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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Merlin 8 Working Diskette
Posted in Apple //c, Programming Tagged with: 3 1/2" Diskette Drive, 5 1/4" Diskette Drive, Apple //c, Assembler, books, Programming
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,…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Games, Programming, Projects, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
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…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Programming, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
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…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Programming, Projects, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
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…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Posts Tagged with: ADTPro, Apple //c, Apple IIe, Serial Port Problems
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…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple IIe Tagged with: 3 1/2" Diskette Drive, 5 1/4" Diskette Drive, Apple //c, Apple IIe
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…
Flapple Bird – Memory?
I went to the Flapple Apple github website and downloaded the latest version. I moved a copy through ADTPro to my Apple //c and tried that again today. I was thinking after the last post that maybe I was having…
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