Hi guys. I bought an apple 2+ on Sunday. Was dirty inside but have since cleaned it up and got it put back together. I checked the voltages from the PSU and they were all coming out about right so i switched it on. Power lights is on and i get two beeps so im assuming its booting ok(?) but i get no video output on my TV.

Now, a few problems here... i live in the UK and this is a 2+ and NOT a Europlus. It has a colour trim pot on the motherboard so im guessing its a US spec machine... and therefore this is the first problem... I have no idea if it is outputting PAL or NTSC. It shouldnt matter as most UK TVs support both but im getting nothing. I am using a modern TV so that could be also be problem but it works for my ZX Spectrum and Atari 2600 so im assuming it should work for the apple 2?

From what ive read these needed to be converted or have their power supply modified to work with UK voltages and this one obviously has been as it powers up so has the video output also been modified? There are some jumpers near the Video output that have nothing on them... not sure if they should or not no idea what theyre for.

Also, I have no idea what frequency its outputting at? I tried an automatic analog scan on but TV but got zero results. Im assuming it uses C36? (594MHz) but would be nice to know for sure and if not i could maybe do a manual scan myself if i knew the frequency and see if i get anything that way.

Is there any (better) way i can test (like with a multimeter) if its outputting anything at all? If i stick a probe inside the video output and one on the outer ring i get 0.25V. No idea where to go from here though... I dont have an oscilloscope.

Have uploaded a pre-cleaning shot of the mobo incase theres anything obviously wrong to someone thats a lot more knowledgeable than me! Thanks in advance.

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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for advice on the best way to write BASIC code directly onto a .DSK file so it can run on a real Apple //c. Ideally, the editor would have features like recognizing the limitations of the Apple II BASIC such as the 2-character variable names.

Is there an easy way to do this? Any recommendations for tools would be greatly appreciated!

Hey guys just got my first apple ][ yesterday. Have it all apart for cleaning and noticed this switch on the keyboard controller and have no idea what it is or which way it should be set. Thanks.

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Has anyone managed to use ADTPro or greaseweazle or other to write/read disks on an Apple LISA with a PC ?

Don't know much about apple 2 stuff

I'm assuming it is, but when you assume you make an asshoke outta yoself

Don't imagine these are going to be very useful unless I find a apple II. Maybe someone has a has a use for this sorta stuff?

Pretty much all there, though it was cool find.

Hello, I search for the Apple II Card Connector as footprint. Anyone maybe knows where I can find this connector to download?

Thanks 🙏

Hi, around a year ago I happened upon an old IIgs. I finally decided to try and get it to boot. When I flip the power switch, nothing seems to happen other than the light on one of my floppy drives turning on briefly, but the main power light remains off.

When I switch off the power switch, I hear a chirping sound from the PSU, and the lights for the floppy drive, and the main system power light flickers on at the same time as the chirp. What could be the cause of this?

My first guess is the power supply, since the chirping only happens as it powers off. But it could also be a short circuit or something else.

I never learned machine language, I was a pretty good AppleSoft BASIC jockey, though. The extent of my machine knowledge was a POKE 33,33.

I love Applesoft. It was my first programming language… full of idiosyncrasies unique to the Apple implementation of Microsoft BASIC. I still love tinkering in Applesoft, especially writing one- and two-liners reminiscent of those found on the last page of Nibble magazine back in the day.

I’ve mostly just shared my short programs to a few Facebook groups (e.g., Apple II Enthusiasts, Apple II Software Enthusiasts, CALL-151), but a few months ago I put up a website to keep them organized in one place. And over the last couple of days, I added links for most of the programs that let you run them in Chris Torrence’s excellent Apple2TS emulator right in the browser.

Check it out: https://apple2programs.com

Hope this shameless self promotion doesn’t break any rules. I don’t serve ads or sell anything on my site… just a labor of love I wanted to share with the community.

Have a great weekend!

Hello Applers,

Does anyone have the BASIC games in David Ahl's books from Creative Computing? I'd rather not type them in and it's something I've always wanted to see if they were any good.

Thanks in advance!

There is a program called for Forte that was made in early 80's. It was a music program.
Does any one know where a manual might be for the program? Thanks

The best Apple ][ continues to run for 36 years. Here is the Apple Demo displayed on my ][GS with its four floppy drives. Purchased new in 1988 and still running. Applied Engineering 3.5" 1.4 MB floppy. Power from a modern ATX P/S adapted to fit.

Apple ][GS

Expansion cards in use: Quality Computers 4 MB memory card, Apple High-Speed SCSI card, MDIdeas SuperSonic Stereo card. Apple Imagewriter II printer ROM 5 with 32 KB memory.

Hello hive mind. I’m running the emulator Crossrunner and having difficulties with the audio. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to have the music come clearly out of my little desktop speaker? When I am actively playing the game, either Bards Tale or Defender of the crown it only comes out of the subwoofer I have on the floor. And sounds very bassy and not much clarity. And subsequently, it sounds that same way in my OBS recording. When I use other emulators to play the same games, the music sounds better, tower of Myraglen sounds perfect. So it’s something to do with Crossrunner or my system being picky maybe? I’m a Luddite lol.

Edit: Solved! It was called: Rescue in the Outback (1994)

I remember it was Oregon Trail-esque and took place on the desert, I want to say it was the Australian outback, but could have been the Sahara. You were looking for lost members of an exploration party. There was some resource management. When you made your rescue party there were many people to choose from, but some were objectively great and others objectively not. You also saw the map and the path you took. Can't remember too much more of the specifics.

Hi folks! If you played any Ultima game back in the day and you have made your own soundalikes or homages or covers or remixes of any Ultima music, I'd like to encourage you to post it on Soundcloud!
Youtube is trash for searching for what you want to find. If you've put your music there, you should put it on other sites as well so it's more easily findable and can be archived in more spaces in the event that one website goes down.
I maintain a mega playlist of Ultima music on SC and if you send me a shout, I'll get your tracks added. It's quite long now after a decade of work. We have some rare alternate versions of tracks, some of the versions that were made for different soundcards, and a whole lot of creative covers.
If you worked on the original scores and have alternate versions of tracks, I highly recommend you post that up somewhere!

Lastly if you're a fan of any Ultima game I highly recommend you google the Ultima Dragons! There's a major discord, a major FB group (where most events get coordinated) and a website to register your membership and a few other online spaces. Ultima fans are a creative bunch and love to see what other fans have created.

https://soundcloud.com/roostercastille/sets/ultima

Hi Apple II brethren. I had a working IIe until sunday when i tried to perform some preventative maintenance. It was playing great. It came with no cards so added a vga, disk2, 80col 64k card and was just fitting a 128k saturn card to slot 0. but started to see some oddness. ended up stripping back to just the VGA card which still gives a great crisp image but was getting the keyboard typing all by itself, or a screen full of @ symbols. I've reseated any socketed chips and used contact cleaner on the sockets and chips as a first step. I did measure the PSU and found the positive voltages fine but the -12 was reporting at -10.9 off load, and the -5 was about -4.4v so that may be factor if the negs are used for ram resets etc.

Regarding LEDs... I see the power LED in the back left, thats always on, but the LED near CR2 used to be on all the time but now is sometimes not, or may be dim (which is what got me on the PSU voltages). but whats that LED for?

I'm familiar with retro servicing in broad terms and have repaired and upgraded several old machines over the years. Have the solder/desolder tools but as I've only just got the IIe and its all very new to me, do those issues sound like something common?