After playing with the drive for a while, I was unable to get it to actually read a disk. It is getting power because it spins for a moment after a disk is inserted, but it seems …

J12: It was actually a common hack back in the day to mount a 20 pin boxed header here and connect a surplus Mac floppy drive to it - worked out cheaper than buying a USB FDD, if y…

I just mounted a connector onto the floppy drive port and tried it. The drive is getting power, it spins when you insert a disk.

I have noticed on an old 333 MHz iMac logic board that there are traces for what appear to be: J12 = Mac floppy drive J11 = CD analog audio J4 = Serial port (Used for IrDA in or…

Does Contiki act much differently on the 16-bit GS than the older 8-bit Apples? Click to expand... No, it's just like running any other 8-bit software. The increased speed is a…

Does Contiki act much differently on the 16-bit GS than the older 8-bit Apples?

http://www.a2retrosystems.com/downloads.htm v 1.3 has the web browser and a few other apps (mostly just proof-of-concept). v 2.1 is the one you need if you're planning to set up …

If anyone (luddite?) can point at some good resources for installing Contiki on an Apple II, that would be much appreciated. I've googled and poked around the home page but haven'…

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Honestly, the best way to use IIe software without a IIe (and the only one I know of that is guaranteed to be 100% legal) is the Apple IIe card for an LC I'm not sure how/if the I…

I'm pretty sure AppleWin has what youre after.http://applewin.berlios.de Click to expand... Cheers for that - does indeed look like it will fit the bill - had a quick play with i…

Honestly, the best way to use IIe software without a IIe (and the only one I know of that is guaranteed to be 100% legal) is the Apple IIe card for an LC. LCs are easy to find and …

I'm pretty sure AppleWin has what youre after. http://applewin.berlios.de

Hi, I've not really been playing with my old Apple II stuff, but am going to try and spend a bit more time on it. I was just wondering what the view was on the best IIe emulator o…

It has to do with a bad install disc. Thankfully I use only backups so I don't scratch my originals. Click to expand... Thats a very good idea, I have a 9.0 disc here that I go…

That is awesome, click on something and you get an explosion before whatever you click on opens.

It has to do with a bad install disc. Thankfully I use only backups so I don't scratch my originals.

Now that is strange! Maybe a system extension that customizes the mouse pointer? Do share when you figure it out! Huxley

I've never seen it myself until now, but I've heard of it. The cursor turns into a little bomb icon. So weird. http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0324pe1.jpg

"Billy Mays, here!" I'm thinking that the IDE controller doesn't know how to do slave devices so the second card will be MIA. But it would be an interesting exercise at least. Pe…

Well done! What happens if you put cards in _both_ slots? Peace, Drew Click to expand... It will become a Billy Mays commercial. It'll Double your order! [] ]'>

Well done! What happens if you put cards in _both_ slots? Peace, Drew

This is great work! I took the liberty to link to your post from my System Folder blog. I hope it's OK with you Cheers from another PowerBook 5300 owner! Rick

well, when a mummy and a daddy love each other very much.......

It's back up for now, but it would be nice to figure out the cause. Thank goodness for being able to preserve users and applications, otherwise it would be considerably more painf…