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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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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

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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

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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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Retrochallenge 2015/01 (Winter Warmup)

Retrochallenge 2015/01 starts today.  To learn more about it use the Retrochallange link under Links & Disk Images. I’ve had a fascination with Eamon ever since I first found it, about twenty years ago.  I like the whole concept of carrying

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No Serial Ports

I haven’t posted in months, six months in fact. I had a problem develop a couple of months ago with AdtPro.  It stopped recognizing the serial ports. The problem seemed to be with Java so over time, I uninstalled Java

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Kansas Fest

This whole week is just me wishing I was there.  I anxiously await the Kansas Fest report on csa2 each day.  Its not like being there, but as close as I can get at this time. Warren Ernst on csa2,

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Another No Slot Clock

Last night I ordered another No Slot Clock chip for my Apple //e.  I had planned to buy one last fall when I got one and tried it out on my Apple //c.  This one was about 65 cents cheaper

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I’m Back

I’m back.  I have no special reason or excuse for not posting, I just haven’t posted in a day under a month.  I signed into Daily Apple to find 2,308 comments, or more accurately spam.  After spending about twenty minutes

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