26 May
1997
26 May
'97
4:17 p.m.
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
26 May
26 May
7:07 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
About 5 feet of disks (apple II) of which about 25 or
so were CP/M (?)
CP/M disks? Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard IIe
(brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I really
should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose.
And how do you measure disks in feet? Side by side? :-)
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)
Oh yeah! Pity you didn't get the computer. It was a really good machine
(for its time). You can see some detailed information about it at:
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~alexios/MACHINE-ROOM/Epson_HX-20.html
Btw, your Apple is indeed pretty meaty. :-) I'm sorry I can't provide any
actual help (despite being an Apple user of old). Oh, the "punch-out" covers
at the back weren't punch-out. They had little plastic plugs you could put
back if you wanted (though, from my experience, you wouldn't -- in fact
you'd add a fan to the thing so it wouldn't overheat).
Good luck with it! It's a wonderful machine.
Alexios
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28 May
28 May
4:03 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Alexios Chouchoulas wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
CP/M disks? Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard IIe
(brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I really
should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose.
And how do you measure disks in feet? Side by side? :-)
Nope, piled on top of eachother. I have about 50 disks of a diskmag
called "Softdisk" or somehting like that, alone...
Les
30 May
30 May
11:18 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Thu, 29 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
SoftDisk is cool. It was a subscription "softzine" that just stop being
published last year or so. It always had lots of cool little tidbits on
it. Definitely worth exploring.
Sam
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And how do
you measure disks in feet? Side by side? :-)
Nope, piled on top of eachother. I have about 50 disks of a diskmag
called "Softdisk" or somehting like that, alone... 
29 May
29 May
8:54 p.m.
New subject: Name those cards game
I came across some Apple II boards recently. Some I can make and
educated guess about, but others are a bit of a mystery:
APPLI-CARD - Personal Computer Products, Inc. This one has a Z80B,
8 chips (Mistsubishi?) labeled 5K4164ANP-15. This is a long card
which has either a block of pins for 25 jumpers or ribbon connectors.
There is also an empty socket next to an EPROM labeled "APPLI-CARD
BOOTSTRAP V9.0 (C) PCPI 1982". The board is labeled as being
copyright 1982.
APL BOARD UNIT G479501000-0 it has an EPROM labeled "APL", an odd
connector (15 pins) which looks like it could be for keyboard. The
board is labeled "EPSON". My guess is that this is a board which
either transformed an Apple II keyboard into an APL keyboard or
allowed an APL keyboard to be used.
LEGO 9767. This board features a 6522 and a 20 wire ribbon cable.
The board is labeled "FOR EDUCATIONAL USF" (the F is not a typo).
This one has 3 chips, 2 capacitors, 1 resistor, and a transistor.
I'm guessing that this is for controlling Lego motors and switches.
APPLE IIGS MEMORY EXPANSION. (Even I can figure this one out!)
It features 8 MB81256-12s, 8 M5M4256APs, 8 TMS4256-12NLs, and
8 TMM41256AP-12s. The copyright is 1986 but several of the chips
have dates of 89.
The last one is an IBM type card which was with the Apple cards. It
has 2 9 pin female connectors and an RCA type jack. The board has the
words "DIAMOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC" and "TRACKSTAR 128 TM" silk
screened on the board. There are two EPROMs, a 6502, 65SC02, 2 EPROMs,
8 socketed AMPAL16L8LPCs (memory?). There is another socketed IC
which is labeled DISK. I'm guessing that this is some sort of Apple II
on an ISA card.
Can anyone identify these cards?
Thanks,
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30 May
30 May
12:28 a.m.
New subject: Name those cards game
Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, Paul E Coad said:
I came across some Apple II boards recently. Some I can make and
educated guess about, but others are a bit of a mystery:
[snip]
APL BOARD UNIT G479501000-0 it has an EPROM labeled
"APL", an odd
connector (15 pins) which looks like it could be for keyboard. The
board is labeled "EPSON". My guess is that this is a board which
either transformed an Apple II keyboard into an APL keyboard or
allowed an APL keyboard to be used.
