Vintage Apple, Atari, Commodore, etc lot

[MrMacintosh]

So I grabbed a lead on Craigslist for some vintage equipment. Didn't get everything for the price listed in the ad, but not a bad deal I don't think. This is just a top of my head list.

Apple: ][ plus, several of cards, misc floppy drives, an external hard drive, and some other things. A Microsoft Pentium or something emulation card that I want to look into.

Two LC IIs and two LC IIIs. Will look into them. Mac Plus in a carrying bag, a IIgs keyboard (he has a IIGS he thinks), an SE in decent shape as well.

There was boxed original Imagewriter that I passed on, but if anyone would be interested, let me know.

Atari:

600 console, 800 console, and a 5200 or something? with weird number pad/joysticks. Also had a small (receipt maybe?) printer, and plenty of cartridges. Also, external floppy drives.

Commodore:

VIC-20, a C64 and C128, some manuals, and other accessories.

Colecovision Adam system with an emulation system for older cartridges, and some other things. Keyboard and mouse included as well. Interested in this lot, will try to post more. Also some manuals.

Others: Sega Genesis with some weird third party adapter, a NES with some strange Nintendo controllers, a SNES with maybe some other things. Also a gold Zelda cartridge for the NES.

There are a couple things I'm going to keep, but I would like to recoup some of my cost for this lot, as it didn't end up being the price in the ad. If anyone is interested in any of this, please let me know and I will clean/test etc.

 

[Byrd]

A decent haul, but as you say a little disappointing for all your efforts. Did you really have to 4WD it out to a remote location and go in, Indiana Jones-style to get to the computers?

How about the Amigas listed? If you got those you'd recoup your costs, they seem to fetch much more than any old Mac or PC!

JB

 

[theos911]

Glad to see someone got use out that ad I re-posted.(or if you didn't that's cool too)

Anyway: About that Pentium Emulation Card...

Those were called DOS cards. http://pccardfaq.com/

Is this one PCI, or NuBus. Most were PCI, including all made by apple. I believe OrangeMicro did make a NuBus model or two. (Can't remember, would need to got through the docs)

If it is Nubus, I am interested in it

 

[JRL]

Nice score!

Would you be willing to take a few pics of the NES/Genesis/SNES stuff? I'm interested, depending on the price really.

 

[Unknown_K]

Nothing too crazy then, Atari 800 drives are cool. Figured there were no Amigas, somebody might have snagged them if he did have any.

 

[MrMacintosh]

Thanks for the responses! He said nobody had previously bought anything - a few more items were at another location, he said, including possibly a IIgs. The Microsoft card came out of a IIe, so it definitely isn't a regular PC Nubus or PCI card.

I'll look into the NES items... If the SNES is complete, I will probably keep it in hopes of hunting down MarioKart =)

 

[theos911]

I've done a fair pinch of research on the Macintosh ones, and it is hard to find definitive answers on these usually 10-20 year old products. However the Apple II ones are far better documented, oddly enough being usually 20-30 years old.

Here is my findings:

It is either a PC Transporter:

The PC Transporter card made it possible to run IBM-PC programs on an Apple II Plus or IIe, and, like the software-based emulator programs of today, it widened the available program choices for the Apple II user. It literally created another hardware-based computer within the Apple II, and with the right software (to let this simulated IBM PC know how to use Apple peripherals such as the Disk II drive, paddles, etc.) it would run many programs just as well as on a real IBM PC. (Photo credit: unknown) -http://apple2history.org/museum/peripheralcards_nonapple/'>http://apple2history.org/museum/peripheralcards_nonapple/

PC Transporter lets an Apple II run MS-DOS programs three times faster than an IBM PC/XT with an Intel 8088-compatible NEC V20. Running in the IBM mode, PC Transporter provides up to 640K of user RAM and 128K of system RAM. Up to 768K of extra RAM is available for Apple programs. It also accepts an optional 8087-2 Math co-processor chip and a lot of other AE accessories. Compatible with II+, IIe, and IIgs. -http://ae.applearchives.com/all_apple_iis/pc_transporter/

