The Apple IIc

[iamdigitalman]

Hi guys. I just picked up this beaut for less than 10% it's original price.

It came with the system, power adapter (brick on a leash), monitor IIc, RF modulator, power cable for monitor, stand for monitor, Disk //c, and even an apple serial cable (labeled with a printer icon, but I assume I could use it on the modem serial port as well; goes from DIN 5 to a male 25 pin connector).

All in all, I am rather pleased. Made an unboxing video, and will make one of me setting it up. I hooked it to my TV (and hooked a gamecube to the monitor IIc to test that), and both work great. I ran the PRINT PEEK (64447) and came up with 255, so it's a original revision 0 model. I wonder if it will even work with ADT Pro...

Oh, the label on the bottom is a stick on. I have seen versions where it is molded into the plastic (still saying "The Apple IIc). I have only ever seen this on the ADB II mice when they changed production facilities.

Will post links to both videos when they are uploaded.

 

[JRL]

Hmm... very nice!

On a side note, we're still having PM problems. I voiced my continued interest in the Macintosh LC, Macintosh LC III, and the Macintosh SE SuperDrive, and no response from you.

(I'm not mad at you by all means)

 

[iamdigitalman]

Alright, I set it all up, and I got it hooked to my B&W. It runs great with both the Apple II Game Server, and the great ADT Pro app. Now I can image the Apple II programs I have and get more.

My next goal is to get this connected as a terminal, so I can route my IRC sessions to it and respond in it. Anyone know how? I got as far as getting Modem.MGR running, and getting it to type text into Terminal.app on the B&W, and vise versa (typed on the B&W keyboard and the text showed up on the IIc. Pretty sweet). Since I can connect at a speedy 115k/second, I think mine is the model with the serial port timing fix. Otherwise, I would be stuck at 300 baud. too bad the original owner did not do the revision 0 upgrade so I could attach a 3.5" disk drive.

Oh, I need to get a copy of the users manual (NOT the Technical Reference Manual), so if anyone has a PDF copy, please share. I also need a copy of the monitor IIc manual (know where to get it), so I can figure out how to adjust the stand. had some trouble putting the stand and monitor together and want to make sure I have it right.

Still have yet to upload the 2 videos, but both are shot, so I will do that when I get a spot of time.

-digital

 

[coius]

nice... I have toyed with the idea of getting an Apple II just to play around with it, but I am full up with computers (currently got 14 of them in my room) and I have no place to put it. Anyways, I think it would be cool to do some programming on it or set it up like you are doing.

Just out of curiosity, how much DID you pay for it? The original price is between 1k - 2k iirc. that would be ~ $100 that ou paid I would think...

I might just wait for one to become local and do it that way...

 

[iamdigitalman]

you should get one. I have 2 IIes (A beige 128k and a platinum), and 3x IIgses. The IIGs is a freakin sweet machine. GS/OS is just like system 6.

As for the setup, it actually fits better than the old Classic I I had previously. I wanted SOME vintage apple on my desktop to compliment my main machine (hell, my B&W G3 I use primarily is vintage by it's self, but it's running full tilt with a gig of ram, 120gb HD, DVD burner, tiger, and lots of things hooked to it.)

I actually paid less than $80, but with shipping from colorado to michigan, it came to $116.03. I actually just watched another IIc end with just the unit, some software, manuals, and such, and it went for a dollar more than I paid for my whole setup. No monitor was included with that setup, though they show the matching color monitor they had for the IIc (it was 12" IIRC and not as cute as the little 9" mono).

Oh, I know this is not kosher, but I have the disk //c (external drive) sitting on top of the monitor. It works, I was able to boot my ADTPro disk (tried it with nothing I can't re-make). For now, it will stay there since I have no where else to put it. I was actually surprised, it looks like the disk drive is the original snow white color. The IIc looks close, but the monitor has a bit of yellowing. Nothing bad, and not nearly as bad as I have seen.

Now my next investment is in a better surge protector so I can have everything on one strip. Looking at a nice 11 outlet with the wall wart spaced outlets and phone line protection. Right now I use a couple 6 outlets that are kinda old. Does not help the outlet I am using is not grounded.

-digital

 

[benjgvps]

My next goal is to get this connected as a terminal, so I can route my IRC sessions to it and respond in it. Anyone know how? I got as far as getting Modem.MGR running, and getting it to type text into Terminal.app on the B&W, and vise versa (typed on the B&W keyboard and the text showed up on the IIc. Pretty sweet). Since I can connect at a speedy 115k/second, I think mine is the model with the serial port timing fix. Otherwise, I would be stuck at 300 baud. too bad the original owner did not do the revision 0 upgrade so I could attach a 3.5" disk drive.

I want an application that would allow me to use an older Mac (PowerBook most likely) as a keyboard or re-routing the text on the screen to the Mac.

 

[iamdigitalman]

Alright, guys, I posted the videos.

Unboxing

Setup and boot

enjoy.

-digital

 

[funkytoad]

Looks like fun! I need to get my Apple IIe running.

 

[Bunsen]

I want an application that would allow me to use an older Mac (PowerBook most likely) as a keyboard or re-routing the text on the screen to the Mac.

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