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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

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #41

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?  …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by david__schmidt Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 03:14

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #40

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…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 03:05

Questions on the Lisa 1.8 power supply — #7

Thanks Uni/Maceffects, I've ordered a couple of them. Snuci, I'm not sure where the other switch is - I see sw1 ( the one with the little lever that is deactivated by the rear cov…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Juror22 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 02:59

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #39

I got home from doing some errands this evening, and there was an Apple IIe waiting for me! Unfortunately the shipper sent it with minimal packaging, and a couple of the corners we…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 02:42

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #32

Brief follow-up.  I got a Kanga from Uniserver which is mostly great, but it also has speaker buzz issues.  Kanga and 3400c - despite having the same manual which lists cross-compa…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 02:30

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #38

Below are the major Apple II image formats, more detailed info is here: http://apple2.info/wiki/?title=Emulators_Part_3 .DSK: "DOS 3.3 Order" 140k 5.25" floppy images .PO: "ProDO…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 02:03

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #37

On a real monitor, the GS/OS desktop actually looks pretty good! Too bad there's no simple way to get similar quality on a modern LCD. As much as I love vintage computers, I draw t…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 01:19

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #36

bigmessowires said: I tried again with GS/OS 5.0.4 and it works! So yes, it seems 6.0.1 requires at least 1 MB. This is a ROM01 GS, and it appears to have 256K on the logic b…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by AichEss Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 00:27

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #35

Gorgonops said: Of course, the original RGB monitors used for the IIgs weren't exactly the finest things in the world (fairly large dot pitch, etc) so  I'm sure if you messed…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 00:21

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #34

uniserver said: haha Makes you keep love for the Mac GUI,  even @ 1bit B&W At least that is how i feel Click to expand... Under the hood, GS/OS is actually supe…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Tue, 24 Mar 2015 - 00:17

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #32

I'm pretty sure the images on the website were actually from an emulator. I'm not sure I'm motivated enough to actually go through dragging out the IIgs and all the netboot bit…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Gorgonops Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 22:50

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #31

Yeah i would say that looks pretty normal Steve,(for composite video)  S-video might look better.  RGB better yet, those images you saw were from the RBG port for sure!
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 22:02

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #30

I tried again with GS/OS 5.0.4 and it works! So yes, it seems 6.0.1 requires at least 1 MB. This is a ROM01 GS, and it appears to have 256K on the logic board and another 256K on a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 21:58

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #29

http://toastytech.com/guis/gsos.html Click to expand... haha Makes you keep love for the Mac GUI,  even @ 1bit B&W At least that is how i feel
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 21:40

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #28

yep,  pretty sure it only has 256k on the ram card,  lots of sockets for more ram chips though. So pretty sure it has 512k ram total right now. Once Steve gets this all figured o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 21:38
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