I use option-8, the "bullet" and it works great for what you're doing. Has anybody got the ASCII special character sort list handy to post? :?: Click to expand... Option + 8 …

Ok So my screen has those diagonal lines and I notice that the screen has like a lot of static electricity in it. I had my hand on screen and turned it on and it zapped the %#$&amp…

However, i noticed when you turn the power on to the unit, it bongs and starts right up. even if you shut down, it will turn off then back on and start up. without pressing the pow…

ProDOS is the name of the file system, just like Macs use HFS. GS/OS is the operating system which does the windows, toolbox, program launching, etc. Click to expand... Gotcha.…

I've tried three floppy drives. 2 are from LCs, 1 from a IIci. They all do the same thing even with different cables. I do have my broken motherboard. Is there a way I can ident…

The IIgs can do Appletalk with a mac using the serial port, you just need a version of GS/OS installed with the correct driver. There are also HFS drivers for GS/OS 6 that let you …

If you'd consider getting a newer LCD and using a Mac -> VGA adapter, a display with 1280x960 native resolution will produce a superb, unbelievably sharp image when set to 6…

COOL! I think I have a Spectrum in my pile o' curiosities, so that's good to know.

Here's a bit of information I just found: Q: When I connect my display to my Spectrum card, instead of getting a usable picture, I get a distorted, scrambled image. I know the mon…

It could just be a bad card or the card was loose. I know the monitor works though. I'll try again tomorrow. Tempest

The green tinge is probably because the quadra is putting out sync on green, and the monitor isn't expecting that. The added sync signal boosts the zero (black) level on the green …

A Spectrum 8 and a Multi-Scan monitor ought to work together. Get one of those 15-pin to 15-pin adapters and set it to emulate the basic Apple 13" RGB display to start with. Actual…

The IIgs can do Appletalk with a mac using the serial port, you just need a version of GS/OS installed with the correct driver. There are also HFS drivers for GS/OS 6 that let you …

What you need is a "Mac Liberty Adapter", or its equivalent, They plug into any DB-15 Apple Video Port and have either an HD-15 SVGA Connector or another DB-15 Apple Video Port on …

Folks, I'm coming back to the barracks after a long hiatus, in the hope that someone can point me towards a solution. The problem: I wanted to put a newish CRT monitor to good use…

The Woz edition is ROM 0. No idea which RAM card you have. The IIgs can do Appletalk with a mac using the serial port, you just need a version of GS/OS installed with the correct …

Multiple Scan not Multi-Sync (I was thinking of my other monitor which is an NEC Multisync). Click to expand... An Apple Multiple Scan display IS a multisync display, a multisy…

It's a Spectrum/8

The Woz edition is ROM 0. No idea which RAM card you have. The IIgs can do Appletalk with a mac using the serial port, you just need a version of GS/OS installed with the correct…

If you are getting a picture on the IIGS monitor, the video card is probably putting out some sort of NTSC TV video. No telling what that SuperMac card is, so unless you can find a…

The basic rule for working on hot electronics is keep one hand "in your pocket", meaning don't have both hands touching the machine. That way if you touch high voltage, you may get…

Here's a question for you A2 experts. Looking thru my Apple II stuff, I found a "Zeus RAM Card", which is evidently an early version of the Apple II GS RAM expansion card. It only …

Actually I'm wrong again, it's an Apple Multiple Scan 15av.

The manual says to twist the plastic ring, and not to grab the copper wires. Is this correct? Click to expand... What do you suppose usually flows through copper wiring?

I cut my hand quite badly the last time I had to install RAM in an 8500. Click to expand... And here I read your post several days ago, thinking "I don't cut myself anymore on …