LnSOS BOOT 1.1 SOS.KERNEL SOS KRNLI/O ERRORFILE 'SOS.KERNEL' NOT FOUND%INVALID KERNEL FILE: xةw,@  ȱlmi8#)!)WHERE.TO.FINDv,' '%PARTS ,+RAM.CARD,!*SOFTWARE,!,!HARD.DISKSY,!JOYSTICKl,!:KEYBOARDt,!)MONITORz,!MOTHERBOARD,!)NOISE,!III.REP.04S.03Bu' WHERE.TO.FIND,!-READ.ME.FIRSTa9DISKNAME.DAT,!)A3.DOCTOR,!CABLES%,!0DISK.DRIVES- >dLԡm#i㰼m#iЕOLԡȱfg hi !dLԡ憦  Ljmkm l y`2 Lԡ8(Je稽)ʈ@Lclock kits and some other items. Check their magazine for the latest offerings and prices. COMPANY/NAME: Pre-Owned Electronics ADDRESS: P.O. Box 644 CITY/STATE/ZIP: Lincoln, MA. 01773 PHONE: 617-891-6851 Another Computer Shopper advertiser, Pre-Ownox 3452 CITY/STATE/ZIP: Kirkland, WA. 98083 PHONE: 206-659-6245 CONTACT: Bob Consorti On Three has been a long-time vendor for the /// community. By way of parts, they offer 65C802 microprocessor chip upgrades (cheaper from Jameco), interlace kits, puter Shopper and offers a number of /// parts products. That includes motherboards, memory cards, power supplies, etc. Decent prices, in line with what Shreve and others are asking. Call for latest information. COMPANY/NAME: On Three ADDRESS: P.O. Bchips, cases, etc. They had so much stuff, in fact the guy asked if I knew anyone who wanted to take it off his hands! COMPANY/NAME: N.D.R.C. ADDRESS: 8511 Manderville CITY/STATE/ZIP: Dallas, TX. 75231 PHONE: 214-750-9889 N.D.R.C. advertises in Com are good also. COMPANY/NAME: Morris Horn and Associates ADDRESS: Box 330876 CITY/STATE/ZIP: Ft. Worth, TX. 76163 PHONE: 817-292-3432 CONTACT: Morris Horn Last time I talked to them, Morris Horn had lots of Apple /// parts, including motherboards, y Road CITY/STATE/ZIP: Belmont, CA. 94002 PHONE: 415-592-8097 Jameco is an excellent source of chips for your ///, like the 6502B microprocessor, clock chip, etc. I've ordered a number of things from them and have received excellent service. Pricesal ADDRESS: P.O. Box 376-CPC CITY/STATE/ZIP: Morris Plains, NJ. 07950 PHONE: 602-428-4073 These folks say they have "Genuine Apple Parts" so they may also carry parts that will work in your ///. COMPANY/NAME: Jameco Electronics ADDRESS: 1355 Shorewa chips. Check the Apple /// Service Manual for more information about this chip. Call for more information and availability. The last information I had indicated they were going for $5.00 each with quantity discounts. COMPANY/NAME: Electrovalue Industrial notes, should give you a good idea of where to start looking. COMPANY/NAME: Computer Service Experts ADDRESS: Box 70698 CITY/STATE/ZIP: Sunnyvale, CA. 94088 PHONE: 408-338-4339 CONTACT: David Rowe Computer Service Experts says it has Apple /// ROM e time. In fact, some reports say they are actually destroying machines! But don't fear...there are still a number of third party vendors who have everything from whole Apple /// motherboards to memory cards, chips, etc. The list below, with some addition FINDING PARTS FOR THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Washington Apple Pi Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman Finding parts is becoming more and more important for the Apple /// community. The reason, of course is that Apple has not made our computers for somed Electronics also offers a wide range of /// parts ranging from /// motherboards, 12 and 5 volt memory boards, even analog disk drive boards. Call or write for more information. COMPANY/NAME: Shreve Systems ADDRESS: 845 Lark Ave. CITY/STATE/ZIP: Shreveport, LA. 71105 PHONE: 1-800-227-3971 I discovered Shreve in the back pages of Computer Shopper as well. Contact them for a complete list of offerings. Has some software too. COMPANY/NAME: Sun Remarketing ADDRESS: Box 4059 CITY/STATE/ZIP: Logan, UT a 10MB unit, the problem is diagnosed. Solving it is rather more work, but you get the bennie of a 10MB unit afterwards. The 5&10 unit must be formatted for 10MB. For that you need a Lisa (Mac XL). If you don't know anyone with a Lisa, you can ship the unn a 10MB is in a different place than on a 5MB. The poor confused baby kept losing its place. There is an easy check. TAU Disk 054 (Hard Disk Tools) has ProHealth on its flip side. If System Utilities says you have a 5M ProFile and ProHealth says you havehat turned out to be a 10MB ProFile that had been formatted for 5MB. About that time I, too, was blaming System Utilities 1.2b for directory damage. And DISKMAP didn't fix it, though it said it did. The problem was deep in the 5&10 dichotomy. The bit map o /// Community 28-Apr-88 18:28:27 Sb: #184518-Sys Utility v1.2x What are you getting directory damage on? Floppy? Hard disk? If the latter, have you had your ProFile "repaired" lately? I had a busted 5MB, and the dealer swapped out its innards with wegarding