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Re: Apple /// roms?
On Oct 26, 9:17 pm, "atfphotogra...@gmail.com"
<atfphotogra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 26, 12:47 am, Charles Richmond <friz...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > atfphotogra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I'm trying to resurrect an Apple /// 256k (non-plus) but I'm having a
> > > bit of time with it. It starts up, hits the disk drive and then just
> > > halts. Sometimes I can get some garbage on the screen. If I don't put
> > > a disk in it'll just list "retry".
>
> > > I've gone through most of the chips to see if anything was amiss. One
> > > was quite corroded and a pin broke off when I removed it. I re-
> > > soldered the pin back on and it seemed to make some progress with some
> > > more garbage on the screen (well different) but I'm still not there.
> > > The chip is labeled on the motherboard with an Apple part number of
> > > 341-0030.
>
> > > Checked the power supply and it's just fine. It's amazingly clean as
> > > well. No doubt from being sealed in that vault of a box.
>
> > > I'm thinking that the damaged chip might have been one of the roms.
>
> > > Anyone have a set of ROM images for the Apple ///? Haven't been able
> > > to turn much up in google.
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > This sounds like you are starting out right. In the beginning, the
> > Apple /// had a *lot* of problems... ;-)
>
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> > | Charles and Francis Richmond |
> > | |
> > | plano dot net at aquaporin4 dot com |
> > +----------------------------------------+
>
> Haha!
>
> Heck of a history with this thing.
>
> Seems to working just fine. Not much software for it!
Certainly nothing like the Apple II, that's for sure. Have you seen
the Washington Apple PI's disk collection?
http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/apple3.html