What I see there is a binary transfer from the desktop to the Apple 2. From what I can tell, that's the menu program itself in raw hex.
At the end of that string of hexadecimal, there is most likely a RUN command. If you change RUN to "BSAVE HELLO,1" and put in a blank disk - then the menu program will load from the disk on bootup and ought to 'connect' to your server.
Dude can you or someone help me to remmber a game for apple 2? It was a text based game, but with pictures. You started off on an island..then you had to make a fire, then some pirates came to pick you up. Then you end up in luxemberg i think..and i cant remmeber too much besides that. It was those games, where you just typed in what you wanted to do. " Go NW, SW,S,N, etc, or Grab rock. Throw rock, etc." It had pictures, and would describe the surrounding area. PLEAASE some one know the name?
These remind me of two apple computers I saw at goodwill in pocatello idaho about a 1 year ago. I was waiting for the price to go down on them. But I thought they ended up chucking them. The guy took them to the back room for I assume not being sold. But heck that pretty much looked like the setup. LOL
Yeah, that setup has been torn apart, as I needed the space in the room. The IIes are now on their sides up against the wall, and the monitor and drives are connected to my IIgs, which sits next to my IIc.
Glad you were able to get it to work! ;-) Getting it to work with both a //c and a //e was a royal PITA. Also, if you have the latest build you can actually use right/left arrows to page up/down in the list. You can also press the first letter of a title to jump to that section (e.g. S will go to the first title that starts with S in the list). Thanks for posting the vid!
Yeah, I had my IIe hooked to an old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop running windows (first ME then I downgraded to 98SE), it had a real serial port, but for the life of me I could not get it to work. It would die about half way through the transfer (with code on the screen) for some reason. I even configured the DIP switches on the SSC like they told me.
I knew about the keyboarding around, but for some reason in Pac-Man I could not get him to go up and down for some reason. Those keys did nothing.
Some of the older games were for the earlier ][ series which did not have up/down arrows. you may want to leave capslock on and try using A and Z. Some might also respond to I, J, K, L and/or M.
The newer version of the server has some CRC checking to verify if things are going well and do block-level retries if they are not going well. There were some improvements in the initial bootstrapping part too.
Also, I remember reading somewhere, that if you did not have the game paddles, the solid and open apple keys would work in place of that. But on the platinum, there is only open apple/command.
I will try those other keys. I think I do remember mashing the keyboard a few times, but now I will try those specific keys.
AGS 3.0 is due to drop really soon, and it is significantly improved (hi-res based menu with screenshots, search, etc) and also has full support for all apple //s (including //gs!)
I know. Hope you're able to get your //c in shape :-) I was posting that comment above to help any other surfers out there who might stumble into this long into the future...
yeah, and there is software that turns the Apple II into a server, but you would need a modem or ethernet card (yes, there is an ethernet card for the Apple II, believe it or not).
I think even with this setup I could turn the IIe into a server, somehow sharing the mac's internet connection over the serial cable. Not sure what I would host, probably just a simple web page. Problem is I have a limited software collection on floppy and no way to write to 5.25" disks.
yeah, that's conceivable. you would need to write some extensive code on the OS X side that would handle the complicated TCP/IP stuff and present a simpler interface to an app on the apple ][. then you could get functional internet (clent or server) on the apple ][.
If you check out my videos, I have my Apple //e running as a Linux terminal, which is pretty easy to do. This server is interesting; I didn't know it existed, and it looks pretty convenient.
Until now I have been using something called ADTPro which works similarly - except it dumps games across a serial cable to the Apple disk drive (so you have a permanent bootable disk).
You can also just drop an Uthernet Ethernet card into the Apple, and use Contiki to browse the web, chat on IRC, etc.
Yeah, I have that running on my IIc which sits on my desk. I also run the A2Gs. I picked the IIc because of it's size and it can fit on my desk, so the two IIes have been pretty much abandoned as of now. I also just dismantled my IIgs for the same reasons. I might set them back up some day, buy a serial switchbox (or more USB to DB9 adapters and the right cables, now that I know what works). They both have SSC cards in them, and the IIgs has built in serial, so that will not be a problem.
What I see there is a binary transfer from the desktop to the Apple 2. From what I can tell, that's the menu program itself in raw hex.
At the end of that string of hexadecimal, there is most likely a RUN command. If you change RUN to "BSAVE HELLO,1" and put in a blank disk - then the menu program will load from the disk on bootup and ought to 'connect' to your server.
