Hello so I was looking for an Apple IIC to put in my retro computing collection and stumbled upon one in the site leboncoin (French fb marketplace/ebay) now I’m French living in Madrid and it was at 200€ (great price compared to Spain) but the only issue is that it’s basically the opposite location to where I am: Rouen, Normandy. Should I go there and a bit of a little question that might help, is bringing CRTs on planes allowed? Sorry if my English is bad I usually have great English but I guess I didn’t sleep well..!

After a while working this monitor started to smell weird and image now is as image is showing, any clue where to start?

Hello! I'm super new to Apple 2 and am currently trying to learn Applesoft basic code via. the Applewin emulator. The only issue is that I'm having difficulties using this software in a way that permits to do such. I know this is a niche subject, but would really appreciate any help.

I found this old apple in a storage unit. Was wondering where or if I could sell it.

How to copy files from Apple 2 disk to Windows / Mac? Working with original game software author who is trying to preserve his uncompiled assembly code. Any feedback on what hardware we need to buy and the workflow would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi, what is a good (best) way to clean up the case of Apple-IIe?

Hi, it is possible to buy a missed cover (filter?) on top of the lamp next to the left SHIFT key?

https://preview.redd.it/8hjz15ozz1vd1.png?width=1857&format=png&auto=webp&s=655cfaea45ed5027fedf84a538288a0e5c90c551

Hi, finally I got my Apple-IIe up and running, with a help of the VGA-card. I tested this BASIC example:

05 REM colors and pixels in low-res mode
10 GR : POKE 49234,0 : REM low-res mode, full screen mode 40x48

20 FOR C = 0 TO 15 : REM loop through all 16 colors
30 COLOR=C
40 FOR Y = C * 3 TO (C * 3 + 2)
50 HLIN 0, 39 at Y
60 NEXT 

80 FOR X = 0 TO 15
90 COLOR=X
100 PLOT X * 2 + 4, C*3+1
110 NEXT X

120 NEXT C
130 END

When this program is running on emulator, it shows it correctly:

https://preview.redd.it/uu03vinelzud1.png?width=838&format=png&auto=webp&s=d9bfc02aa3fec19f8ff306427feb61a2373bbdf1

However on my machine it is like this:

https://preview.redd.it/lrj1os7jlzud1.png?width=1504&format=png&auto=webp&s=9b1adb5d7701e1d13ef07b2a5f31a5fd8b2a8b4c

I thought that it could be due to VGA-card, but the same result comes from the native composite video output too.

What could be a reason? Broken RAM?

Folks, are you aware of an existing project, maybe an emulator, that would have implemented an "Imagewriter data to PDF" "printer" ? Something that reads a stream of bytes from an Apple II printer port, and turns it into Postscript or PDF?

Hi, I just replaced all electrolytics caps in Apple-IIe PSU. Do you know does PSU work without load? I mean can I test the output voltage without plugging the PSU in to the motherboard?

Nostalgic noises.... Need MP4 files of their sounds for a project

This noise especially

https://youtube.com/shorts/dTuAc0xMuB4?si=1kekNxj6zMvqIuRl

I have clean working Apple IIgs and Apple Iic - both have a single disk drive, mouse, joystick and monitor adaptors to be able to use with a standard VGA monitor. I was thinking of selling one of them. Which one is moe likely to last longer?

Hey there, I have wings of fury working on Applewin, and it works fine on keyboard, and also the joystick works, kinda. When I takeoff in my plane from the aircraft carrier, I’m not able to go up as fast as I would like. I’m able to climb very slowly. And when I turn I lose altitude. This is not how the game played back in 1987. I’ve tried adjusting the x and Y axis in both negative and positive, and nothing helps. Help! lol.

i'm looking to write programs in notepad++ and compile into a .dsk that i can use on my floppyemu on my actual machine. i can use applewin in wine to test and debug the programs once i have it set up, but how do i actually write it to a floppy image file to use on my actual apple II? thanks in advance

Hotswapping is bad I know, I was reckless and didn't realize I hadn't turned the power off. Did I break anything?

[FIXED] I have an early generation Apple ][ Mouse Interface and it's not recognized by MECC Inspector. Running the demo programs from the manual (which reads mouse position) cause the Apple to reboot.

I've burned a new EPROM, and same behaviour. Any thoughts as what it could be? The 6520, 6805 and PAL are hard to come by. There are 2 74xx LS chips which I could replace, but I'm really afraid that either the 6805 (which as onboard ROM) or the PAL (a PAL16R4) are bad.

