The graphics make use of programmable character sets - so the creatures are built up of a matrix of characters (maybe 2x4 or 3x6 - I'm not sure now). The screen is 40 columns, and…

The graphics make use of programmable character sets - so the creatures are built up of a matrix of characters (maybe 2x4 or 3x6 - I'm not sure now). The screen is 40 columns, and…

Yep, with a flash of inspiration, I found it via... google! I've been able to play it, but loading it on and running it from my Compact Flash faux-Profile (via BOS) ends up with a…

I have a real Apple III. Where did you find the software? Can I download it from somewhere? Click to expand... There seems to be a disk image of it located at: http://adtpro…

gavo - I have a real Apple III. Where did you find the software? Can I download it from somewhere?

Here's a question for which I have not found the answer: The Apple II, as you should know, has some soft-switches, memory locations which cause some setting to change. My question …

I downloaded that PDF a few months ago but haven't read it yet. Maybe I should do that. Click to expand... It's a tough slog, especially if it's the first time through. But S…

A handful of 74LS* chips. Sather's "Understanding the Apple II" would probably help here:http://www.scribd.com/doc/201423/Understanding-the-Apple-II-by-Jim-Sather-1983Quality-Soft…

Thank you to those who have been uploading files. Public mirror Is anyone willing to host a public mirror of Mac Hut? Ideally, the host needs to have a good connection (hopefully…

Do you have the Additional Languages and stuff installed? Click to expand... No but I have all of the Additional Fonts installed. The additional languages, none of them were Ta…

Most people have a nasty tendency to think that memory is something where you specify a memory location, the CPU applies that memory location to the address lines, then the CPU rea…

A handful of 74LS* chips. Sather's "Understanding the Apple II" would probably help here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/201423/Understanding-the-Apple-II-by-Jim-Sather-1983Quality-So…

Addenum to Holy Grail with a bit more info, from http://theducks.livejournal.com/492985.html I hang out on a number of modding boards around the internet. The "Holy Grail" i…

Do you know what hardware this is? I only have a IIgs, so I suppose that is incorporated in the Mega II, but what about on the older models?

Do you have the Additional Languages and stuff installed?

Soft switches have a hardware component: there is circuitry that reacts to particular address lines being tickled. That's why things like peek can affect them from BASIC.

Some people have basically recased a laptops guts in a box and made the LCD seperate using a home made cable. There are old ISA cards that talk directly but they are probably for o…

Technically, Mac OS did not drop support for 400KB disks with Mac OS 7.6.x. With System 7.5.x, a lot of floppy disk handling shifted from the core OS to PC Exchange, or whatever it…

http://www.applefritter.com/holygrail Excerpted from the Applefritter FAQ Q: How do I turn this laptop/iMac screen into a monitor? A: Put simply you don't. Whilst it is pos…

The IIe and IIC, however, have a working shift key. Click to expand... I know that, I'm just old-school.

I run 10.4 on a 800Mhz G3 iBook and it runs fine. No more sluggish than Jaguar and Panther were.

it will take some time until you have conquered the device. Click to expand... I've been learning that, but each time it does something I don't want it to, (I learn) and am ama…

I believe that keyboard simply switches the layout to Dvorak and back again to Qwerty--is this true? And, I'd hazard a guess that the 80/40 key switches the resolution in GR mode …

I have no probs with spotlight on a 466, though dashboard definitely needs to be ditched. Tiger should be right snappy on that unit.

did you run a hardware test? i wouldn't be too worried about no chiming. my sawtooth g4 has been doing that for a long time with no ill side effects. Click to expand... My dua…