fixing your directory problems.....you should get Rick Sidwell's Disk_Map program from TAU, or the DL's here, or ///'s Company. It will detect disk data integrity errors, and automatically repair the majority of them for you. #: 184748 S8/Applelyst, you are ALWAYS better off by taking the slow route back to the menu, eg. escaping back to the Sys Utils menu, and selecting Q)uit to get back to the Pascal command line, then Q)uit again to quit Pascal, then a Y)es to get back to the Catalyst menu. Rbe a likely candidate for causing directory damage, in my opinion. Are you a Catalyst user? If so, do you use the double apple/escape function to get back to the Catalyst menu? If so, this is most likely causing your directory problems. When using Cataproblems when I thought I was being very careful. Probably not anything to do with x version #: 184530 S8/Apple /// Community 26-Apr-88 22:14:12 Sb: #184518-Sys Utility v1.2x Ray: Sys Utils has been around since the beginning, and doesn't seem to SYSTEM UTILITIES FROM: CompuServe #: 184518 S8/Apple /// Community 26-Apr-88 20:41:49 Sb: #Sys Utility v1.2x To: A /// COMMUNITY All Has anyone experienced fairly frequent problems with this version producing directory damage? I have had some t. . 84321 PHONE: 800-821-3221 CONTACT: Bob Cook Sun is another long-time Apple /// vendor that offers parts, including hard-to-find Apple /// chips. They tend to have chips others don't have. Call for latest information and to get on their mailing lisit to Sun Remarketing or to ON THREE or to the Lisa Shop in Minneapolis. I don't know that 1.2b has my full confidence. You might try replacing it with vanilla 1.2 or 1.1 and see if that fixes your problem. If it does, let me know and I will snivelingly remove my own 1.2b. I believe in panicking early to avoid the rush. #: 184835 S8/Apple /// Community 29-Apr-88 10:55:53 Sb: #Sb: Sys Utility v1.2x (To all) who may have read the original message.... It looks like the problem originated with a mi !"#Apple authorized dealer. REMEMBER TO TURN OFF POWER TO YOUR /// WHENEVER YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN UP THE CASE AND PLUG IN CARDS, REPLACE CHIPS, ETC. 1) Symptom: Black screen on monitor, drive does not boot. Action: Replace ram chips b10-b17 one at a THE APPLE /// DOCTOR BY JIM SCHAFFER Washington Apple Pi /// SIG Here are some possible symptoms of a sick Apple /// and what to do about them. If in doubt, or you do not feel confident about getting inside your machine, be sure to take your /// to an A3.DOCTORv,' ')DIAGNOSIS) ,SERIAL.PORT$L,*!REPAIRING YOUR APPLE /// rom Pascal based programs, especially when I know it isn't necessary. It is a bore to Q)uit (from System Utilities) -- or to OA-Q)uit (from MLM) or to E)xit from PFS -- to the Pascal command line, then Q)uit from there and tell Pascal Y)es you really want o". I think its under Profile Repairs or Feedback---I'm not really sure which. #: 184990 S8/Apple /// Community 30-Apr-88 11:45:26 Sb: #184835-#Sb: Sys Utility v1.2x It breaks my heart to see Catalyst users burned by the "double-apple ESCAPE" exit fe! For anyone who is interested in an "opera" in three or four acts telling the saga of a plethora of hardware problems with one of my 2 ///'s and how valuable Ed Gooding's ///'s Company BBS was to solving those problems can check that BBS for the "scenarice I ran both Sys Utility and ProHealth immediately on return of the drive from Sun and both indicated a 10MB drive. So, nobody should panic; don't replace v1.2x or b or whatever. What's needed is a more careful computer operator for my system replacing mr that, found the damage message, used TAU's Hard Disk Utilities (disk #TM 054) to disk map and have it fix the trouble, which it did nicely. There doesn't appear to be any relationship to the disk upgrade and the directory damage problem in this case, sineption. After reflecting on the sequence of events and not hearing of any others having difficulty with v1.2x, I believe the dumb computer operator was at fault. Apparently I got into some situation wherein I hastily used thesequence. I did a catalog aftestake I made in revising some sub-directories on a recently (Sun Remarketing) upgraded 5MB-->10MB Profile. Sys Utility is the only application on my Catalyst menu where I have permitted the O-A, C-A, escape sequence to exist. I have now eliminated that exc time; replace non-ram chips at locations d2 and e2. 