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,…
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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,…
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…
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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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I’ve spent the last few days working on a Macintosh project and starting a new blog and website. The project involved my attempt to upgrade the memory in my Macintosh SE. It has 2MB and I was going to upgrade…
Power Supplies, Next Two Tested
This morning I dug out my other two power bricks. I was going to test them with my simple test. One was still wrapped up in bubble wrap, from when I got it. I plugged in the other one and checked…
Power Supplies, First One Tested
I came to a decision about the testing. I would do it in steps. I touched the power supply to get a feel for its temperature. It felt a little warmer than body temperature, my guess would be 99 to…
Power Supplies, Next?
So now that I have a program to access the diskettes and draw a little power, what next? How do I measure the results? Do I run it for a period of time and if the power supply survives, it’s…
Power Supplies, Exerciser
I wrote a very short AppleSoft program, which just repeatedly does a catalog of each of the diskette drives. The initial test I did was ten loops, cataloging each of my four diskette drives. It took about two minutes seventeen…
Power Supplies
Over the years I have acquired two extra power supplies for my Apple //c, so I thought I would sell one on eBay. The thing is, I wanted some way to test them first. I can’t in good conscience sell…
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