Links:

http://apple2history.org/museum/peripheralcards_nonapple/

http://ae.applearchives.com/all_apple_iis/pc_transporter/

http://a2central.com/1665/pc-transporter-installation-video-now-on-youtube/ (They have an install video)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Engineering (Manufacturer, and also maker of other awesome Apple II stuff)

or

A Z-80 SoftCard:

Microsoft's first hardware product was the Softcard, a Z80 coprocessor card that allowed the CP/M operating system to be run on an Apple II. CP/M (which stands for Control Program/Microprocessors, Control Program/Monitor or Control Program for Microcomputers, depending on who you ask) was a popular OS for Intel 8080/Zilog Z80 based systems, and ran on many early microcomputers. It was written in the late 1970's by Gary Kildall, founder of Digital Research, Inc. -http://www.apple2info.net/hardware/softcard/softcard.htm

The Softcard did not have any memory on it, and instead used the memory installed in the Apple II. It was compatible with most of the standard Apple II expansion cards, such as 80-column video cards, printer cards, serial cards, but they had to be installed in certain slots. Generally, if the Apple II configuration worked with Apple Pascal, it would work with CP/M. -http://www.apple2info.net/hardware/softcard/softcard.htm

Links:

http://apple2history.org/museum/peripheralcards_nonapple/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard

http://www.apple2info.net/hardware/softcard/softcard.htm (With lots of docs and images and advertisements for it. They even have the CP/M disks that go with it)

Now you are making me impatient about my IIe....

 

[olePigeon]

That PC Transport card is freaking awesome.

 

[PowerPup]

Woah, Microsoft made hardware!?! 8-o Lol, that's an awesome card there!

Is this one PCI, or NuBus. Most were PCI, including all made by apple. I believe OrangeMicro did make a NuBus model or two.

Wait, are you talking about emulation cards, or the actual DOS cards? Because the PowerMac 6100 was capable of Apple's NuBus DOS Compatibility Card (I played with my Dad's one time.) And OrangeMicro did make NuBus DOS cards. (My Dad had one in a 7100.)

 

[theos911]

(DOS Compatibility Card can be added to any 6100 with a free PDS slot.) -http://lowendmac.com/ppc/power-macintosh-6100.html

I believe the one for the 6100 was a PDS card.

And OrangeMicro did make NuBus DOS cards. (My Dad had one in a 7100.)

Ok, I thought so. /stillneedtofindoneformyduodock

 

[MrMacintosh]

Well, I tested a few things. Here's an overview.

Apple II+ - powered on at first, some keys slightly unresponsive. Turning it off then back on results in a white screen with random artifacts.

NES: Powers on to a blinking red light.

SNES: Works beautifully =)

Sega and SegaCD system: Works, but the DC jack on the genesis is loose.

Colecovision Adam uses a funky power adpater (looks like a PC game port or so, 8 or 10 pins in two rows.) Is the ADAM an add-on chassis for the base ColecoVision unit?

Kyle-

 

[Unknown_K]

The ADAM gets power from the daisy wheel printer it was sold with, without the printer the system is useless.

 

[MrMacintosh]

Really? I'm really glad I got the printer then; I'll have to try that. I don't think I have the right cable for it though, come to think of it. All of this stuff came in a gigantic mass, so there's still more to sort through.

The Plus gets a Sad Mac - 01043C, which apparently 01 is bad ROM. I do have a Plus with (i think) a bad power board, so I will have to try swapping them out.

 

[Unknown_K]

Yea, Coleco stuck the power section in the printer and just sent a cable to the computer from there to save money.

If you are getting a ROM error try removing the chip (if socketed) and reseat it, could just be pin corrosion making a bad contact.