I would love to have some of the original software for the apple II, I got the IIe off ebay and it just runs great. Hopefully one day I can find a collection of software for it, and maybe when I have the free time start developing software or hardware for it. So much untapped potential in the apple II.
I still have the Apple IIc my family had with the monitor and all the disks that haven't been touched in around 20 years:) I'm itching to play Conan or Captain Midnight or Gemstone Warrior or Carmen Sandiego or... hopefully it works:/
I have an original Apple II GS ROM00 version complete with monitor and everything seriously! no joke make me an offer and I might consider it. I might put it on ebay.
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Hello, Do you still have these programs to sell and What is the price? You can send to Brazil? Thanks. Mark
If you haven't found one thrifting around, I might have a lead on a spare one locally. It will likely only be just a IIc with power brick (which is just as unwieldy as the one the Atari ST comes with), no monitor. Uses standard NTSC output like the IIe.
I remember that my school had heaps of Apple II3's in the late 90's believe it or not, actually i used an Apple IIGS before I used an Apple IIe, the IIGS is of course more powerful and I'm more familiar with that, so if I wanted to get an old Apple computer I'd get the Apple IIGS, besides, the IIGS will run Apple IIe programs as far as I'm aware.
@Andthatswhymacssuck IIGS'es are great but I don't really have the space for one. I like the IIc (and Laser 128 clone) because it's self-contained, so I can just quickly pull it out and plug it in whenever I want to use it.
hello. i'm actually posting a near-complete IIc on ebay this week, but it will not power up. someone said it could be the power brick, or a cap inside that acts as a battery, but i hesitate to open it up, and have no other way to power it (other brick). i just listed a vid this evening, as well.
I really need to get my Apple ][ systems up and running...I'm going to try using the ADTPRO system for downloading the OS either through the serial port or the cassette port. I remember the part about the disks getting flaky. Sometimes rapping it on the desk back and forth would get it going! I don't know why older floppies seem to often end up with problems.
Part of my problems of the past could've simply been due to not knowing about the need to clean the disk drive heads. I recently had a scare when my Commodore 64 drive would no longer read disks, but cleaning the head thankfully got it going 100% again.
It would be easy to transfer old cassette programs via MP3 files -- just plug the computer into a PC sound card instead of the cassette recorder, and record/play back the audio. But the speed would still be very slow.
I can remember a head cleaning disk which had a pad you would saturate with isopropyl alcohol but its been many years. How did you clean the heads on the Commodore?
I just opened up the drive and used Q-tips dipped in rubbing alcohol. Sometimes you have to fabricate an extension to get to the head.
Many old belt-driven floppy drives even had a strobe pattern on the motor flywheel so you could adjust the speed to be correct, which is also important for having the drive work correctly.
Ah, those old Datalife and Elephant Memory Systems diskettes take me back.
I still have an unused box of Elephant diskettes. Still has the Elephant sticker inside!
Diskoboy1974 5 months ago
I would love to have some of the original software for the apple II, I got the IIe off ebay and it just runs great. Hopefully one day I can find a collection of software for it, and maybe when I have the free time start developing software or hardware for it. So much untapped potential in the apple II.
iseealavalamp 6 months ago
I still have the Apple IIc my family had with the monitor and all the disks that haven't been touched in around 20 years:) I'm itching to play Conan or Captain Midnight or Gemstone Warrior or Carmen Sandiego or... hopefully it works:/
music2012 7 months ago
I have an original Apple II GS ROM00 version complete with monitor and everything seriously! no joke make me an offer and I might consider it. I might put it on ebay.
Goblues1980 7 months ago
The Apple II, II+, //e, //c has no sound chip whatsoever. The IIgs has a nice ensoniq synthesizer though.
Kg277 8 months ago
Ok, thanks. My disks are faulty and want to relive my Apple II's. Thanks.
F100marcos 10 months ago
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Hello, Do you still have these programs to sell and What is the price? You can send to Brazil? Thanks. Mark
F100marcos 10 months ago
@F100marcos I'm not selling them.
vwestlife 10 months ago
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Hello, Do you still have these programs to sell and What is the price? You can send to Brazil? Thanks. Mark
F100marcos 10 months ago
hey guy will u be intrested in selling the joystick?
Luxo087 1 year ago
@Luxo087 No, I'll need it if/when I get another Apple II.
vwestlife 1 year ago
Memories! Can't believe you remember what half those games were from just the obscure titles! Arkanoid, etc.
michaelmiles 1 year ago
If you haven't found one thrifting around, I might have a lead on a spare one locally. It will likely only be just a IIc with power brick (which is just as unwieldy as the one the Atari ST comes with), no monitor. Uses standard NTSC output like the IIe.
NJRoadfan 1 year ago
I remember that my school had heaps of Apple II3's in the late 90's believe it or not, actually i used an Apple IIGS before I used an Apple IIe, the IIGS is of course more powerful and I'm more familiar with that, so if I wanted to get an old Apple computer I'd get the Apple IIGS, besides, the IIGS will run Apple IIe programs as far as I'm aware.
Lachlant1984 1 year ago
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Andthatswhymacssuck 1 year ago
@Andthatswhymacssuck IIGS'es are great but I don't really have the space for one. I like the IIc (and Laser 128 clone) because it's self-contained, so I can just quickly pull it out and plug it in whenever I want to use it.
vwestlife 1 year ago
@Andthatswhymacssuck Or better yet, get an Apple IIe. It's the classic!
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
hello. i'm actually posting a near-complete IIc on ebay this week, but it will not power up. someone said it could be the power brick, or a cap inside that acts as a battery, but i hesitate to open it up, and have no other way to power it (other brick). i just listed a vid this evening, as well.
shazbot9000 1 year ago
Pick-A-Dilly Pair's was my first video game, had only 1 disk shared between 4 classrooms, it was awesome
FreakyDDR 2 years ago 2
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BTW, I keep forgetting to post this--SuperScribe II was (is) word processing program.
batterymaker 2 years ago
On one of those disks--Elephant Software. Now THERE's something I haven't seen for a lonnnnnng time...
batterymaker 3 years ago
I really need to get my Apple ][ systems up and running...I'm going to try using the ADTPRO system for downloading the OS either through the serial port or the cassette port. I remember the part about the disks getting flaky. Sometimes rapping it on the desk back and forth would get it going! I don't know why older floppies seem to often end up with problems.
retrochad 3 years ago
Part of my problems of the past could've simply been due to not knowing about the need to clean the disk drive heads. I recently had a scare when my Commodore 64 drive would no longer read disks, but cleaning the head thankfully got it going 100% again.
It would be easy to transfer old cassette programs via MP3 files -- just plug the computer into a PC sound card instead of the cassette recorder, and record/play back the audio. But the speed would still be very slow.
vwestlife 3 years ago
I can remember a head cleaning disk which had a pad you would saturate with isopropyl alcohol but its been many years. How did you clean the heads on the Commodore?
retrochad 3 years ago
I just opened up the drive and used Q-tips dipped in rubbing alcohol. Sometimes you have to fabricate an extension to get to the head.
Many old belt-driven floppy drives even had a strobe pattern on the motor flywheel so you could adjust the speed to be correct, which is also important for having the drive work correctly.
vwestlife 3 years ago