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appledesign powered speakers?

PPCMLA Software 9 posts May 9, 2007 to May 14, 2007

#1 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 - 22:05 68kMLA

Bought a six pack of random IIgs cards on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221538578735

I don't believe the seller knew what he had there. Cards look to be in good condition. I'll have to try them out one day.

#1 Wed, 9 May 2007 - 14:27 PPCMLA

Hey, there's a set of the original appledesign powered speakers at my school's surplus store, and I was wondering if anybody knew how easy it is to get the power adaptor for these/ I looked but couldn't find it.

They're only $5, I will probably pick 'em up anyway.
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#2 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 - 22:09 68kMLA

very nice man!

#2 Wed, 9 May 2007 - 20:36 PPCMLA

For $5, I'd get them even if they don't have the wallwart. You can always go to RadioShack with the specs, and they'll find you the appropriate DC power adapter.

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#3 Thu, 10 May 2007 - 02:35 PPCMLA

Yeah do it, they're great speakers for $5

#3 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 - 23:08 68kMLA

Transwarp ... awesome. Which is the "best" RAM card there?

#4 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 01:18 68kMLA

They're all good!

Great Find!

#4 Thu, 10 May 2007 - 21:16 PPCMLA

Oops, I ended up not getting them, I was more worried I wouldn't be able to find the appropriate PSU. There's a mild chance they'll be there later on, like in August, but that one's unlikely. (I'm back at home of the parentals now.)

I missed the Quicktake100 too. - Wow, I've missed a lot of nifty apple items from Surplus. Razz

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#5 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 01:41 68kMLA

Byrd said:
Transwarp ... awesome. Which is the "best" RAM card there?

Transwarp WITH the cache card. The best RAM card there would be how you intend to use it. The CV RAM card is a monster, and he has the piggyback card for a total of 8MBs. He probably has $400 in cards just for those 2, not including the very nice RAM keeper. The RAM Keeper hooks up to a battery (which he doesn't have), and lets him have a RAM Disk that maintains its contents. It's pretty darn sweet.

#5 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 07:13 PPCMLA

You do realize that you WOULD have been able to get the appropriate adapter from radio-hack, right?
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#6 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 18:07 PPCMLA

I realize that now, but my mind was fried from Finals when I was still on Campus on Wednesday. Unfortunate, but true.
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#6 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 14:54 68kMLA

I'd be happy to "try out" the Transwarp GS in my ][gs

#7 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 18:17 PPCMLA

A similar thing once happened to me. I was at school at the end of the spring semester, and I was returning books at the bookstore. I happened to walk over to the IT section, and behind the counter was a set of Apple headphones hanging on the wall. They wanted $20 for them.

I had a brain fart and didn't snatch them up. When I went back next semester, they were gone.

Sad

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#7 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 15:36 68kMLA

Thanks guys. I also got an Commodore PET Educator 64 yesterday that needs work (and that I probably paid too much for) so I think this will even it out value-wise.

I did do some looking around to see if the Transwarp GS was modified but I don't think it is. Can anyone tell here? Here's a pic.

#8 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 18:41 PPCMLA

#8 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 16:21 68kMLA

Yours looks stock, it has the original crystal and unmodified cache card. I think the upgrade involves getting a new crystal and putting in a faster CPU. If you want to also use the cache card, there're a few modifications to make, such as replacing the ROM with a the latest version and using faster RAM chips.

#9 Mon, 14 May 2007 - 22:49 PPCMLA

Yeah, they were also included in the old Multimedia Kit, if I remember correctly. They seem like nice headphones, I'd rather have that than the ipod headphones. Razz

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#9 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 16:21 68kMLA

Oh, forgot to point out he also has a SCSI card. Find of a lifetime that lot was.

#10 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 07:22 68kMLA

Beware if you make a cable for your TWGS, the pairs have to be flipped/twisted properly otherwise it won't work and stuff could get fried. It isn't a straight IDC-40 to DIP-40 cable!

http://www.reactivemicro.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=68

To kick up the speed, you need slightly faster cache (15-20ns commonly found on 486 motherboards). you have the latest ROM and the 32k cache card. The CPU needs to be replaced with the Sanyo made WDC 65c816-16. For setting the clock speed, you need crystals that are 4X the target speed ex: 40Mhz crystal runs the card at 10Mhz. Right now the card is running at 6.25Mhz, making it an early TWGS that someone upgraded the cache on. Later cards are clocked at 7Mhz.

#11 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 12:43 68kMLA

Thanks guys. I was a little confused about the later ROM on the cache card and the 25mhz crystal that looks like a later add-on because it doesn't really sit onto the card with a correctly sized socket.

I will have to find one of those cables. I actually need to find an Apple IIgs to house these cards because my current IIgs (noted in this conquest) is full. THAT, in my opinion, was a find of a lifetime.

#12 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 17:28 68kMLA

I officially hate you.

#13 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 19:04 68kMLA

LOL, we all get lucky once in a while.