Re: Apple /// roms?

["atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com>]

On Oct 26, 10:32 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Oct 26, 9:17 pm, "atfphotogra...@gmail.com"
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> <atfphotogra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 26, 12:47 am, Charles Richmond <friz...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
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> > > atfphotogra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > Hello,
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> > > > 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".
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > I'm thinking that the damaged chip might have been one of the roms.
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> > > > Anyone have a set of ROM images for the Apple ///? Haven't been able
> > > > to turn much up in google.
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> > > > 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   |
> > > +----------------------------------------+
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> > Haha!
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> > Heck of a history with this thing.
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> > Seems to working just fine. Not much software for it!
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> Certainly nothing like the Apple II, that's for sure.  Have you seen
> the Washington Apple PI's disk collection?
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> http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/apple3.html

Oooo! No I haven't. Definitely will check that out!

Thanks much!

ATF