Documenting my retro computing one project at a time
The final step in a month long conquest was to get the IIe Card to boot from the AppleShare server. In its standard configuration it turned out pretty simple. However it did take a while to work out on two fronts. The…
Leave a CommentI only had two steps left to complete my challenge, getting the IIe Card seeing the server and getting the IIe Card to boot from it. The end was in sight and it seem like a very simple thing to get the…
Leave a CommentNow I had the IIe card working, it was time to tackle the server. I was going to cheat a little and just connect to my A2SERVER running on my Raspberry Pi but I felt that wasn’t in the spirit of my…
Leave a CommentI thought this was going to be a lot easier than it was. My very first Mac back in the day was a Macintosh LC with IIe Card (as I was upgrading from a IIgs) so I was familiar with how it…
1 CommentI finally got around to having a think about the project and I came up with the following requirements- Hardware required Apple IIe Card 68K Mac that the card works in SE/30 for AppleShare server 2x LocalTalk connectors Software required System 7.1…
Leave a CommentThis is the log for my RetroChallenge 2022 entry via affiliation with The Australian Computer Museum Society. You can follow my progress on forums.acms.org.au. THE ENTRY I will be attempting to boot an Apple IIe from an AppleShare file server. The twist…
Leave a CommentThe Apple Card Apple had two versions of the Language card that I know of. Apart from the silkscreening and part numbers (820-0015-01 and 820-0015-02) they seem to function identically. They both have the provision for a modification that almost sent me…
1 CommentI decided a while ago that if I am going to write about retro computers I probably should use a retro computer to do it. I decided on my weapon of choice, my trusty old Apple IIc Memory Expansion model with 1MB…
Leave a CommentWho would have thought that something as simple as installing a ROMX in Apple ][ would turn into a 2-day trip down the rabbit hole of Apple ][ 16K Language cards? I was first introduced to the Apple ][ “16K expansion card”…
Leave a CommentI sourced this clone from good friend Alex Bons. I love it for its unique detachable keyboard and XT style case. The form factor of this case isn’t unique but rarer than your usual everyday clone which makes use of an Apple…
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