic Arts, something I've wanted to do for decades. But in the process I've discovered that there seems to be only one unique copy of the Apple II version available to download, and it's broken. (The same copy is shared on hundreds of sites.)

 

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