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Truster Hard Drive . Help needed!

Submitted by A2forever on July 23, 2008 - 5:51am

hey guys , I have an old Truster Hard Drive , think it's a 20 meg or so drive. There might be a problem with the card that connects in the II+ itself , cannot get it to bootup all the way , hopefully someone here knows a little bit about the hard drive , that can possibly give me some advice about how to fix it.

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Apple IIc manual

Submitted by marktbaldridge on July 22, 2008 - 5:34pm

I bought an apple IIc off of eBay, and I have been using a reference manual from an apple II+. There are some extra hardware features on the IIc that I would like to make use of, but I have no documentation. Is there a separate manual for the IIc? if so, does anyone know where I could find one? Maybe even in PDF format?

Thanks,
Mark Baldridge

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Apple IIGS outsold Macintosh?

Submitted by Lancaster on July 21, 2008 - 2:15pm

From the Wikipedia article for the Apple IIGS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_iigs

"The machine outsold all other Apple products, including the Macintosh, during its first year in production."

Anyone happen to have actual figures on that? If the IIGS was released in 1986, then it would have overlapped with the Mac 512K and Mac Plus.

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Apple IIc, Laserjet 4 and Visiterm

Submitted by dc1mik on July 20, 2008 - 12:37pm

Hello!

I tried to connect my IIc to a HP Lasejet 4p printer. The printer is equipped with a serial interface which is set to 9600Bd,8,N,1. If I connect the Printer to a PC everthing works perfectly, but if I connect it to the Apple IIc nothing happens. I've already checked the wiring several times. If I connect the IIc directly to a PC running a terminal application I can see the characters sent from the apple.

Is there anybody who has succesfully connected a laserjet to an apple II?

Additionally I am looking for a command reference or manual for Visiterm.

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What is the function of the level adjustment potentiometer on an Apple ][ motherboard

Submitted by arukum17 on July 20, 2008 - 6:04am

It says it can be adjusted from zero volt peak to 1 volt peak.
When would I need to adjust this?

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TV (modern plasma) works fine then flickers off after 2 min of using with an Apple ][

Submitted by arukum17 on July 19, 2008 - 10:20pm

Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Apple ][ 1978 (rev 1) NTSC original non-plus
Powered and boots fine
Color screens on Choplifter and Defender come up fine
Basic prompt and simple Basic routines execute fine

Monitor is a 42'' model PAL/NTSC plasma
Using composite AV port

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Apple IIgs color video

Submitted by kwc on July 18, 2008 - 10:04pm

Just received my 'new' Apple IIgs and it works great. Except .... It's got a monochrome monitor and I sure would like color. Any easy ways ? Possible to connect a LCD monitor ? I'll be looking for an Apple II rgb but who knows it that will happen.

kwc

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The Apple ][ in movies and popular culture

Submitted by arukum17 on July 17, 2008 - 6:15am

The other evening while watching The Thing (1978) I noticed an Apple ][ in one of the scenes (the main hero is playing chess on the computer in an Antartica lab)

I am curious: what other movies has the Apple ][ appeared in?

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What early joystick do you recommend for an Apple ][?

Submitted by arukum17 on July 15, 2008 - 9:28am

What were some of the early (but good) joysticks used in Apple II originals? What card/adaptor do I need to connect this to my computer?

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Apple II power light won't come on; computer works fine otherwise

Submitted by arukum17 on July 15, 2008 - 8:00am

The power bulb under the power key on my Apple II (original 1978 with raised power key) will not glow on. The computer powers on and operates fine otherwise, loads a game from Disk ][ etc. Light bulbs on a language card glow fine. Beeps from speaker fine.

I removed the bulb, but as it is very small cannot tell for sure if it is fused. I have a replacement bulb (slightly larger size but I am told a genuine Apple II replacement part) which when I mechanically connected it to the power key copper output contacts (no soldering) also would not glow.

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