Everyone here who likes APL, please raise your hand!
||||
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\ /
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LEGO 9767. This board features a 6522 and a 20 wire
ribbon cable.
The board is labeled "FOR EDUCATIONAL USF" (the F is not a typo).
This one has 3 chips, 2 capacitors, 1 resistor, and a transistor.
I'm guessing that this is for controlling Lego motors and switches.
cool!
The last one is an IBM type card which was with the
Apple cards. It
has 2 9 pin female connectors and an RCA type jack. The board has the
words "DIAMOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC" and "TRACKSTAR 128 TM" silk
screened on the board. There are two EPROMs, a 6502, 65SC02, 2 EPROMs,
8 socketed AMPAL16L8LPCs (memory?). There is another socketed IC
which is labeled DISK. I'm guessing that this is some sort of Apple II
on an ISA card.
Yes, sir! That's the card. If you'd like more info, I *think* these are
detailed in my 1989 Tandy Computer Catalog I have at home... they used to
market these things to try to get a little more TRS- market share. I
honestly can't say how good they were, and (IIRC... it's been a while) you
do have to have an apple disk drive as the drives are not compatible with
the IBM standard, but other than that, it *was* an interesting upgrade path
for all you ol' Apple ]['ers out there.
Sorry, I worked on them in high school... I don't hold that fascination
with them that many of you here do... Non-linear video memory just seemed
"weird" to me for some reason. It was a good system, but just not my cup of
tea.
Anywho, If you're interested in that article, let me know and I'll try to
dig it up over the weekend.
HTH,
"Merch"
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12:51 a.m.
New subject: Name those cards game
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Paul E Coad wrote:
The last one is an IBM type card which was with the
Apple cards. It
has 2 9 pin female connectors and an RCA type jack. The board has the
words "DIAMOND COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC" and "TRACKSTAR 128 TM" silk
screened on the board. There are two EPROMs, a 6502, 65SC02, 2 EPROMs,
8 socketed AMPAL16L8LPCs (memory?). There is another socketed IC
which is labeled DISK. I'm guessing that this is some sort of Apple II
on an ISA card.
The Trackstar was basically a complete Apple II on a card that went
into a PC compatible. Well, it didn't have much expansion, so you
you couldn't add a Z-80 SoftCard, but that wasn't the market that it
was aimed at anyway. It required an actual Apple disk drive, since
PC drives require a format that respects the existence of the sector
detect hole. It was mainly aimed at the educational market, since
many schools had a lot of old Apple hardware and software. To the
best of my recollection, it was at least as Apple II compatible as a
clone could be -- I don't remember _any_ programs that couldn't be
made to run, and a lot of games looked mighty cool on a Tandy 1000
display. (While it would go into any generic PC compatible, Tandy
made a specific effort to market and regain market share lost with
their stupid decision to abandon the old Z-80 product line).
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe
12:27 a.m.
New subject: SoftCard IIe (was: Re: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!)
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Alexios Chouchoulas wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
I notice you mention that it is a "SoftCard IIe". Does the Apple //e
require a special version of the SoftCard?
The reason I ask is that I had an Apple ][+ with a Z80 card (of
undetermined origin). My ][+ started dying (it was getting "zaps" in the
video quite frequently) so I upgraded to a //e as soon as I found one in a
thrift store.
I moved everything across to the //e (smoking a Disk ][ in the process
:'() and the Z80 card refuses to work in the //e.
I even picked up a second Z80 card, and it won't work in the //e, either.
About 5 feet of disks (apple II) of which about
25 or so were CP/M (?)
CP/M disks? Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard
IIe (brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I
really should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose. Btw, your Apple is indeed pretty meaty. :-) I'm
sorry I can't provide any
actual help (despite being an Apple user of old). Oh, the "punch-out" covers
at the back weren't punch-out. They had little plastic plugs you could put
back if you wanted (though, from my experience, you wouldn't -- in fact
you'd add a fan to the thing so it wouldn't overheat).
