I did not see that one! Thanks Snuci

I hate suggesting to go out and buy something for projects, but if you can come across one of these { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox…

Mine had the same problem. Many years of no use meant the bearings were stiff. You applied power and quickly gave the spindle a little twist before the motor drivers burned out. I …

Thanks for the offer! I think I won't need it, though: after much fussing and fiddling, I finally have a working IIgs serial cable for ADTPro *and* a working Lisa serial cable for …

(Good info on the trackpad/palmrest being replaceable, by the way.  The keyboard, as far as I can tell, is also replaceable (swapped it out last night).  The keyboard that came wit…

the spindle motor may have hardened grease in the bearings.  I just recently ran into this problem with a pair of 5 1/4 floppy drives on my IBM 5155. I had to press-out the hubs a…

It's an evil thing to suggest, but does your IIgs' motherboard have the header soldered for a IIe keyboard? Since your IIe is already damaged you could use that as the excuse to cu…

bigmessowires said: Ah, I guess you're right about audio. But won't I need the SSC anyway, unless I continue using the IIgs as a go-between disk making station for the IIe? …

@snuci Thanks again for your advises! The disk can spin but not lightly... Not sure if this should be the case. I will look into the motor connection. Maybe I can find documentat…

The IIgs certainly brings its share of conveniences, even as an 8-bit machine. Plenty of folks used them as well equipped "fast" Apple IIes back in the day.

david__schmidt said: This is better than spending $20+ on a super serial card for your IIe. Click to expand... Ah, I guess you're right about audio. But won't I need the …

You do have a case of "you can't get there from here," don't you?   You will be unhappy with audio even if/when you get it working.  Yes, it's a line-in vs. mic amplification iss…

I've run into a snag with ADTPro. Using the audio out from my PC, I was able to successfully bootstrap the IIe and load the ADTPro client. But to actually transfer any disk images …

The board inside the speaker panel, not the inverter. The battery shouldn't make a difference. If anything you should test the symptoms just on AC adapter and just on battery. …

Right, ADTPro bootstraps and ships on ProDOS 1.9 for this very reason.

The switch is highlighted in red.  You can also jam a q-tip or cotton swab in there (that's what I use) (Image was originally from Digibarn but I cropped it to zero in on the ar…

Does the drive spindle spin freely by hand?  It's possible that stiction is the issue.  If it's stuck, try forcing it to turn.  You've got nothing to lose because your stuck anyway…

yeah the hinges have been reinforced by two metal pieces on the kanga, so the two plastic pieces that cover the hinges must cover a bigger volume compare to the 3400c. Must have be…

When I explained that their card didn't appear to actually be fully 16-bit compatible, then they brought up the size of the SD card. Click to expand... They appear to be talkin…

I tried the "stuck brake" solution, but no succes. Any other ideas?

[Recapping the power board (on the Kanga) did not affect the speaker buzz - neither did swapping out the speakers.  The ... I don't know what it is 'board' inside the speaker panel…

Keep cards with ROMs out of slot 3, it interferes with the 80 column firmware. You should be able to boot strap ADTPro via serial on an unenhanced IIe.

It's an unenhanced IIe - says "Apple ][" at power-up. It actually has both a Disk II controller (in slot 3, with two 20-pin connectors) and a 5.25 controller (in slot 6, with the 1…

bigmessowires said: When I connect the 5.25 drive to the IIe, Click to expand... Ok, hold it right there... how does your disk drive connect to your Disk II controller?  …

An enhanced Apple IIe should have no problem booting ProDOS 2.0.3. Does the machine say "Apple ][" or "Apple //e" when you power it on? ProDOS 2.x requires a 65c02, which a non-enh…