In order to fix my ailing Apple //cs, I had to order some replacement RAM chips and sockets. I may not be able to use sockets for all the replacements due to clearance issues, but I am planning using them…
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New ROMs
In addition to my working Apple //c and //e I have two Apple //c’s that don’t work well. The first is my original Apple //c that I bought in 1984. The other //c was one I bought on eBay. The…
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What I didn’t say
What I didn’t say in my last post, was I had planned to start posting again earlier in the weekend, but couldn’t find my password to sign in. It took me three nights of intensive searching to find a way…
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Time Lapse
I last posted six years ago today. I was having trouble with my working Apple //c. It turned out I was having media problems with the diskettes. Since then I have attached my Floppy EMU and use it as a…
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Merlin 8 Working Diskette
I’ve been having doubts about my Apple //c for months now. After doing diagnostics on my system, I’ve come to realize that my problems were based on bad diskette media. Back in March, when Assembly Lines became available, I downloaded…
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Clean Up
Earlier this year, I lost the directory where I kept my downloadable diskette images. These images were ones I created for this blog. I had no direct backup for this directory so I spent some time going over my computers,…
Diskettes
I had a package of 25 diskettes I bought last July. They sat for a long time without me checking them out. When I finally got around to trying them I had several of them that I couldn’t use. I…
Diagnostics
I’ve downloaded several programs for my Apple II’s and had problems with them. They seem to run fine on AppleWin, but when I try to run them on the Apple II’s I have problems. I figured it was time to…
Retrochallange 2015/01 Third Post
I worked on my challenge for a short time while watching a movie, The Prince of Persia. I thought it was fitting to be working on an Apple II game while watching a movie inspired by iconic Apple II game. It’s funny,…
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Retrochallenge 2015/01 Second Post
In order to play Eamon you need at least one diskette from the Eamon Library. The Main Hall and Beginners Cave (EAMON001.DSK) is where everything starts, and hopefully ends. In order to create more adventures a second diskette, the Dungeon…
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