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First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #58

heck the floppy emu is so advanced he could make it emulate a whole Iic i bet. just add keyboard...
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 00:10

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #56

markyb86 said: I hate suggesting to go out and buy something for projects, but if you can come across one of these Click to expand... I've been carrying around one of tho…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gorgonops Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 16:30

Questions on the Lisa 1.8 power supply — #10

Also check that the plastic post that should engage those switches isn't broken off on the back panel or front panel. If the machine gets jostled around in shipping, etc. they very…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ScutBoy Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 13:32

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #55

bigmessowires said: So.... where were we? I think I need to go play some Choplifter.  Click to expand... That's actually a solution to many of life's problems
68kMLA Troubleshooting by ScutBoy Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 13:25

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #54

bigmessowires said: Why doesn't ADTPro work this way? Click to expand... Because ADTPro is intended to work both ways... both creating and extracting disks.  Not just pla…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by david__schmidt Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 11:57

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #53

Hmm, that USB sound card sure is cheap! I have no idea how they can make any money selling stuff like that for $3. I just noticed that Apple ][ Disk Server does something very sim…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 05:22

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #52

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by markyb86 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 03:51

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #51

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 …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 03:37

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #36

(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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Wed, 25 Mar 2015 - 03:12

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #50

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gorgonops Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 22:49

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #49

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? …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by david__schmidt Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 20:16

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #48

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.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 19:57

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #47

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 …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 19:44

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #46

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by david__schmidt Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 18:52

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #45

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 …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 17:29

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #35

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. …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 15:10

Questions on the Lisa 1.8 power supply — #8

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by snuci Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 11:22

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #34

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 07:43

5300c is Sad — #18

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 06:45

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #33

[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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 03:44

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #43

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.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 03:38

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #42

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 03:25
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