I preferred the simple grooves in the back for cables on my ][+ clone. I
never had to disconnect anything to remove it. I wouldn't have smoked the
Disk ][ if the //e hadn't required pulling the cable from the controller
for installation. :/
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
3:37 a.m.
New subject: SoftCard IIe (was: Re: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!)
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
Well, I remember there was a Microsoft SoftCard II. The one I have is
clearly labelled Microsoft SoftCard IIe (big, old-type Microsoft logo). I
don't know if there are actual differences. I've never seen the SoftCard II.
CP/M disks?
Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard
IIe (brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I
really should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose.
I notice you mention that it is a "SoftCard IIe". Does the Apple //e
require a special version of the SoftCard? I moved everything across to the //e (smoking a Disk
][ in the process
:'() and the Z80 card refuses to work in the //e.
There are a lot of hardware incompatibilities between the two machines, I
think. They should be well documented, though.
I preferred the simple grooves in the back for cables
on my ][+ clone. I
never had to disconnect anything to remove it.
Yes, those were such a good idea. When I first saw them, I thought "this
is STRANGE". But it makes sense.
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1 Jun
5:43 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Alexios Chouchoulas wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
I have the originals (as well as the card itself). Let me know if you
want copies.
About 5 feet of disks (apple II) of which about
25 or so were CP/M (?)
CP/M disks? Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard IIe
(brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I really
should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose. And how do you measure disks in feet? Side by side?
:-)
I have one, and would be interested in the manuals if Mr. Self Destruct
would be so kind. I forget exactly who Mr. SD is so if he could send me
an e-mail perhaps we can work out a trade.
Sam
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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)
Oh yeah! Pity you didn't get the computer. It was a really good machine
(for its time). You can see some detailed information about it at: 
27 May
27 May
3:27 a.m.
more(a)camlaw.rutgers.edu said,
Opening the iie up I find:
CPU has been replaced (?) with a ZIPCHIP 4 (?)
This is a 4MHz accelerator that replaces the original 1MHz CPU.
If I'm remembering right, you hold down the ESC key while turning
the power on to configure what speed you want to run it at.
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.
This is an Applied Engineering 80-column/memory expansion card.
There were piggyback RGB cards available for this, so that's
probably right.
2: has a Grappler + Parallel Printer INterface
That's strange... printers were traditionally in slot 1.
3: Empty
You can't do much with slot 3 when there's an 80-column card in
the Aux slot, because as far as software is concerned the 80-column
card looks like it's in slot 3.
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?
This is probably another 80-column card, but the old II+ style
instead of the newer IIe Aux style. The M and A almost certainly
are the "monitor" and "apple" plugs; you should probably run another
video cable from the computer's video output to the A plug, then
another wire from the M plug to the monitor itself. The toggle
switch will then probably choose which signal actually appears on
the monitor. The newer 80-column cards are memory-mapped, but these
old ones act essentially like serial terminals that happen to share
the Apple's keyboard and monitor.
When I turn it on......nothing happens!
The enhanced light comes on (?)
Actually it's just the power light... but when you got the Enhancement
kit (which gave basic lowercase support, added graphics characters to
the character generator, and gave you a few other random features) you
got an "Enhanced" sticker to put over the power light.
and all I get on the screen is a sqaure pattern of
reversed @
sysmbols and such. What is this?
This is what's in video memory when the power comes on, before the
Autostart ROM has the chance to clear the screen and start searching
for disk drives.
Other than that, the computer beeps once before this
appears and the
drives just blink their lights real quick (no motor spins, etc.)
I'm surprised it beeps but doesn't clear the screen or search for
disks, because the beep means it is making it sufficiently far into the
ROM to start initializing the computer. It could be that one of the
ROM chips has gone bad but the other hasn't. Try hitting the Reset key
and see if that'll give you a Basic ("]") or Monitor ("*")
prompt.
