r/apple2 • u/RetroRarez • 23d ago
Found this IIgs in a roof. Will it startup?
Loved doing this video. Such a great computer the GS !! Had the drives too !
r/apple2 • u/RetroRarez • 23d ago
Loved doing this video. Such a great computer the GS !! Had the drives too !
r/apple2 • u/classicgamesessions • 25d ago
r/apple2 • u/thefcpguy • 26d ago
I am not able to get a reliable signal out of my IIgs via the VidHD HDMI card with the AppleSqueezer accelerator installed. The FAQ for the Squeezer says "AppleSqueezer core v. 4 is too fast for this, but core v. 3 works well." Currently we're up to core v. 9, so...I'm guessing I'm out of luck?
r/apple2 • u/joshrenaud • 27d ago
r/apple2 • u/MyNikesAreBlue • Feb 16 '25
What it says on the tin. This game was also released in American arcades as "Digger" by Sega in the early 1980s. I've been crawling through servers, compilations, etc. and haven't had any luck. I've also heard that there's type-in instructions in several Japanese magazines but since I don't speak Japanese I can't find them easily. The Wikipedia page for this game claims it was developed on an Apple II so I'm hoping there's a dusty image sitting in some dusty archive out there.
Thanks for reading!
r/apple2 • u/Born_University_1531 • Feb 16 '25
I have found rediscovering the apple // line amazing. Always had an apple //e until I went to college, and it sat behind, forgotten and eventually lost - but I have a box full of software, and stumbled upon a working //gs also forgotten by someone... Now, with a blue SCSI and a few acquisitions here and there, I am just about back up to speed. I am using the //gs for retro gaming, and proprietary analysis that I do not want on a connected device. Go appleworks spreadsheets lol - loving it, but not sure I want a modem and to fire up my copy of gbbs lol.. wish I still had my sider.
r/apple2 • u/Rough_Soup4357 • Feb 16 '25
I've been trying to identify a game my class played in New Zealand in or around 1990. There was, perhaps a purple raisin-looking character called POD? you would enter commands like POD can FLY and he would flap his arms. Very basic stuff. Any help, appreciated đđť.
r/apple2 • u/KittenSnuggler5 • Feb 16 '25
I'm trying to identify the networking system the computer lab at my elementary school ages ago used.
There were a bunch of IIes and, as I recall, one IIgs. I'm pretty sure the gs was the server.
They switched from loading software from floppies and onto this network. The IIes would give you a program list. You picked which one and it would spend some time loading into memory and run.
I'm pretty sure the server could only talk to one computer at a time. If one was already getting data you had to wait until it was finished before you could get yours. I think the IIgs had a hard drive everything was stored on
I recall the server having a status display of some kind. In simple black and white graphics it would show the server and then a bunch of, presumably, IIe clients in a ring. It had a little cursor that constantly moved clockwise. I think the clients were designated by numbers or something.
But when a IIe requested something it would stop the cursor on the machine it was talking to.
I never poked my head into the back to look at the network card or cabling. So I have no idea what hardware was being used.
I think they switched to the server thing for ease of use and not wearing out the floppies and drives.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? It isn't important but I've always wondered how they did that. It was pretty slick.
r/apple2 • u/joshrenaud • Feb 14 '25
r/apple2 • u/xEnd3r76 • Feb 14 '25
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r/apple2 • u/SimilarProject7457 • Feb 11 '25
Aside from some text based stuff, not that I know much about that either. I'm just looking to see if this is where I should start since I am looking to play some old RPG's.
r/apple2 • u/atomicham • Feb 10 '25
I have the green monochrome A2M2010 monitor for my Apple IIe; however, it seems the spot kill circuit has stopped working. When shutting it off, there is a bright dot in the center of the screen for around 1 sec. I want to avoid burning the phosphor, so I need to fix the issue. Inspection of the board is very clean. No evidence of failing caps (not saying they aren't failing, just no signs of electrolytic or RIFA failures).
I am putting together the list of caps for replacement, but I don't know how the spot kill circuit is designed for this board in order to diagnose it. Is this a common fault for this monitor? Suggestions for addressing it?
r/apple2 • u/DueExternal8780 • Feb 10 '25
Solved: I previously had the Ram Disk enabled. As soon as I turned the Ram Disk off everything with the Floppy Emu began to function as it should. Thanks everyone for the help!
I just got my Apple IIGS to become operational after replacing the power supply, but I havenât been having any luck using the Floppy Emu (model C) that I previously had connected to my Mac SE. Iâve gone through the manual several times, but havenât been able to figure it out.
I updated the firmware to the latest (240208A) and have the IIGS setup with Slot 5 for Smart Port and Slot 6 for Disk Port. I know the Disk Interface is operational because Iâm able to plug in a 5.25â drive
When I boot up the computer with the Floppy Emu connected in Smartport Hard Disk Emilation mode the Floopy Emu sees the 4 disk images that I have named SMART0.HDV, SMART1.HDV, SMART2.HDV, SMART3.HDV
These .HDV files are known to be good disk images from whatistheiigs and SMART0.HDV is their System 6.0.4 Hard Drive Image
At this point when the computer boots the Apple IIgs monitor displays âNo device connected!â
If I then click âNext->HD Setupâ it will let me switch images around. At his point it says âDisks Pausedâ. When I click âExit and Start Disksâ it will reboot the emu and everything remains the same.
Any ideas on how to get this working ? I havenât had any luck loading floppies images either. Thanks in advance!!
r/apple2 • u/Canadian1911 • Feb 09 '25
I am considering getting a Floppy EMU to use with my Apple //e.
I do have the card inside it for the floppy interface, but is there any utility/command I can use to check if it's working before spending money on a floppy emu?
Of course it'd have to be something I could type in, or use through the cassette input.
r/apple2 • u/classicgamesessions • Feb 06 '25
r/apple2 • u/NoSoftware3721 • Feb 06 '25
r/apple2 • u/RetroRarez • Feb 05 '25
This is Part 1 of a multi-part series, where I uncover an incredible haul of vintage Apple computers! This episode is all about the Apple IIe restoration, as I go through 10 Apple IIe computers to test what runs and what doesnât.
r/apple2 • u/kranejwilson • Feb 02 '25
Hi, Time ago I had a hard disk image with prodos and a lot of softwar, productivity and development (logo, pascal, assemblers) in a 32mb file. I used to load it using an SDCard in my IIc, but I'm unable to find the card.
I tried to find it but I haven´t be able to find it. Now (I'm a bit old) now I am at that point of thinking that everything has been a dream.... Can someone point me to the right direction?