(If you didn't know - BSAVE means binary save)
Ratznium 1 year ago
Dude can you or someone help me to remmber a game for apple 2? It was a text based game, but with pictures. You started off on an island..then you had to make a fire, then some pirates came to pick you up. Then you end up in luxemberg i think..and i cant remmeber too much besides that. It was those games, where you just typed in what you wanted to do. " Go NW, SW,S,N, etc, or Grab rock. Throw rock, etc." It had pictures, and would describe the surrounding area. PLEAASE some one know the name?
hittman3054sho 2 years ago
These remind me of two apple computers I saw at goodwill in pocatello idaho about a 1 year ago. I was waiting for the price to go down on them. But I thought they ended up chucking them. The guy took them to the back room for I assume not being sold. But heck that pretty much looked like the setup. LOL
idahofur 2 years ago
Yeah, that setup has been torn apart, as I needed the space in the room. The IIes are now on their sides up against the wall, and the monitor and drives are connected to my IIgs, which sits next to my IIc.
iamdigitalman2 2 years ago
Glad you were able to get it to work! ;-) Getting it to work with both a //c and a //e was a royal PITA. Also, if you have the latest build you can actually use right/left arrows to page up/down in the list. You can also press the first letter of a title to jump to that section (e.g. S will go to the first title that starts with S in the list). Thanks for posting the vid!
-BLuRry
brobert1451 3 years ago
Yeah, I had my IIe hooked to an old Compaq LTE 5300 laptop running windows (first ME then I downgraded to 98SE), it had a real serial port, but for the life of me I could not get it to work. It would die about half way through the transfer (with code on the screen) for some reason. I even configured the DIP switches on the SSC like they told me.
I knew about the keyboarding around, but for some reason in Pac-Man I could not get him to go up and down for some reason. Those keys did nothing.
iamdigitalman2 3 years ago
Some of the older games were for the earlier ][ series which did not have up/down arrows. you may want to leave capslock on and try using A and Z. Some might also respond to I, J, K, L and/or M.
The newer version of the server has some CRC checking to verify if things are going well and do block-level retries if they are not going well. There were some improvements in the initial bootstrapping part too.
brobert1451 3 years ago
Ah yes, I forgot about that. I will try that.
Also, I remember reading somewhere, that if you did not have the game paddles, the solid and open apple keys would work in place of that. But on the platinum, there is only open apple/command.
I will try those other keys. I think I do remember mashing the keyboard a few times, but now I will try those specific keys.
iamdigitalman2 3 years ago
AGS 3.0 is due to drop really soon, and it is significantly improved (hi-res based menu with screenshots, search, etc) and also has full support for all apple //s (including //gs!)
brobert1451 3 years ago
I know. You emailed me about that. I have yet to beta test it since my IIc has been dismantled for almost 2 months now, but I can't wait to use it!!
iamdigitalman2 3 years ago
I know. Hope you're able to get your //c in shape :-) I was posting that comment above to help any other surfers out there who might stumble into this long into the future...
brobert1451 3 years ago
rofl i thought that this was gonna be some sort of server daemon running on an apple ][.
it kinda makes the apple ][ a terminal, and that's cool too.
fossdud3 3 years ago
yeah, and there is software that turns the Apple II into a server, but you would need a modem or ethernet card (yes, there is an ethernet card for the Apple II, believe it or not).
I think even with this setup I could turn the IIe into a server, somehow sharing the mac's internet connection over the serial cable. Not sure what I would host, probably just a simple web page. Problem is I have a limited software collection on floppy and no way to write to 5.25" disks.
iamdigitalman2 3 years ago
yeah, that's conceivable. you would need to write some extensive code on the OS X side that would handle the complicated TCP/IP stuff and present a simpler interface to an app on the apple ][. then you could get functional internet (clent or server) on the apple ][.
internet = worms
os x box = mama bird
apple ][ = baby bird
fossdud3 3 years ago
If you check out my videos, I have my Apple //e running as a Linux terminal, which is pretty easy to do. This server is interesting; I didn't know it existed, and it looks pretty convenient.
Until now I have been using something called ADTPro which works similarly - except it dumps games across a serial cable to the Apple disk drive (so you have a permanent bootable disk).
You can also just drop an Uthernet Ethernet card into the Apple, and use Contiki to browse the web, chat on IRC, etc.
Quag7 3 years ago
Yeah, I have that running on my IIc which sits on my desk. I also run the A2Gs. I picked the IIc because of it's size and it can fit on my desk, so the two IIes have been pretty much abandoned as of now. I also just dismantled my IIgs for the same reasons. I might set them back up some day, buy a serial switchbox (or more USB to DB9 adapters and the right cables, now that I know what works). They both have SSC cards in them, and the IIgs has built in serial, so that will not be a problem.
iamdigitalman2 3 years ago