If you'd like to just swap the motherboard for one that definitely
works, I have a spare one. Let me know if you could use it.
eric
3:52 p.m.
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Eric Fischer wrote:
more(a)camlaw.rutgers.edu said,
Just for "fun" I did this and some interesting things happened...
1. The garbage disappeared and "Apple //e" was printed at the top and the
drive 1 light came on. I put in the first disk I grabbed and it came up
with the message "Unable to Identify Language in MotherBoard E0 ROM.
PLease replace that ROM and Reboot." What's this mean?
2. Hit escape again and got a ] prompt which someone said was a Basic
prompt. Mad a stupid basic proggy, ran it, it worked.
3. Tried the reset-esc thing again but this time found a DOS 3.3 disk.
DOS 3.3 APPLE II PLUS OR ROMCAERD aetc.etcetc. was printed...
It come s up withthe ] prompt again. Is this what its supposed to do?
Is there nothing wrong with this thing then?
Could it be something stupid? (wrong thing in wrong slot?)
Opening the iie up I find:
CPU has been replaced (?) with a ZIPCHIP 4 (?)
This is a 4MHz accelerator that replaces the original 1MHz CPU.
If I'm remembering right, you hold down the ESC key while turning
the power on to configure what speed you want to run it at.
This is probably another 80-column card, but the old II+ style
instead of the newer IIe Aux style. The M and A almost certainly
are the "monitor" and "apple" plugs; you should probably run another
Should I take one of the video cards out? Are they supposed to BOTH be in
there?
If you'd like to just swap the motherboard for one
that definitely
works, I have a spare one. Let me know if you could use it.
If something truly is wrong with it then by all means, yes, I am
interested...
Thanks,
Les
5:02 p.m.
more(a)camlaw.rutgers.edu said,
Hmmm... sounds like something in your system definitely doesn't
like running at 4MHz but works fine at 1MHz.
Probably the former owner either had some program that required
a Videx-style card or just preferred the picture quality you get
If I'm
remembering right, you hold down the ESC key while turning
the power on to configure what speed you want to run it at.
Just for "fun" I did this and some interesting things happened...
1. The garbage disappeared and "Apple //e" was printed at the top and the
drive 1 light came on. I put in the first disk I grabbed and it came up with
the message
"Unable to Identify Language in MotherBoard E0 ROM. PLease replace
that ROM and Reboot." What's this mean?
The ROM BASIC intrepreter begins at address $E000. There were various
replacement ROMs you could get that would keep copy protected programs
from exercising so much control over the computer...
and I'd guess this
disk, whatever it is, doesn't recognize the Enhanced IIe
ROM (or maybe
even the IIe at all) and is thinking you're trying to fool it by
switching ROMs on it. Short of figuring out a way to get a II+ ROM
into the computer or patching the program to avoid the check, I don't
think there's much hope for getting this particular disk to work.
3. Tried the reset-esc thing again but this time
found a DOS 3.3 disk.
DOS 3.3 APPLE II PLUS OR ROMCAERD aetc.etcetc. was printed...
It come s up withthe ] prompt again. Is this what its supposed to do?
Sounds reasonable (though it's been long enough since I used a II+
system master I can't remember whether this is the standard message).
The "II PLUS OR ROMCARD" means that it's recognized your system has
having Applesoft BASIC in ROM instead of the older Integer BASIC; since
you could add a ROM card to the original II that would give it
Applesoft (or an Integer card to the II+, for that matter) it can't
distinguish between a II+ (which the IIe also appears to be, since it
has Applesoft in ROM) and a II with the Applesoft card.
Is there nothing wrong with this thing then?
Could it be something stupid? (wrong thing in wrong slot?)
Well, having to hold down Esc to get it to work sounds like a
problem to me... but I think I'd try taking out all the boards
and seeing if it works without a problem that way, and if it
does, putting them back in one at a time to see which one it
is that doesn't like to be accelerated. I think there may
have been some way to configure the Zip Chip to say which
slots should be accelerated and which shouldn't, but I never
had one myself, so this is just a hazy memory of secondhand
knowledge...
