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…

I had a lombard like that as well, but I ended up getting rid of it. I came into a second one which causes the machine to crash if I put its battery in it, needless to say its dead…

Yeah, I have a Lombard battery like that. Odd thing was that it never worked for most of its existence, and it just somehow randomly started working when I accidentally put Tiger o…

The Kanga power boards are the same and the motherboards are mostly the same.  I'm not 100% sure why those noises but I think it's a capacitor issue.  As you've noted, when you lea…

Btw, I have Kanga too,  witch is almost the same machine. It has that sound problem. Runs and start Ok, but if I leave it plugged on the the power block for a while (like for a ni…

Got about an hour and 10 minutes on its original battery before it died. And it didnt really die, the Energy power management kicked in and put it to sleep.  has a 1997 date code,…

So I'm pretty sure the ADB problem is related to one or maybe two tiny components on the underside of the board just behind the ADB port if moving from the edge of the board.  I th…

All this 3400c talk made me want to pull out mine, and it has its original battery. It is still holding a charge for over an hour of runtime. 

Mouser actually has the holders for just under $6 (534-1109) though they are backordered.  I think for the 3400c battery I'm going to go that route with these:  http://www.ebay.com…