2) Symptom: Monitor screen contains garbage, drive may try to boot. Action: Replace ram chips b2-b9 one at a time, replace the non-ram chips b2-b17 one at a time. 3) Symptom: Confidence program REPRINTED FROM THE MARCH 1985 ATUNC NEWSLETTER SERIAL PRINTER CABLE FOR AN APPLE /// BY Rod Whitten MATERIALS The original A/// came with a "modem eliminator" cable which allowed one to hook up a serial printer to the A/// RS232 port (port C) with a%&CABLESv,' '-SERIAL.HOW.TO(u,*6%for safty's sake. (Check Sun Remarketing for availability of these chips) Serial Port Problems From: The /// Magazine February, 1986 Serial port on the fritz? Apple Computer suggests when this happens it is most likely to be either the 1488, 1489 or 6551 chips on the motherboard. It's suggested you replace all three ### mory. EX: (5F) 5=0101; F=1111: 5F=01011111. Determine the binary digit (bit) that is different between the EXP and the GOT. Leftmost bit is d7 and rightmost is d0. DF=1101111 5F=0101111 ========== X - different bit. Thus chip C9 is defective. the address was 20XX (which is low address range) so suspect chips in columns 2-9. TO FIND WHICH CHIP IS BAD: Translate the two hex digits from the EXP into binary. EX: (DF) D=1101; F=1111: DF=11011111. Translate the two hex digits from the GOT into me. If second digit of the bank is 3,4, 5, or 6 the bank is in row C. In the example above, the problem is in row C. There are three address ranges: low, middle and high. Low and high are in columns 2-9, middle is in columns 10-17. In the example above, tion d2 and e2. THE ERROR MESSAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS: BNK 83, ADR 20XX, EXP DF, GOT 5F THIS MEANS: In bank 83, address range 20xx, received 5F instead of DF (bad ram). Look at the second digit of bank number. If number is 0, 1, or 2 the bank is in row bReplace failed ram chip. 5) Symptom: Memory test runs, sections of the memory map are missing. Action: Determine which section on the memory board contains the failed ram. Replace chips one at a time in that section, replace non- ram chips at loca loads into memory, displays menu, but will not run. Action: Replace non-ram chips at locations d2 and e2, replace ram chips b2-b17 one at a time. 4) Symptom: Memory test runs, displays ram error message at the bottom of the screen. Action: standard RS232 cable. The later versions of the /// came without this cable. For those of you that do not have a modem eliminator and want to hook up a serial printer, following is the pin-outs that duplicate the modem eliminator. First you need two MA')*+,.0123456789:;<=>?@recommended since this is a potentially disasterous modification (meaning that if you forget to turn off the switch, you could bomb a good disk, which is usually a program in the internal drive). Note also that these modifications could probably be applie HOW TO BYPASS THE WRITE PROTECT SWITCH ON THE DISK /// By Ed Gooding ///s Company BBS This is a tutorial on how to bypass the write protect switch on an external Disk /// drive. The same principles could be applied on the internal drive, but it is not DISK.DRIVESv,' '-BYPASS.HOW.TO/#,*8-LAMPSA,-'MS.A143C ,*-)QUESTIONSI 5,*-)WONT.BOOTTf ,+-Manual on pages 102 to 105. Instructions on how to changes your SOS drivers in on pages 2 to 18 of the same manual. a serial printer driver, and 2) that the driver configuration block is set to 1200 baud and odd parity. The value for 1200 baud is 08 and for odd parity it is 22. Detailed instructions on how to set this in the driver are in the Standard Device Drivers TER SOS driver is configured to match the printer. Usually the printers come set at 1200 baud and 7 bit, odd parity. See your printer manual to see if this is the way your printers dip switches are set. Now check your .PRINTER driver to see if it is: 1)e savings over having it built for about $40, it is getting harder to have one made. With the above information, you can have it made correctly. DRIVER CONFIGURATION The other item you must check before trying to run you Serial printer is that your .PRIN 3 --> 2 4 --> 8 5 --> 8 6 --> 20 7 --> 7 8 --> 4 & 5 20 --> 6 COST One can use either solderless connectors or soldered. I bought the parts to build my last cable for about $14. While this is not a large modem eliminator and the RS232 cable. The notation that I am using is as follows. 1 --> 1 means connect pin 1 at one end of the cable to pin 1 at the other end. You will be hooking ten wires to a total of nine pins. 1 --> 1 2 --> 3 LE DB-25 connectors (for the ends of your cable) and as a length of 10 conductor wire that will reach from your printer to your A///. CONSTRUCTION The following is the order to connect the pins in the cable to make your own single cable, which replaces thd to a Disk II drive, as well. PARTS AND TOOLS YOU WILL NEED: ------------------------------ Note: All these parts were purchased at my local Radio Shack. 