Re: Got an Apple IIe system today, some questions for ya

[nyder <nyder.23@gmail.com>]

On Oct 25, 3:49 am, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > nyder wrote:
>
> > > The system is an Apple IIe, has an 80 col guard with some ram (not
> > > sure how much yet), a grafstar card from star micronics (couldn't find
> > > much info about it).  think it was in slot 2, i took it out and like
> > > and forgot to remember which slot it was in.  doh!
>
> If it is a printer interface card (sounds like it) it was most likely to
> be in slot 1, as that is the convention. It would also work in slot 2.
>
> > > 2 joysticks, with 1 of them plugging inside, but I couldn't figure how
> > > it came out of the case.  it has a clip, which I though was for
> > > ground, but it wasn't clear exactly how it was going out the case, so
> > > I figured i'd ask before doing something stupid.
>
> An internally connected joystick should have a 16-pin ribbon cable
> header, which plugs into the socket near the right side of the computer.
> If it wasn't already plugged in, check the orientation carefully. In a
> IIe, pin 1 is toward the front of the computer, but you might have
> trouble identifying pin 1 from the cable.
>
> The flying lead might be to connect something like SW2 to the shift key
> on the keyboard, intended for use in a II+ (the IIe has a motherboard
> option for this). You should identify where the flying lead and clip are
> connected - they probably go to a particular pin on the 16-way header. I
> don't have a list of pin numbers handy.
>
> > > Not sure i'll need 2 joysticks anyways.
>
> > I don't think the Apple even supports two joysticks plugged in at the
> > same time.
>
> It could do in theory: there are four analog inputs (paddle 0 through
> paddle 3), which translates to two X-Y pairs for joysticks.
>
> There are only three pushbutton inputs on a IIe, so the second joystick
> will be limited to one button.
>
> The external connector only has the pins for a single joystick. The
> internal one could connect two joysticks (or the second one, if the
> external connector was used for the first one).
>
> What software supports this is another question.
>
> --
> David Empson
> demp...@actrix.gen.nz

Cool, thanks for the info.

further checking shows that I have the older ][e, with the 6502, but
the board is the B version of the number they said wasn't upgradable
without changing the MB.  So I guess that means if I can get a hold of
the chips, I can upgrade it to the later version.

Any info on that?   I mean, how hard is it to get those chips now?  Is
it worth it?

How about just swapping the cpu to a 65c02, any benefits in that?

Just curious mostly.

So far it's been pretty cool to mess with.