Hello! Will swapping a ROM 3 motherboard into a ROM 1 unit work? If so, will that effectively make it a ROM 3 or are there other differences? Thanks for any advice!

Previous post linked at the end.

I've made progress! I replaced the MRD6 RAM chip, as suggested by u/buffering in the last post. A 4164 Samsung chip from Jameco did the trick.

This fix eliminated the error manifesting as backslashes appearing on the screen at startup. I'm also able to load some software glitch-free. For example, Mouse Paint has no issues.

However, some software loads with glitches, like Apple Works (word processor is shown in the photo). Other software is still unable to load at all. When this happens dollars signs ($) and other symbols, I think quotation marks ("), appear on the screen.

My guess is that the main bank of RAM is good, but there's a bad chip in the auxiliary RAM. If the software is limited to the main RAM, no issues. If it needs the auxiliary RAM, it runs with errors or not at all.

I've ordered a ROM 4X chip to help diagnose, but I'm also hoping someone has insight into the potential issue based on the symbols shown on the screen like last time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Greetings :)
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I am trying to remember this educational game around in the late 80’s. I don’t remember if Subtracto was a character or the name of a game. But it involved moving between rooms and solving puzzles. Anyone remember this?

Clearly, the C64 was a lot cheaper and had better sound and graphics. What was the reason you or your parents chose Apple IIe over Commodore 64?

For me, the reason is simply that the school also uses Apple IIe. In addition, it has 80 column display. Moreover, the Commodore 64 has a much harder keytouch and slow/unreliable floppy drive.

I remember after finishing homework, my parents will allow me to play Apple II games. My favorite was "Alien Typhoon". What was your favorite?

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I know this is probably a stretch but I’m trying to remember a game I used to play in middle school. I thought that the title was called Traveler. Similar to the rpg game of the same name. You played as a space traveler going to planets and searching for items, essentially a space based version of D&D.

I have searched for it over the years and have never come up with anything. Maybe I’m misremembering?

I'm resurrecting my enjoyment of Apple IIe with a machine I just received from eBay. In the past the only drive option (other than dealing with real drive and media) was the ReactiveMocto CFFA.

I'm please to see that they still produce it but also became aware of the Microdrive/Turbo and the Floppy Emu devices.

I'm probably going top run ProDos so as to support a virtual hard drive, but am at loss as to which device to use.

Feedback would be appreciated.

Just picked up an Apple IIgs without drives, would love a cheap internal card like a Booti to store a hard drive image. They seem to have gone unavailable since I last searched, are there any similar affordable projects for an internal card providing hard drive emulation?

Title is self explanatory. I recently got into emulation and I was wondering if there's any good controllers I can use for my emulator

I've tried multiple disks, flipping it different directions, and even opening up the drive to clean the drive head. Still nothing. I reset and I hear the clicks and hear the disk spinning, but it just spins forever. Ive had this computer for years and it worked fine, but there was a power outtage which may have caused the issue but im not 100% certain about that since the computer is on a good surge protector. The loss of power which prompted a reboot may have just shined a light on some other issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had googled the questioned and determined that if your Apple IIGS had ROM 3 that it was pretty much compatible with all ADB keyboards I just wanted some confirmation that was the case.

I'm looking for the monitor stand Apple 815-0540 for Apple II/IIe, do someone has it to sell? Shipping to EU. Thanks! (picture taken from an old ebay auction)

So I decided to try out a apple 2 emulator and after a bit of messing around and reading manuals I have created some BASIC code. Now I want to save it so I don't lose it but not matter how hard I try I can't figure out how to get it too work. can someone help me out.

I am using this emulator https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/

Started my retro computing journey with Commodore. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to find this at a reasonable price so I picked it up. Long live the MOS-6502 (65c02) and the 8-bit era of personal computers.

This turned into a computer archeology thread. Honestly maybe you could even call it lost media, no-one else is ripping this program.

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VCRUNTIME140_1D.dll

MSVCP140D.dll

VCRUNTIME140D.dll

ucrtbased.dll

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Basically I have a rare piece of software captured from vinyl in 192khz 16-bit and so on, and epple2 supposedly is the seemingly only one to support tape WAV files so I'm trying to get it to open. Alternatives are also welcome.

It's gonna be a huge learning experience but damn am I excited.

Are they the same drive or different enough to not be compatible?

My "original" (the whole computer is a Taiwanese compatible) PSU blew up a capacitor, and I've been unable to fix it. Instead, I spent $30 on a MeanWell RQ-50B, which outputs ±5V and ±12V.

It seems like a cute solution, but it has one snag: the PSU is just wide enough to fit inside the original PSU's computer case.

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I'm sure I can figure out a solution by sawing the original case (I need its AC socket and power switch) and mounting the meanwell to it. Considering how cheap this solution is, however, I was wondering whether anyone had a ready-made solution for doing this.

Apple 1 - Apple //c - Apple IIc+ - Apple IIgs