The Apple IIe Project
My very first computer was a second-hand Apple II+ clone that I absolutely adored. As for the astonishing accessories, all I ever had the chance to experience were the beautiful pictures in magazines. The computer and a disk drive were as far as I got. So, I did what people my age do, I guess. I bought an old Apple II. But this time, I went for the top of the line. A IIe.
Even though I don’t have any training in electronics, soldering, or any of the many other skills I will need, I decided I would fix it because it arrived dead. The list of problems is endless, and I’ll do what I always do in situations like this. Break it up into smaller problems and solve them one at a time.
I am taking many notes and pictures to document the process, but I am not always able to share my discoveries in real-time. This is why I created this space. The dates in the list[1] below represent the actual moment in time, which is why they do not always coincide with the publication date.
Timeline
📜 2023
- 📺 JUL 28: Fixing the Disk II drive
- 📷 JUL 13: I cleaned the green phosphor monitor and repaired the crack
- 📷 JUL 12: The green phosphor monitor just arrived
- 📑 JUN 18: ADTPro tutorial + Fixing the ‘transfer aborted’ problem
- 📷 JUN 15: My son playing Gremlins on the Apple IIe
- 📑 JUN 15: Fixing the 2012 MacBook Air to use it with ADTPro
- 📷 JUN 12: The Disk II arrived
- 📑 MAY 28: Understanding the Apple IIe keyboard mechanism
📜 2022
- 📺 JUN 09: Cleaning the Apple IIe
- 🍎 MAY 30: Apple IIe purchase on eBay
Resources
- 📑 Floppy disks compatible with the Apple Drive II
- 📷 Keyboard Layout
- 📑 RIFA capacitors specifications