If you stay within the GS environment there is Mount It, from the same guy I mentioned earlier. There's nothing in the SCSI card (hardware or firmware) to interpret. You just can't put an image on it and go. All the files taken out, then transfered and put onto the hard drive. PO image, you'll still need to get the contents of that image put on the drive natively. Let me know what system you do settle upon and I'll put together a documentation packet too. Just search through the site_index.txt if you want something specific. Covers DOS 3.2, 3.3, and all versions of ProDOS. Official DOS 3.3 System Master (1983), contains Integer Basic, and DOS 3.3, and gives you the ability to make a self-booting Standard DOS 3.3 disk.Ĭopy II Plus 5.5 and 9.1, these give you all the tools a beginner would need for working with and managing files on the Apple side of things. ģ- ADTPRO software for disk transferring if you're going that route. Perfect for trying out new games quickly and doing other impromptu experiments. I suggest getting this software to help you work with everything.ġ- Ciderpress to help you explore, manage, and create disk images. To spiff up your experience I'll PM you a set of disks and utilities to make life easier. It's fast and it just works.Īnd there you are! That is the required hardware to get into gaming. I settled on the Super Serial Card + ADTPRO + serial cable method mainly because it's old-school, and very cost effective. Though you can do keyboard-only for many games.ħ- You will need to settle on a method for transferring disk images to and from your modern-day PC Apple //e. Bad comes to worse, use your LCD TV.ĥ- 2-axis 2-button joystick and a set of paddles. You just need a display device, obviously. You can go with an old TV + RF modulator. A composite input one like the 1084S from Commodore is a good one. Required, naturally.Ĥ- Some sort of monitor. 1 will work, 2 will allow you to copy and organize disks so much better.ģ- 5.25" floppy disk interface card. This gives you double-hires graphics + 64K ram expansion + 80 columns text.Ģ- 2x 5.25" disk drives. In addition to the console, you need the following:ġ- 64K/80-column upgrade card. And you lose nothing in comparison to the earlier //e models. It has a more reliable main memory, and there is 1 ROM chip compared to 2 in a standard //e. I particularly like this machine because of reduced parts count. They'd both be composite, but the monitor I've done all the tweaking/stretching positioning for my Apple 2 so it might be real weird compared to the tv.In making your hardware choice a simple selection, the best overall machine for Apple II gaming is the //e Platinum. The border is hard to tell on real hardware - I'll need to hook mine up to a TV rather than a composite monitor to see how it compares. It feels like most of the Apple II info is "institutional" and not well documented at this point. And bizarrely enough, 2 is actually pretty hopping. My best resource for Apple II information has been the Apple II enthusiast's group on Facebook, and Asimov is an excellent site with basically all of the software to download. Particular *models* can go for a lot, but an Apple II in general isn't hard find. I can only go by my experiences here in the states, where Apple IIe's still regularly sell for sub-$100 used and aren't hard to find. I tried to look at some vids from the real thing but they are scarce, sometimes there is a border though, not sure if as big as on my monitor. The scaling looks perfect, but the border is really big, or at least seems so to me. You are welcome to correct me though, because I'm starting to be really fascinated by this machine.ĭo you think its aspect ratio and border are okay? I display on PC CRT monitor, via Direct Video. It's similar when it comes to its software preservation, because I'm not aware of any properly organised and documented resources (comparable to Lemon or ZXDB databases for example). It is interesting though, given how popular, and pioneering the AII was. Even so, there are zillions of cheap C64 or ZXs, for example, yet these cores are fairly well developed. Apple 2 cheap(er)? Umm.I'm not even sure if that's true in the US, definitely not here in the EU.
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