OK. Started for a second and third time. Now it is running for an hour. I will let it run until I go to sleep. I should fix the power a bit. Use some ductape( yes techknight...goo…

Or, for most of what Apple II Pi does you could just transfer your physical Apple II disks into images using ADTPro and run them on the same GSport emulator it uses for its Apple ]…

If you get it going again, let it run for a while, especially in different orientations. Apocryphal tales say that ProFile drives that screech like a banshee "get better" after ru…

First BIG Success!!!! I got it spinning! Just by rotating it counterclockwise for some time. I could feel it rolling better and better. Then I switched on power and it started run…

What is the Apple II Pi?   FAQ   Is the Raspberry Pi talking directly to the Apple II peripherals?   No, the Apple II is running a custom driver that reads input from the keybo…

You can use Apple ][ Server or ADT over the serial port.  I'll try and dig up a link.  It's a way of having an Apple II Pi without the out-of-production slot adapter board, which o…

heck the floppy emu is so advanced he could make it emulate a whole Iic i bet. just add keyboard...

I'm excited for this. My FloppyEmu will go great with my //c

Keep turning it by hand until that old sticky grease has softened enough for the drive to turn on its own?

Some improvement! I disconnected the power to the engine and reconnected. Now the disk will try to spin. It moves 0.1 inch and stops(counterclockwise). I have turned the engine s…

OK i will try to help the disk spin. Should I turn clockwise or counter clockwise?

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

I did not see that one! Thanks Snuci

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…

Mine had the same problem. Many years of no use meant the bearings were stiff. You applied power and quickly gave the spindle a little twist before the motor drivers burned out. I …

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 …

(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…

the spindle motor may have hardened grease in the bearings.  I just recently ran into this problem with a pair of 5 1/4 floppy drives on my IBM 5155. I had to press-out the hubs a…

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…

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? …

@snuci Thanks again for your advises! The disk can spin but not lightly... Not sure if this should be the case. I will look into the motor connection. Maybe I can find documentat…