Apple IIe Card

[BustedCap97]

I see the cards on eBay but none of them have the cable or what ever is supposed to connect to the port. What is supposed to connect to that port.

 

[sfiera]

It’s commonly called the “Y-Cable”. The card has all of the pins for a joystick and a floppy port. The Y-Cable breaks them out into separate DE-9 and DB-19 connectors. You can find cheaper replacements for the Y-cable online, depending on what you want to plug in (Apple joystick or none; Apple floppy or Floppy Emu or none).

 

[BustedCap97]

Do i need the cable or does the card's software allow for mounting of disk images? I just don't understand why someone would command such a high price for a card if you cannot use it without the cable

 

[Skate323k137]

What are you trying to do Apple II wise? Anything "II in a Mac" might help with?

II in a Mac - Apple II Emulation for Macintosh

 

[sfiera]

You don’t need the cable to use the card. I don’t think there is any real reason the cables are expensive, beyond the fact that they seem rarer than the cards (people toss unusual cables all the time; less so installed expansion cards).

I don’t think you can use disk images, but you can use the computer’s mouse and floppy drive, and you can put ProDOS partitions on the computer’s hard drive. As far as I know, then only case in which the Y-Cable (or a replacement) is strictly necessary is for the joystick.

 

[tjkkeith]

You don’t need the cable to use the card. I don’t think there is any real reason the cables are expensive, beyond the fact that they seem rarer than the cards (people toss unusual cables all the time; less so installed expansion cards).

I don’t think you can use disk images, but you can use the computer’s mouse and floppy drive, and you can put ProDOS partitions on the computer’s hard drive. As far as I know, then only case in which the Y-Cable (or a replacement) is strictly necessary is for the joystick.

I am thinking of buying the E card and if have the pin out of sockets you could make your own if you are up to soldering.

 

[bibilit]

Yes, you don't need the cable except if you need to have a joystick plugged in or a 5.25 drive with related software.

 

[MrFahrenheit]

Yes, you don't need the cable except if you need to have a joystick plugged in or a 5.25 drive with related software.

Wouldn’t that be the main purpose of playing IIe games (a joystick)? That would mean it’s more required than what’s alluded to.

 

[bibilit]

@MrFahrenheit

I agree, but BustedCap97 didn't talked about playing games.

To be honest, the IIe card is pretty expensive nowadays, i rather go for a real thing (or clone) or a IIc.
i have the IIe card, but not used as much as my IIe.

 

[bibilit]

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Y cable solution.

 

[sfiera]

In Total Replay’s GAMES.CONF, 30% of the listed games require a joystick. So, there’s a lot of them, but plenty of games that don’t too.