Love any ideas.... [see below]

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I recall that there was a difference between the Apple II and IBM DB9 serial joysticks. Some offered a flip switch to select which system you were on. Some did not. What was the difference between the two and can a PC joystick be converted to Apple?

So I have an old apple ii (not iic iie or ii+, just ii) that i just replaced the motherboard, but the keyboard is all gunked up and the keys keep repeating and stick and it’s just a mess. Is there a way I could put a keyboard on it, maybe with a different computer plugged in and emulating one. Maybe I’m just being naïve because I don’t want to pay $80 for a replacement. Also if anyone has one they’d like to sell dm me and we’ll talk.

Ever since I was a kid and got to play on one of these at school, I've always wanted one. There was some weird Dracula adventure game, the Zork games, and Wolfenstein. A kid at school promised to give me one the family didn't want, but it turned out to be a lie.

I've yearned for one of these my entire life and now I'm thinking I want to try to get one. My concern is, are they super hard to find? Is it rare that they're in working order? Is it hard to get floppies and/or the games?

Thanks for the help.

Greetings :)

Some of you may already know me and my works. I'm a researcher of video game history and author of a few books about this subject, like Through the Moongate: The story of Richard Garriott, Origin Systems Inc and Ultima.

I would like to inform you that I just launched a kickstarter to fund the translation and publishing of my 2 new books:

• Video Game Stage 2: From 1980 until 1984 (second book in the series, about general history of video games: mainframe,console, arcades, computer and handheld)
• The Sumerian Game a Digital Resurrection (a book about one of the earlies computer games, a strategy and management educational project made in New York in 1964)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1108065491/video-games-the-people-games-and-companies-part-ii

In this KS you can also get previous books with a little discount, ebook, softcover and hardcover. There are still some Big Box edition of The Sumerian Game, for Apple II, Commodore 64 and (that's a news!) for PC. Yeah I recently rebuild the game that was lost in the 70s and released for free on Steam. But you can get the Collectors numbered and limited box.I hope you'll like my project.

For any questions please feel free to ask.

I suppose the second book, The Sumerian Game: A Digital Resurrection, could be more interesting to you. I wrote it after extensive research about the grand father of today's strategy, management and simulation turn based games. In the book there are many chapters where you can find info about the history of the game and how it influenced following games until mid 80s, how it was designed, how it was programmed and by who (with extensive biographies), lots of pictures from newspaper, documents and much much more. To complete the work ther's a long chapter with my study of the game: diagrams, tables and text extracted from the printouts. With this documentation everyone can rebuild the Sumerian Game with the desired language.

howdy… I was not an apple kid originally - I was into Atari 8 bit stuff and later c64 stuff.. I have purchased a 2GS case with a rare motherboard and otherwise its empty.

I need a power supply first of all. I would prefer to go with something newer and was wondering if any of you had any suggestions. Of course I will also do the newer memory upgrade and run the thing on compact flash/SSD/whatever plus something that will let me connect it to a HDMI monitor…

thanks for any suggestions.. and if there is anything I have forgotten that any of you would suggest, by all means tell me.. The GS is basically going to be used to host an apple cat 212 for the purpose of documenting all of the phreaking software (and bbs software) that was available for the apple cat.. im an old school phone phreak and this kind of stuff makes me happy. :)

So,

I am having a small video related issue with my //e, it appears that white dots appear on all liens that have text on them, here is my post on apple fritter about it.

https://www.applefritter.com/content/what-most-likely-issue-grid-screen

So, I know the next thing I should check, and try removing and reseating is the character generator, only I don't know what it is, is it what the board labels "keyboard rom" or what? Where can I find it, what should it look like?

I don't see anything on the board saying "character generator".

So, I have been using Blazing Paddles to do some HGR graphic editing. What I like, and want, is the ability to set every pixel independently and also control the high (shift) bit of each byte of the picture. What I don't like is the incessantly flashing cursor and selection box, poor precision of the cursor, and lack of ability to draw more than single pixels in the "fat bits" mode. (I should note that I am using an emulator (Virtual ][), so it is possible that some of these issues (especially the poor cursor control) are emulator related.)

Anyway, is there any other HGR editor that gives me what I want and need but doesn't have the issues annoy me with Blazing Paddles?