I had a lot of great accomplishments this weekend on the classic
computer front!
First off, I got two Apple ///+ machines in a thrift store! Anyone have
a copy of SOS for these suckers?
Regarding my problems with the Apple II+ booting, I found another II+
for $20 and figured it would be easier to replace the whole system unit
rather than the RAM (24 x $0.79 for 4116's) at that price. It works!
So it wasn't the drives or controller cards causing the problem.
I received my two North Star Horizons via UPS (a trade for a couple of
TRS-80 Mod 100's and a C128), along with 50-60 diskettes and
documentation. Got one of them up and running late last night, but need
to find some RAM card docs (see separate mail on that).
A friend at work gave me an Amiga 500, I set that up this weekend and
played around a bit, that's a fun machine.
Kai
And now, in the "the more things change, the more they stay the same" category,
By now most of you have probably heard of the Tiger Learning Computer. It's
an apple 2E clone that plugs into your tv and has rom carts for its programs.
Let's see. Color, plugs into a tv, can be cartrige driven, less than 200
bucks US. *sigh* I think Commodore died too soon. The 64 was all this and
more. Now if I could just find one of the little beasties... (the TLC,
not the C=64 - it wouldn't be the same as the one that was MINE.)
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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"...It tells me that goose stepping morons like yourself should try reading
books instead of burning them."
-Dr. Henry Jones Sr.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
I've been given a challenge... and need some help....
Question: Which 80's home computer had an A-Z keyboard layout, and not
QWERTY
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Kevan
Old Computer Collector: http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/
Hope someone can take advantage of some of this:
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I would like to see my Apple II+ system go to someone who would
appreciate it. II+, 64K RAM, keyboard shift mod, 300 baud modem, 1
floppy drive, Taxan amber monochrome monitor, UCSD Pascal, various game
software, Softline and SoftTalk magazines.
Location: Ventura County, CA
Merleen Gholdston
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A friend of mine forwarded this to me, unfortunately I have no cash.
:(
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* Alan Cruikshank *
* HYPERWARE CONSULTING *
* e-mail: <cshank(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> *
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This special offer is from:
David M. Dantowitz, <david(a)dantowitz.com>
If anyone wants a bunch of Apple II computers for Free (shipping from New
Jersey) let me know. There's a bunch of II, IIc, and IIe computers, mono
chrome and color monitors, extra drives, cables, printer boards, software
and other stuff.
They're about to be dumped into a dumpster, so if anyone has a desire for
the machines and grade school software, let me know.
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I have about 30-35 servicable Apple IIes that need a home. My school
district no longer needs them and I need to get rid of them quickly. If
you are interested in more infomation email me or call me at
414-788-7600. John Bestul, Little Chute Area School District.
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
Auction Web is a crappy place to get old computer junk from, but there is
a guy auctioning off an HP9000/300 and another guy with a Radio Shack
Model 1 and Model 4 (TRS-80 I believe). The 9000 is going for (I forget
how much) but the TRS-80s are at $26 but nobody has bid yet (the guy
started it at $26 which is too much). If it doesn't sell someone can go
in and make the guy an offer after the auction is over.
You can get to auction web by going to http://www.ebay.com/aw
Once you're there, search on item pzp53335 for the HP9000/300 and item
zyl71421 for the TRS-80s.
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
This past weekend, my aunt cleaned out her basement and presented me with
all the old computer stuff she had stored there. Not much but I did get
an old XT and a pretty complete IIe system. First, here's what I got:
About 5 feet of disks (apple II) of which about 25 or so were CP/M (?)
About 10 feet of books including (and I don't know why) users manuals and
tape software for an "Epson HX20 Notebook Computer" (didn't get the
computer tho :( looks neat no the cover)
Since I am new to Apple's and really don't know what I'm talking about I
will "attempt" to describe the system I got. Whomever had it before my
aunt really did a number on it; all the punch-out plates in the back are
gone and numerous ribbon cables are coming out every little crevice!
First the basics:
It came with 2 Disk II Disk Drives which I am still not sure even work.
OPening the iie up I find:
CPU has been replaced (?) with a ZIPCHIP 4 (?)
In slots:
AUX: This is probabl;y the most interesting board. It says Ramworks II
on it and has a piggyback board attached to it that I think is supposed to
be a RGB board.
1: is empty
2: has a Grappler + Parallel Printer INterface
3: Empty
4: Mouse Interface
5: Empty
6: Disk II Interface
7: (This one stumps me) Its a pretty long board and attaches by way of a
wire to a panel on the back that says "VIDEX" The panel has a toggle
switch and two RCA ports that say "M" and "A" Is this another Video
board?
OK, here's the problem!
When I turn it on......nothing happens!
The enhanced light comes on (?) and all I get on the screen is a sqaure
pattern of reversed @ sysmbols and such. What is this? Other than that,
the computer beeps once before this appears and the drives just blink
their lights real quick (no motor spins, etc.) What's wrong here guys?
Thanks,
Les
Hi chaps...
I just picked up an Apple ][e complete with DuoDisk box and orange
monitor. Great thing is it also has also the DOS 3.3 manuals and
disks and bits and pieces in their original packaging! All i paid for
was the petrol (yeah, i'm in England!) to go over and pick it up.
Opening up the case reveals that it has a number of cards plugged in
including a memory expansion card - does anyone know what size RAM
this gives me? how can i check (forgive me for i have not RTFM yet!).
It seems to work fine, so my big question is can i use any old 5 1/4"
disks in it? is it capable of formatting any old 5 1/4" disks? I ask
for two reasons: 1) so i can make back-up copies of the DOS 3.3 disks
and 2) so i can save stuff.
TIA...Nick.
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Nick Challoner nickc(a)ladyland.demon.co.uk
Aviation photographs at: http://www.ladyland.demon.co.uk
"Bother" said Pooh, as he deleted his root directory.
This seems to be the weekend for Apple II series boot problems!
My Apple II+ will boot a diskette called the "Zardax Utilities" but it
won't boot anything else. When I boot with the Zardax Utilities
diskette, I get "APPLE II" on the screen, some disk activity, then the
Zardax menu comes up.
When I put in a different bootable diskette, I get "APPLE II" on the
screen, and then after a moment's pause, a bunch of garbage characters
are added. This happens with various bootable diskettes, including some
brand-new shrinkwrapped Atarisoft games (whose docs say they are
bootable).
With the garbage on the screen, if I hit Shift/Break or Ctrl/Break or
whatever, I can get to the ] BASIC prompt.
I've switched out the Drive 1 and the diskette adapter card.
Any idea what's wrong?
thanks
Kai
Greetings, I'm hoping for a little advice here:
While scanning an auction web page
(http://www2.ebay.com/aw/itemfast.cgi?item=hok055925)
I found an item I have in the garage. which sold there for $76.50.
This brings two questions to my mind:
1: Is it worth $76.50?
2: Would be unethical to email the non-winning bidders with an offer
to sell my computer to them?
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Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
Hi,
I recieved the following email through my web site. I really don't have
the room for these so if anybody is interested then feel free to
contact him. (He does know I have forwarded this email.)
Kevan
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