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DuoDisk (A9M0108) 25 to 19 pin Pinout?

Submitted by DistantStar001 on March 13, 2022 - 11:28pm

I have an Apple DuoDisk drive and no cable for it.  I've been looking for a while, but haven't had any luck finding one, so I've to make one instead. Honestly, I think it might even be cheaper to make one.   Unfortunately, I have a problem.  I can't find the pinout for the cable.  Can anyone help with that?

 

Thanks! :-)

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Need help putting CPM for Applicard on FloppyEMU

Submitted by gottj on March 9, 2022 - 12:22pm

Can someone provide me with some information as to how to put CPM disk images for the Applicard on the FloppyEMU? I was hoping that it was similar to the ReActiveMicro Drive/Turbo that I have which allows large ProDOS hard disk images. But I've learned that the FloppyEMU requires a Liron controller (which I don't have), and the Yellowstone controller is not available as of yet.

 

I also have a Microsoft Softcard that I would like to disk images for on the FloppyEMU as well.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank you

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Imagewriter II prints from light to dark across the page

Submitted by Dan O on March 8, 2022 - 7:42pm

I just purchased an Imagewriter II printer to replace the non-working one I bought back in 1989, which I'll use for parts. It seems like it's in great condition and operating well, however after inserting a new/sealed cartridge I just bought (on eBay) too, it's printing very lightly or not at all on the left-side of the page, getting darker to the right-side of the page where it's normal.  So from left to right, it's going from completely not readable to readable. 

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How to clean internals of Apple A2M2010 monitor

Submitted by gottj on March 7, 2022 - 7:41pm

I'm not experienced in working on or repairing electronics (other than basic inserting cards and such). I have a Apple A2M2010 monitor that I would like to open up and clean with compressed air. Other than not touching the tube and other parts around the tube, does anyone have advice on how to safely proceed with removing the casing and cleaning the internals with compressed air only? Or should I avoid this all together? Thank you!

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Identifying an Apple IIe

Submitted by ThomasLC on March 7, 2022 - 8:37am

Hello everyone,

I am new here, so first let me introduce myself quickly: I'm Thomas, 34yo, living in the south of France. I have recently acquired an Apple IIe, after giving away my father's one to a museum 15 years ago... something that I deeply regret today!

 

1. Identifying it properly

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Mouse card and MicroDrive/Turbo

Submitted by baldrick on March 6, 2022 - 4:24pm

I've had this Apple II mouse card on the shelf for a while and today I decided to install it in my IIe.

The IIe has a MicroDrive/Turbo mass storage device.  Highly recomended, byt the way.

When the Mouse card was installed in slot 4 (it's usually intended slot) the computer booted up to the Applesoft prompt, as if there were no drive connected.

Repeating this with the mouse card in slot 1 yielded the same result.

 

Has anyone run a Mouse Card with a MicroDrive/Turbo?  

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Disk emulator

Submitted by MicroCoreLabs on March 6, 2022 - 2:39am

Would it be dificult to emulate a disk image in software on a Teensy/Arduino which held a disk image in .DSK format contained in a C array?  

The Teensy/Arduino woould responded in the same way as the Apple II disk controller card and "access" the emulated diskette just by indexing into this array.

The disk .DSK image could be downloaded via the JTAG-UART or simply compiled into the C code.  

I'm guessing it would just take a small amount of code in the Arduino/Teensy to translate the BIOS firmware disk accesses into reads and writes indexed into the array.  

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Vitesse Quickie scanner

Submitted by Verault on March 5, 2022 - 10:25am

I finally received a hand scanner to match with my Vitesse quickie apple II card. The problem is I cant find software to make it run on he Apple IIe, only the IIgs.

 

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Can a bad monitor damage a PSU?

Submitted by JeffJetton on March 4, 2022 - 6:08pm

Sorry for the long story, but... I picked up a IIe from a thrift store a couple of weeks ago. Looks like it's from 1985. I got it home, hooked it up to a small portable B&W TV that had a composite input, and it seemed to work fine. I got the "beep", ran/passed the diagnostic test, switched to ROM BASIC and ran a few short programs. No disks to test the drives yet.

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#Apple2 FujiNet Successful communication

Submitted by Thomas Cherryhomes on March 4, 2022 - 12:03pm

@jeffpiep is successfully sending #FujiNet control commands over the #Apple2 SmartPort, and is now filling in the bits and pieces to get CONFIG working! Seen here is the Show Adapter Config screen. 

 

 

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