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Thanks for looking, Nathan! Anyways, there's two reasons why I'm storing my program on a cassette. One, I'm attempting a little more variety with storing programs. Two, cassettes were a major part of Transformers. So much so, that I made the cassette look like Laserbeak or Buzzsaw. After all, it...

The cassette was brand new and sealed until I recently used it for the Apple, and when the game is done I hope to post the audio file online so people can put it on their own cassettes or floppies. Also, that card is in fact a modem card, a Hayes MicroModem IIe to be exact. I might sell it, so...

You want it, you got it: Here are some more pictures of my Apple IIe find, along with its place at my "computer command center"! Pictures from PA: Pictures of the whole set: Game I'm making in Applesoft BASIC: Some of the floppies

Update: I'm back in Pennsylvania for a little bit, and I visited the antiques store I got the Apple IIe from again. I found some more stuff! This time, I found TWO boxed and packaged Apple Disk II floppy drives (anyone want my old one? It's in excellent shape!), a boxed and packaged Apple...

Another update - there's a small(-ish) quirk with my Macintosh Portable. Recently, I reassembled the computer after I got the recapped motherboard back some time ago, and fired it up with a fresh battery. And guess what happened? Flashing screen and buzzing hard disk. Again. I just don't know...

Here's a late update: I got a power cable for the IIe the day after I bought it, and it works like a charm! I was also able to identify the cards inside. There was a 1978 Apple Disk II Controller Card, an Apple Super Serial Card, a Mouse Interface Card and an Applied Engineering RamWorks II...

I'm currently in Pennsylvania right now, and I came across something very worthwhile - I went to a vintage computer store today, but I only got an ADB low-power mouse there. Even though there were Macintosh IIs and Apple II Pluses as far as the eye could see, they weren't in good shape and they...

Guess what guys - an update! I just mailed uniserver the bare motherboard for a nice, good, soothing re-cap! Yes, after all this time, I've done it! But there's a reason why it took half a year to do this. It's because we didn't have the time or money to order uniserver's fantastic service...

Thanks, Khan. I'll consider seeking a replacement HD after the recap, but there's two main issues with getting it replaced: 1. The exact model of hard disk is very hard to find online. I know there are similar models that will work just fine, though. Problem is, though, they're expensive. 2. The...

Khan, this may be a little confusing, but here's the surprising part: The hard disk isn't dead. It has spun up, functioned and the computer booted off of it several times, but it can be very picky every now and then. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Before, the computer used to spit...

All right, I'll take your advice and have the thing recapped as soon as I can. Wish me luck!

Sorry, but no, I have not yet had a chance to recap the machine between then and now. BUT...it does boot up right away and it boots very quickly, even if I haven't recapped it yet. No Sad Macs on startup anymore. It will even boot from an external SCSI! However, there might be an issue with the...

Gave it a little time with the battery, and guess what - the hard disk works again!

Got my new battery today, and I've actually managed to identify the source of the main problem - the hard disk! If I disconnect it from the board, the computer will give me the blinking floppy disk icon without any problems. The disk images I used for the floppies might be damaged, though: They...

The recap service is by "morestuffuniwho," which I can safely guess is Uniserver. Looks like I know who to turn to! Thank you all!

OK, OK. I'll leave it alone. I'll contact the other members like Uniserver to see if a board recap can be done. It may be a while before this happens as I have other stuff planned this weekend. In the meantime, I'll leave the Portable disconnected and not touch it or even power it on until after...

I have yet to do anything, but I'm getting very different symptoms now. I no longer get the glitching screen, I get the mouse cursor and I'm able to move it around, but the hard disk or floppy disk is making these weird noises and the system is not booting. But the severity of the boot sequence...

By the way, I'm sorry if this sounds like something you've all heard before, but I did a LOT of browsing today on this forum trying to find an answer to this unusual and rare event and found nothing. But I hope you all can help me along and bring this beautiful acquisition back to life. Thanks...

I have indeed read the other Portable threads on here, and I understand that new caps may be needed, but I hoped that the caps aren't dying or dead because I'm not sure if I can do the task myself. But it appears that the caps may be the issue. Reason I posted this was because this was a unique...

I just got a Macintosh Portable in the mail today, and I was told it boots to a floppy disk screen. Turns out, that wasn't true. It doesn't even boot at all. The startup is very erratic, sometimes doing one thing and other times doing another. It will sometimes: - Boot to the mouse cursor, but...