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A belated thanks to the people who sent me those case screws.... 1 54 (1/24/2012 7:52:10 PM) comp.sys.apple2 I'd like to send a very late thank you to the two people who sent me those inch-sized Apple II case screws that I asked for last year... That was right around the time I sort of dropped out here in this group... Linards

WTB: Apple case screws #6 - 32 x 5/16" countersunk head 1 48 (5/12/2011 9:41:32 AM) comp.sys.apple2 Hello, the one hardware store I found here in Germany that was willing to sell me inch sized screws has now finally sent me an offer after about two months: They want almost �140 ($185) for 200 screws, whi... Linards

Unshrinking SDKs on a 64K Apple II+? 3 27 (3/6/2011 2:03:11 AM) comp.sys.apple2 Hi, I seem to be unable to use Unshrink 2.1 to uncompress SDKs of 140K disks on a II+. According to what I've read this is the last version of Unshrink that runs on a II+. I can boot ProDOS 1.9, I can r... Linards

II+ flakiness 4 27 (2/4/2011 5:33:10 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Hello all, during the last maybe 6 or 9 months in storage, my II+ seems to have developed an odd but annoying fault: Now it has the habit of crashing roughly every 30 to 60 minutes. RAM seems to suddenly f... Linards

Good free and open source Z80 emulation code? 13 49 (8/26/2010 5:29:38 PM) comp.sys.sinclair Hello to all the Amstrad/Schneider, MSX and Sinclair people! do you maybe know if there is low level Z80 CPU emulation code available (maybe as part of some existing emulator) that 1.) supports undocumented i... Linards

Passport Desgins MIDI interface, anyone? 2 62 (8/4/2010 9:11:42 PM) comp.sys.apple2 I'm trying to find some info on this interface card. Is it very rare (as in unobtainium) or would there still be a chance to get one these days? I'd like trying to hook up the venerable Roland MT-32 to my //e,... Linards

Copy II Plus 8.4 available? 2 46 (2/11/2009 12:37:06 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Is Copy II+ 8.4 downloadable or for sale anywhere? The last pre-9.x version I could find online was 8.2 on Asmiov. -- Linards Ticmanis ... Linards

Softcard: DEVSEL instead of IOSEL possible? 1 47 (11/23/2008 2:07:19 AM) comp.sys.apple2 Has anybody ever tried making the CP/M Softcard use DEVSEL $C0nX instead of IOSEL $CnXX for CPU switching, by rerouting that trace? If I understand things correctly, this should enable using the card in slot ... Linards

WORKING replacements for Zetex ZTX transistors in ZX Spectrum? 5 44 (5/9/2008 8:22:09 AM) comp.sys.sinclair Hello, I've just sort of given up on getting my hands on those hard-to-find ZTX transistors over here in Germany. Which other, available, types actually do work as a replacement? As you will know the Spectr... Linards

"ProSEL for Dummies" 3 48 (4/24/2008 10:31:25 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Subject line says it all. Is there any documentation in existence that would fit that description? -- Another dumb question brought to you by Linards Ticmanis ... Linards

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Testing SNAP v1.1.3, take two 7 35 (2/28/2012 5:33:23 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Date was too old on the first article; let's try again... ... dog_cow (953)

Why doesn't the Apple II have a gaming community like C64, Atari, DOS, etc 29 34 (3/10/2012 8:05:14 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Always thought it was strange (and maybe it's just my perception), but the Apple II community seems very, very small in comparison to its other 8 and 16 bit counterparts, specifically in gaming. C64 has ht... bpicchi1 (56)

Apple II and II Plus Motherboard Revisions 4 63 (3/20/2012 8:34:11 PM) comp.sys.apple2 I'm seeking some concrete information to fill in the sketchy details that I have so far. I'd like to build a table of all of the Apple II and II Plus motherboard revisions-- the difference between each revisi... dog_cow (953)

Twos complement subtraction 4 46 (3/22/2012 10:17:21 AM) comp.sys.apple2 I have a situation where I am modifying existing code that uses twos complement subtraction in 65816 assembly. Here's the original code: TYA ; Length in Y EOR #-1 SEC ADC :PTRlength ;ZP address STA :... andrew.roughan (211)

C64 compared to the Plus 4? 12 52 (4/23/2012 9:00:01 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi All, I recently acquired a pair of Plus 4's but aside from confirming that one is 100% operational, haven't dug very deep into what this little beast can do. Does anyone happen to have a quick run-downo... bloodstone1 (5)

TransWarp GS self-test got Cache RAM ** Failed ** 3 7 40 (4/24/2012 6:35:30 PM) comp.sys.apple2 I got a TWGS=EF=BC=88TransWarp GS=EF=BC=89 with ROM ver.1.8S / AE 32K cache= upgrade. It can not pass the self-test step "Cache RAM", the test step will show the error message below: Cache RAM.............. witton.leung (5)

Relating to my recent discussions with Steve Wozniak. 22 77 (4/28/2012 2:56:38 AM) comp.sys.apple2 I'm about to make a Apple //e replica on a FPGA. I contacted Wozniak regar= ding certain source code needed to make it functional, and he said he would= happily give me any rights he owned, but the majority... toponandroid (3)

Help me get my childhood Apple //e running again 9 37 (4/28/2012 10:01:03 PM) comp.sys.apple2 When I read the recent Wired story about recovering the original Apple 2 so= urce code for Prince of Persia, alarm bells sounded in my head. I was sitt= ing on a bunch of old 5.25-inch floppies, many contain... tmoertel (7)

48K stage-loaded to 64K single-load? 14 28 (5/9/2012 1:57:11 PM) comp.sys.apple2 Some games have been cracked to use the language card or Apple //e extended memory to allow themselves to be single-loaded into memory. Obviously this isn't possible with every game. For example Lode Runn... lyricalnanoha2592 (340)

Applesoft Basic size limitations? 13 34 (5/27/2012 1:20:33 AM) comp.sys.apple2 So I thought I'd write a simple game for the Retrospectiva competition. I've made a few lores games in the past, but wanted to write this one in hires. Only problem is every time my file gets to around the... bpicchi1 (56)