1) One Subminiature LED Indicator Lamp Part# 276-068 do it this way and avoid using the experimenter box if you want. 6) Remove the bottom from the project box. Drill two 1/4" holes in one end of the box wherever it looks good to you. These will be used to mount the LED light and the swi the ribbon cable connector on the drive. I routed mine around to the left front of the drive (as you are looking at it). I mounted my switch box on the left side. I did mine this way to avoid drilling any holes in the cabinet. You could of this 12" wire. This will cut the voltage to the LED down to the necessary amount required to power the LED properly. 5) Route the wires out the back of the drive around the edge of the back plate. They should come out slightly belowboard). Solder another 12" length of 22 guage wire to the wire on the end of the resistor that is closest to the adjacent 74LS74 chip (the other end of the resistor won't give you any juice). Solder the 470 ohm resistor to the other end some power for our LED light. Locate the resistor at location R14 on the analog board. It is located in a group of like looking resistors (they look like multi-colored tubes a half inch long with wires at both ends soldered into the analog each connection on the write- protect switch (two of them) where there is a wire already present (the brown one is ground, mark the new wire you are soldering to it at the opposite end from the end being soldered). 4) Now we need to get diskette into the drive. You've probably heard the slight click before when you have inserted or removed diskettes. 3) Cut three lengths of wire about 12" long and strip 1/4 inch of insulation from both ends of each. Solder one wire toust the sensitivity of the switch. You will see the little spring switch on top of the switch assembly that is depressed by a diskette that has no write-protect notch or has its notch covered. This is how it it activated when you slide thee switch is located at the left-front side of the drive as you look at it. When you remove the cover, you will see the two small Allen screws that attach it to the side of the mechanical assembly. One of these is slotted to allow you to adj analog card (of course you remembered to turn off the power to your /// first, right?) 2) Use a small Allen (or hex) wrench to remove the write protect switch so you can get to the back of it to make your first two solder connections. Thections, most of them with easy access. This mod will surely void your warranty, so wait until it is expired before you do it. INSTRUCTIONS: ------------- 1) Remove the cover from your drive to expose thecil. 7) Phillips screwdriver and Allen wrench set. 8) Some double sided tape or velcro strips to attach the box to the drive. This hardware modification will require limited electronic soldering experience. You will have to make about ten solder conn9 You can use something to the equivalent of this if you want. 4) One 1/2 watt, 470 ohm resistor Part# 271-019 Price $ .19 5) 22-24 guage wire (multi strand is best, it withstands bending). 6) Rosin core solder and a 25 watt soldering pen Price $1.59 2) One Subminiature DPDT Toggle Switch Part# 275-614 Price $2.19 Note: You could probably use a SPDT, but I already had this one laying around. 3) One Experimenter Box (3 1/4 L x 2 1/8 W x 1 1/8 D) Part# 270-230 $1.5tch. I mounted my LED above the switch. I thought it would be easier to see this way. Use the drill bit to make a half-moon notch on the other end of the box at the edge where you screw the cover on. You will route the wires through this hole. Mount the LED and tighten the mounting nut. Do NOT mount the switch yet. 7) Solder the wire with the 470 ohm resistor to the longer of the two wires on the LED light. That one is the positive one. Cut a two inch length of 22 guto override the write-protect switch in my .D2 external drive. Rather than put the items in an external box, I mounted the LED write protect off lamp and the over-ride switch in the lower right hand corner of the Disk /// drive. If anyone attempts this, , you can write on this diskette. Therefore, get in the habit of checking it every time you use the drive to prevent any tragedies. 07-Jul-85 22:52:09 Subject: Override Write Protect Notes Ed, # I used your notes in the WRITE article to allow me ool you have been using to drop little black chips all over your floor with). 13) Now that you have done this, you must be sure to check the position of the switch before you place a diskette in the drive. A lighted LED means DANGERw write on any diskette, whether it has the write-protect notch covered or even if it doesn't have a write-protect notch (such as the flip side of so-called single-sided diskettes - yes Virginia, you can discard that hole punch or nibbling tf the write-protect override switch and try to re-initialize the diskette. Once again, if everything is ok, you will NOT be able to write to the diskette. 