I wasn't too clear, but I was sort of inferring the same thing.  I think the compliance issue goes beyond Cardbus, though - since it hasn't worked properly on either the 3400 or Ka…

The Classic does!

I discovered I can hit control+reset on the IIgs and get a BASIC prompt. Who needs startup disks?! Wow, I wish the Mac had as much useful stuff built into ROM.

raoulduke said: The adapter is supposed to be PCMCIA compliant (it says it's 16bit compliant but it also says it's 32bit compliant. Click to expand... Not exactly. My rea…

ask all the questions you want,  iT will just help the indexing of 68kmla in google searches and might get you to a 68000 after not too long

Ah, so it *is* supposed to be color, but not seeing the color on a composite video output is normal? I guess I can live with that. I didn't have any success with the 2001FP's VGA i…

What you are seeing is normal from the composite output. The VGC kills the color signal in text modes (only!) on the composite output in an attempt to make the text less blurry.

Can anyone with a IIgs describe what the self-test display is supposed to look like, in terms of color? When I hold open-apple + option at startup, it puts the IIgs into a self-tes…

The 2001FP can likely work with the RGB output too going by the reports of Amiga users. Use a Mac to VGA adapter in "multisync mode" (the sense pins aren't used by the IIgs). Somet…

yup you are on the right track there.!

It works on the composite video input of my living room TV, a large Samsung HDTV. But using the IIgs in the living room on a 50" screen wasn't what I had in mind. As luck would…

Do you have any other TVs or monitors with a composite input? The Dell probably expects a perfect RS-170a broadcast spec NTSC signal, meaning it likely screws up when connected to …

Dang Dell… after doing more reading, it seems that lots of people have problems using classic computers and video game systems with the Dell 2007WFP. It must not be tolerant of com…

yup that boot tone is normal sounds just like this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrAdW1jCH5s once you get your hands deeper into it, you will realize its got a pretty …

Yup, that "weird sound" is the startup chime. I am not too smart sometimes. Hmm, this is getting weirder. I hooked up a Nintendo Wii to the Dell monitor's composite video input…

OK, it seems the composite video input on this Dell 2007WFP LCD is broken. Which is weird, because I've used it before with other composite video projects. In fact, it's the only r…

I think the beep is the IIgs version of the startup chime.

After watching some YouTube video, it seems that weird sound is normal. So I guess I just need to figure out the video...

bigmessowires said: Is the IIgs monitor output different from a Mac II series monitor output? / Any suggestions for getting video going? Click to expand... Yes.  It's ana…

So I got an Apple IIgs from Uniserver - thanks! This is my first ever Apple II system. Now I just need to figure out how the heck this thing works. When I first power it on, there…

That exact symptom occurred with my bootlegged battery and the 5300 this morning: chime off of the battery and then nothing else.  I forget if I tried to soft reboot. Maybe the ci…

Yea, and it even stops it from powering up sometimes. it will chime and stay black screen, or not chime at all. Or repeatedly chime.  So i tossed it. it was garbage anyway. 

Oh, I meant on the efficiency/persistence, not the crashing on insert - I missed that part of the post.  And I couldn't find anything directly on point to it.

No, its not. failure happened well before any OS ever booted. 

There are software components to the battery's efficiency and longevity; though I don't know that they apply to your two batteries.  Maybe I'm misremembering.  The link I originall…