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tbh I think the "Mac-like-ness" of the IIgs kinda turns me off to it. I also like the novelty of a buit-in keyboard. That said, if a cheap gs pops up, I'm not opposed! I looked around and these seem to go for as much or more than an actual IIc! Could just be eBay being wonky, or that these...

That's what I keep hearing - I was hoping that would make them cheap, but that doesn't seem to be the case! Oh wow - that's pretty cool! I found this video of it: That'd be great! I'll let you know! :)

Yeah I think that with whatever model I go with, I'd either use ADT or the cassette port most of the time, since I don't have any floppies to start with. Maybe a floppy emu down the line, but it sounds like those two solutions would be good enough to start with.

Oh wow, that's a lot of stuff. I had no idea there was an ethernet card for the Apple II! What kind of software uses a mouse? Obviously GS/OS does, but there's not any sort of GUI shell for the 8-bit models is there?

My Mac is an SE/30, so no cards for that. And of course, we could all use emulation for anything, but where's the fun in that? 😂

What types of cards do people put in these? The main ones I seem to be able to find are video, serial, and floppy, which the IIc has built in. The only thing else I can think of would be SCSI, which would be nice. I'd like to avoid getting a bunch of external stuff if I can help it - I don't...

Hi all, I've never had an Apple II before and I've become somewhat curious about getting one. I think the IIc+ looks like the ideal machine for what I'd want - it's tiny, has everything built in that I'd really need, and the lack of a 5.25" drive doesn't really matter since I don't have any...

There's a $10 one? Where can that be found?

Which System version are you using? And have you been able to boot from this System Folder previously (Specifically on this SE/30 with the Rominator)? The Rominator requires that you adjust the System File with Resedit for some System versions.

Interesting - I'd say it's either the adapter or the laptop, then, but it's weird that it's detecting the monitor. It even knows the manufacturer/model, so it's transmitting data, which I wouldn't expect if either of those things were broken. To clarify - does the monitor say "no signal" or...

Have you verified that the monitor works with VGA with another computer? VGA to HDMI (etc) adapters will not work here, unless it's an active analog-to-digital converter box. Any passive adapter will only work with specific hardware that's designed for it - the mini VGA port will only output a...

That would be super convenient, especially since for some reason my SE/30 doesn't like to reconnect to network drives automatically! Oops, that's right - thanks for the correction!

Apologies in advance if this is already outlined somewhere - but what are the main differences between Netatalk 2 and 3? I know that 2 keeps support for AppleTalk, but what else is there? Currently I'm using Netatalk 3 on my server to share both a volume for Time Machine and as a general AFP...

I believe that if the bleeder resistor is working correctly, it should be immediate. However, if it's not, or if it doesn't have one, the CRT can hold a charge for an indeterminate amount of time. That's why the recommendation is to always manually discharge it.

Tested this and can verify it works on my SE/30! Might not be a bad idea to make a page on the Garden or somewhere like it so it's more discoverable.

That's what I was referring to - although I realize now I probably should have expanded on exactly what to do for that for those who might not know, so thanks for doing that! Correct, they implode, which can still be dangerous. Compact Mac screens are certainly less dangerous than smashing a...

I think this might be a good summary: If you know you have a heart condition etc., you should probably just avoid any risk of being exposed to high voltages and avoid this entirely. Otherwise, act as if it *could* kill or seriously injure you and take the recommended precautions: Discharge the...

A few common methods: 1) 1.44 Floppy Drive - pretty easy to get floppies & a USB drive. If you have a newer computer, format these as PC/IBM/FAT format. If you have another old Mac, you can use HFS. Works well for small files occasionally, works poorly for large files/frequent transfers. 2) SCSI...

Interesting - where did you find this? Here it says 7 Pro was $150, which doesn't seem to match any of these prices https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/System_7.1.1 I'm also curious if you know why 7 Pro was cheaper than 7.1 here, since to my knowledge 7 Pro is just 7.1 + extra stuff

Sorry for the lack of an update - I was able to resolve my initial issue by updating the firmware (with some advice in the TD thread https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/bluescsi-issues-bus-error.2107/page-2#post-20021) Right now I'm having similar-but-slightly-different bus errors pop up, but I...