12) If everything worked ok, you are finished. If the switch is on, you may non a diskette or turn it over on its flip side and place it in the disk drive. Boot up the System Utilities and try to initialize or copy to the so-called write protected diskette. If everything is ok, it will write just fine. Next, turn oft. First, power up your Apple /// and turn on the write-protect override switch. If the connections are correct, the LED should light up. If not, you will have to recheck all your solder connections. Next, cover the write protect notch os inside the box for a neater look if you wish. I also used electrical tape to wrap the three wires together to further insulate them and to keep them from dangling separately where they might catch on something. 11) Now for the big tess. Attach either the double-faced tape or velcro strips to the bottom of the box and attach the box to the disk drive wherever you feel it will be easiest for you to access it. You can store any excess lengths of the three wireight post on the switch. This will cause the LED to light when the switch is on. 10) Route the three wires through the half-moon hole at the other end of the box and place the box cover in place. Insert and tighten the four holding screwe project box and push the threaded shaft through the hole below the LED. Screw on the washer and nut to hold it in place. Now for the last solder connection. Solder the loose end of the wire from the shorter of the LED wires to the top-rtion from both ends. Solder one end of this wire to the same post that you just soldered the ground wire to. Solder the other end of the wire to the center-right post to ground both sides of the switch. 9) Now place the switch inside ththe positive wire (now you see why we marked the ground wire earlier) to the top-left post on the DPDT switch. Solder the ground wire to the center-left post on the switch. Cut a one inch length of 22 guage wire and strip 1/4 inch of insulaage wire and strip 1/4 inch of insulation from both ends. Solder one end of this wire to the other, shorter wire on the LED. This will be used to connect the LED to the switch so that it will only light when the switch is on. 8) Solder however, be sure you have the tools to handle accurate measurement and alignment of the holes you will have to drill. You have to make holes in the external case and the internal door frame. A good guide for the holes would be to draw a line half-way between the diskette guide bevel and the lower front face bevel, and space the LED and switch 3/4 inch apart, aligned between the right door bevel and the right side bevel. When you have the marks for the holes, use a 1/8 inch or smaller drill and make two ho had it, you would have found the following entry in the REPAIRS data base: COMPANY: American Micro Research CONTACT: Mr. Habib Navarzai ADDRESS: 2125 S. Hathaway CITY/ST/ZIP: Santa Ana, CA. 92705 PHONE1: 714-241-5600 NOTE: Specializes in repair of Microe have know one they know. A phone number will be sufficient, but an address would be nice. #: 194109 S8/Apple /// Community 02-Jul-88 13:08:11 Sb: #193868-#MICRO SCI 143 REPAIR You should spend the few bucks for Dave Ottalini's THREE WORKS. If you6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0X 04 00 D1 01 23 00 80 8F 97 8A DD 93 23 E8 17 F6 1X 3B C3 #: 193868 S8/Apple /// Community 30-Jun-88 22:03:11 Sb: #MICRO SCI 143 REPAIR To: ALL Does anyone know of someone left who repairs A 143's. Sun and On-Thredrive) is 01 and the .d3 (Microsci) is 03, both in the first block only. The same is true for the formatter drivers. And, of course, the number of drives is set at 1. It works well, and I've been able to load the drivers dynamically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 ives with the Micro-Sci drivers. Q - A-143 And Catalyst I've got a .d3 microsci working fine with my catalyst, and the driver is 1.4. The .catalyst driver is 2.0.1, and the configuration block data is listed below. In the microsci driver, the .d2 (A3 operation. I've seen monitors on disk drives cause problems before. 