Most people have a nasty tendency to think that memory is something where you specify a memory location, the CPU applies that memory location to the address lines, then the CPU rea…
A handful of 74LS* chips. Sather's "Understanding the Apple II" would probably help here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/201423/Understanding-the-Apple-II-by-Jim-Sather-1983Quality-So…
68kMLAHardwareby david__schmidtFri, 27 Feb 2009 - 02:50
Addenum to Holy Grail with a bit more info, from http://theducks.livejournal.com/492985.html
I hang out on a number of modding boards around the internet. The "Holy Grail" i…
Soft switches have a hardware component: there is circuitry that reacts to particular address lines being tickled. That's why things like peek can affect them from BASIC.
68kMLAHardwareby david__schmidtThu, 26 Feb 2009 - 22:57
Here's a question for which I have not found the answer:
The Apple II, as you should know, has some soft-switches, memory locations which cause some setting to change. My question…
Some people have basically recased a laptops guts in a box and made the LCD seperate using a home made cable. There are old ISA cards that talk directly but they are probably for o…
68kMLAHardwareby Unknown_KThu, 26 Feb 2009 - 21:17
http://www.applefritter.com/holygrail
Excerpted from the Applefritter FAQ
Q: How do I turn this laptop/iMac screen into a monitor?
A: Put simply you don't. Whilst it is pos…
I needed new clutch hinges for my Pismo so I won an auction on eBay that contained two sketchy LCDs and one set of hinges. So I have a couple of spare Pismo LCDs. One is supposed…
68kMLAHardwareby Dennis NedryThu, 26 Feb 2009 - 20:46
it will take some time until you have conquered the device.
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I've been learning that, but each time it does something I don't want it to, (I learn) and am ama…
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As for advice, the Newton is great, but takes a LONG time and a lot of patience to learn and get working properly. Once we have a proper knowledgebase site working…
68kMLANetworkingby freudlingWed, 25 Feb 2009 - 22:59
I need the service manual. Serching high and low only gives me the slot load. I have removed the CRT completely and now I don't remember what the non standard looking cables are an…
68kMLAHardwareby ChristopherTue, 24 Feb 2009 - 07:02
Pretty much all the software you'll ever need is here: http://www.unna.org
And for a wifi driver, this does the trick with many different cards: http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~ngc/eng…
Hi everyone. I have recently acquired a beautiful Newton 2000. I only have the factory programs on it right now, and I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get the most o…
If you would like extra speed and battery life, I would recomend the G3. I used to have one, which didn't cost me too much, and the single battery would last a good few hours. As n…
I honestly don't know if this is worth it except to hardcore collectors. The IIc lcd is really quite horrible to actually use, almost unusable I'd say. If you must have a nice clas…