This is
probably another 80-column card, but the old II+ style
instead of the newer IIe Aux style.
Should I take one of the video cards out? Are they supposed to BOTH be in
there? from the Videx (they had models that did 132x40 with a
nice solid
font -- much nicer than the spotty ugly standard IIe 80 column
picture). But for normal use, there doesn't seem to be much
point in having both installed.
eric
28 May
28 May
1:18 a.m.
On 28-May-97, Eric Fischer wrote:
Probably the former owner either had some program that
required
a Videx-style card or just preferred the picture quality you get
from the Videx (they had models that did 132x40 with a nice solid
font -- much nicer than the spotty ugly standard IIe 80 column
picture).
I just received an Apple II+ I've been waiting on, and it included a Videx
card, though it needs some of the wires replaced before I can install it. The
only thing I can find for a model on it is a sticker on it's backside which
says 'VTerm'...does this sound right? Also, where was the prefered place to
run the new video out through the case?
Jeff jeffh(a)unix.aardvarkol.com
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4:11 p.m.
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Eric Fischer wrote:
Well, having to hold down Esc to get it to work sounds
like a
problem to me... but I think I'd try taking out all the boards
and seeing if it works without a problem that way, and if it
does, putting them back in one at a time to see which one it
is that doesn't like to be accelerated. I think there may
have been some way to configure the Zip Chip to say which
slots should be accelerated and which shouldn't, but I never
had one myself, so this is just a hazy memory of secondhand
knowledge...
I took out all the boards and the same thing happens...pattern that is.
Any more ideas? :(
Les
30 May
30 May
10:56 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
Just for "fun" I did this and some
interesting things happened...
1. The garbage disappeared and "Apple //e" was printed at the top and the
drive 1 light came on. I put in the first disk I grabbed and it came up
with the message "Unable to Identify Language in MotherBoard E0 ROM.
PLease replace that ROM and Reboot." What's this mean?
I have never, ever heard of this message, so it is most likely application
specific. What disk was it that you put in? The E0 ROM held part of
AppleSoft BASIC. I don't know a whole lot about the ZipChip, but I am
pretty sure it didn't include a ROM change. I think we need to know what
the software was to solce this mystery.
2. Hit escape again and got a ] prompt which someone
said was a Basic
prompt. Mad a stupid basic proggy, ran it, it worked.
It is, indeed, the AppleSoft BASIC prompt.
3. Tried the reset-esc thing again but this time
found a DOS 3.3 disk.
DOS 3.3 APPLE II PLUS OR ROMCAERD aetc.etcetc. was printed...
It come s up withthe ] prompt again. Is this what its supposed to do?
Yes, it's just a simple boot disk for DOS 3.3.
Is there nothing wrong with this thing then?
Could it be something stupid? (wrong thing in wrong slot?)
Sounds like the system is working (mostly) fine. I think the software
you are booting up is throwing you a curve ball.
Should I take one of the video cards out? Are they
supposed to BOTH be in
there?
Probably not. Try taking out the video card in slot 7.
Sam
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10:35 p.m.
New subject: HELP!!! Apple IIe - doesn't work!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Eric Fischer wrote:
But not required to be in slot 1. Any card could be in any slot. It
makes no difference to the computer. Software applications are a
different story.
2: has a
Grappler + Parallel Printer INterface
That's strange... printers were traditionally in slot 1. > 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?
I would suggest taking this card out as it hardly seems like it belongs
in the system and may be the cause of the malfunction. The only reason I
can think that this card is in slot 7 is because slot 7 had a special
connection to a video signal (something like that, I forget the
specifics) and maybe this was an enhanced graphics card of some sort.
But slot 7 is also the first slot the ROM looks in for a bootable device,
and this card may be preventing the system from finding the disk
controller in slot 6 and booting off the disk drive.
Sam
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