2) Be CERTAIN that you have set the default parameters number of drives in the SCP to 1 drive (the internal drive) run by the .CONSOLE. If set to more you won't be able to reach the drCan a anyone help? 1) Send A SASE w/3 stamps for the docs and the latest version 1.4 drivers to: Ed Gooding, 9400 Greenford Dr., Richmond, VA 23229. Also, try moving the monitor away from the disk drives and see if you get any immediate improvement in BDEFGl the drivers normally, but no luck. The drives will read the first level of the directory (from sys util) but no fo, read, or wI called Micro-Sci but they couldn't help and told me that a manual would cost $30 - $40 if they could find a copy somewhere. MicroSci A-143 From CompuServe Q - Help! I just bought two A143's from a dealer who was going under for a very good price. Bad news is there was no documentation with them. I do have the original disk with the drivers though. Have tried to instal Q - DISK LAMPS Believe it or not, Radio Shack carries direct lamp replacements for both the Disk /// and the Micro-Sci. As reported in the October 1985 issue of THE /// MAGAZINE, the rectrangular LED lamp is Radio Shack part #276-070 and sells for $0.99. les in the external casing and internal door frame by just drilling through both at once. These holes will give you the correct alignment for the LED, and the notch you will have to make for the switch throw. # Sci disk drives. Also, the current "TAU Tales" has the first of a 3-part series by Tom Linders on Micro-Sci A143 drive repairs. (NOTE: SEE REPAIRS DATA BASE ON SIDE ONE FOR TOM LINDERS ADDRESS) DISK DRIVES: ALIGNMENT AND OTHER QUESTIONS. From CompuServe 1) You may have seen it work fine. But I would never put any faith in a radial alignment that was done by trial and error. It ain't like timing a car by ear. It is very important that the alis yours (my directory was damaged but readable), but still... Yes, I suppose a power surge could have caused the problem. If that's the case, the damage to your diskette may be a lot more serious. But it's really all just speculation until you get a Disk f this fails, you'll have to dig in and use the nibble editor. Good luck! 2) The manual you'd need is the SOS Reference manual (specifically, Volume 1). I, too, got the Disk Full message-- but once, I got a little more. My problem wasn't quite as bad a tell you what is supposed to be where on the first few tracks. Another thing you might want to try first is getting your hands on a Retriever program. A ProDOS retriever should work also (if you have a local ][ around). Try restoring the files first. I ### Q - Disk Problems 1) You're hatten' it if track 00 and 02 are damaged. Your best bet would be to get your hands on a SOS reference manual or On Three's latest issue or even a ProDOS reference manual. These willth a Disk ][ (like dirt cheap availability or free!!), I wouldn't really recommend it. 5) A soldering Iron is unecessary, what is necessary, is a scope. And there is nothing inherently dangerous about the adjustments. Oh also needed is the alignment disk.e erratic operation was due to the lack of calibration, as you suggested. 4) Yes you can modify a Disk ][ to run on the ///. However, unless you have soldering experience, don't mind carving up a Disk ][ analog card, and have a darn good reason to go wiot sure I understood the events. However there are 2 differences between the 2 cards. 1) is as you suggested, to facilitate Chaining. 2) is to provide the "DiskSwitch" mechanism. The Apple II does not have either of those features. Finally, I would say th1. there were some ports on the cable unfilled, but it worked GREAT! There was no need for adjustment. I have switched the drive back and forth with no problem at all with any language system. But I dont know how useful this info is to anyone. 3) I am ns, need to be tuned fro eachother generally. 2) I have frequently used my Disk /// on my //e but plugging up the daisy chain port with a gadget that Charles McConathy sent me, and plugging in on the interface card, making sure pin 1 was plugged into pin WAS POSSIBLE BUT WAS NOT TOLD HOW. ANY IDEAS? THANX............ 1) Really to do it right, you need to obtain a Disk III Analog card. Just install it in the II's mechanical assembly, Oh yeah it will likely need to be adjusted (The head and it's electronichat the dealer is not the only one who can do it. But not that it can be properly done without the proper equipment. ### Q - DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MODIFY A ][ DRIVE SO THAT IT WILL WORK ON A ///? I WAS TOLD THAT THIS HJKLMNOPQRgnment be done with the proper tools, or you could have problems forever. P.S. I have aligned hundreds of DiskII's, and believe me you can get close without the tools. But the chances of doing it right are probably less than 1 in 1000. or worse. I agree tblock editor to find out... 3) Well, it appears there is still joy in Mudville after all. I used the Copy II+ version 6.0 to alphabetize the catalog, after that Voila!, I could copy the undamaged files with out getting an error in track 02 message. I'll worry about the other files as soon as I get the SOS reference manuals and the disk window. 4) Ah, but there are bugs in Copy ][+ 6.0.....Basically, the Alphabetize function does not correctly maintain the directory pointers in ProDOS directories, so I f adjustment or has gone bad. You can disable the write protect switch rather easily to see if this solves your problem. Remove the cover to the disk drive, then look at the left side, near the front. You should see two small screws that hold the write p0-Jul-88 21:11:40 Sb: #195372-apple three Have you tried saving to .d1 to see if its a hardware or a software problem? If you can save to .d1, then you know you have a problem with .d2. Sounds to me like the write protect switch has either slipped out ock. The machine works in every other way, quite well, as it is doing now. I just cannot SAVE anything on any disk. (I've tried lots of them.) Anyone got any good ideas? All efforts greatly appreciated. Many thanks. #: 195427 S8/Apple /// Community 1ed. They have all been used and currently have a number of files thereon.) Since it happens with different software, none common to the problem I'm starting to think that it's a hardware problem. I've checked all of my wiring and it all appears to be intak with that program either. After pressing Control-S then .D2/second disk drive (with the data disk inserted) whirrs and one of two messages comes up on the screen: either FILE ACCESS ERROR or sometimes WRITE PROTECT. (None of these disks are write protectSUVWXeems that all of a sudden I cannot [S] save anything to any disk. It started while using my wp disk Apple Writer III. I switched to a backup master disk. Results the same. Then I tried using my PFS FILE program. I cannot save any addresses to the data dis BOOT PROBLEMS FROM CompuServe #: 195372 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jul-88 14:21:00 Sb: #apple three To all you Apple THREE owners: Help! Help! I seem to have a problem which I cannot solve. I really hope that someone out there has the answer. It syour choice. ### should be VERY careful about the use of block editors (no matter whose). It is quite simple to make the situation worse instead of better. When working on a floppy, I strongly suggest doing a volume copy BEFORE making ANY changes with the block editor of e ON THREE. AND you might consider the Dan Wade Block Editor (available from TAU). The current version has all one needs to know about directories for what you would be likely to do (as well as the program to do it with). In any case, non-programmersassume the same thing could apply to SOS.... 5) Before you go out and buy the SOS manuals, please note that they are quite technical for a non-programmer. What you need to know about directory structures can be found in various Apple /// publications likrotect switch. One is fixed, and one is inserted in a slotted hole. Simply loosen (not remove) the screw in the slotted hole and the write protect switch will slide down, and be effectively disabled. If you are now able to write to your disk, then you know that this is the problem. You can either leave your drive the way it is, which can be dangerous at times if you ever put a disk in there that you do NOT want to write to, or you can order a replacement switch from Sun Remarketing. You can use your driow-level formatter for the 5m profile is not a software system. It requires special hardware in addition to software. The hardware was hand cobbled, and I am pretty sure only Sun and the Lisa Shop have that hardware. Something about a magic chip, I beli and I'll see if the Lisa Shop can help out. Is there any way I can purchase the software to do this myself? it looks like i'm going to be using it alot in the future. #: 194110 s8/apple /// community 02-jul-88 13:08:47 sb: Profile/Bad Blocks The ltion on sparing out bad tracks on the 5meg profile? all they keep doing is jack up the price on a replacement. Oh well, that's what I get for trying to stay with a network of ///'s that I've invested alot of time and money in. Thanks for the help anyway,ch bombed the directory. We were able to recover all of the data though using a custom program written on an apple // which took about 3 days to run. However, the quark could not be reformatted after that. Why is it that apple won't help out with informathe low level reformatting of the 5meg profile. I knew about Sun Remarketing, but not about the lisa shop. I'll check them out. I currently have a quark 20meg being reformatted by sun to try to salvage the thing. It got zapped by a power fluctuation whiw me to access the profile bitmap at a low enough level to mark these blocks as used. I need to do this through an apple /// since I don't own a //. #: 193919 s8/apple /// community 01-jul-88 02:06:17 sb: #Profile/Bad Blocks Thanks for the info on ill cause the profile to write around bad blocks, but I have not found this to be the case. It gets really expensive to have to purchase a new profile every time a bad block shows up. I would appreciate any information concerning a utility which will alloZ\]^_`ad my files beyond that point. I also have found 12 additional bad blocks in another Profile at the end of the disk and want to be able to spare them out as well. My computer support company has told me that Apple says the reformatting and verify routine w BAD BLOCKS FROM: COMPUSERVE #: 192995 s8/apple /// community 25-jun-88 13:57:00 sb: Profile/Bad Blocks I am looking for a method of marking out bad blocks on a profile 5 meg hard disk from Apple. I have a bad block at #10 and am unable to even loaHARD.DISKSv,' '*BAD.BLOCKS[9 ,+ Y.PROFILE.HOW.TOc ,!n2Yve with the disabled switch until its replacement arrives. Let me know if you need more info on this eve. You might think about asking Bob Cook at Sun if he'll give you a trade-in deal with your 5m drives against 10m units. Then all you need is a Lisa to format. However, there are a lot more Lisa's around than there are magic boxes that can format a 5Mb Profile. If you can, talk to Frank Freeman at the Lisa Shop. He is very knowledgeable, and he is a joy just to chat with. #: 194144 s8/apple /// community 02-jul-88 17:28:27 sb: Profile/Bad Blocks Thanks for the clarification on the 5m Profile fsupply, then the 2 screws on the bottom of the Profile behind the disk drive. 8. Lift the panel out carefully. The retainer in the panel between the drive and the power supply may get stuck on some of the wires. Just move the wires out of the way. The lower card is the analog electronics card. 6. At this point, you can remove the 2 back panels that are behind the disk drive and the power supply. 7. Now you'll want to remove the long back panel. Unscrew the 4 screws holding it to the power board on top of it. On the right, you see the Seagate hard disk drive (an ST506 for a 5 Meg Profile, who knows what for a 10Meg) with 2 boards underneath it. The higher board is the Motor Control Board. It makes sure the disk turns at the appropriate speedding the cover up, disconnect the front light connector from the circuit board in the Profile. It's the only cable connected to the cover. 5. You can now lift the cover off. What you see now is the power supply on the left with the Profile controller e, so don't take it all the way off. Lift the cover up a bit and tilt it so the back comes free. Once the back is free, you can move the cover towards the front so that the retainer tabs on the cover don't get stuck on the circuit boards. 4. Hol Take out the 4 screws. These hold the back plates onto the cover. 3. You can now take off the cover carefully. There's a cable that snakes along the inside top of the cover that connects a disk drive board to the light in the front of the Profil** precaution is to wash your hands so that you'll be less likely to have ***** it slip from your hands. 1. Turn your Profile upside down. Take out the 3 screws along the front of the Profile. Turn it rightside up. 2. Look at the back of your Profile.bdefghijk starting to disassemble ***** the Profile. Some power supplies need time to leak stored current away. ***** Caution: The disk drive is a delicate instrument. Handle the Profile ***** carefully. You may want to work over a padded surface. Another good *** How to Disassemble a Profile Disk Drive (by someone who took it apart upside down) ***** Step 0: Disconnect the power and interface cables from the Profile. I ***** would even suggest waiting a few minutes before on contacting them soon. Thanks again for the help!! ormatting. Will the 10m units work as well with the Apple ///? I've never been told about them by my dealer as a possible alternative. Also, I've passed the information on the Lisa Shop to my tech rep. He said he'd never heard of them, but was planning and take the panel out. 9. Whew! Take a break if your hands are sweating. OK! Time to ge the drive and supply out of the case! 10. First, let's get the Profile controller board loose (the one on top of the power supply). It's held to the supply by one screw and 5 plastic connectors. Just undo the screw and one by one, squeeze the plastic "pins" and pull the board from them. Don't forget the one in the middle of the board! Once the board is free, disconnect the gray ribbon cable and the trols are assigned to port A and the horizontal to port B. PARTS YOU WILL NEED: -------------------- Once again, truck down to your local Radio Shack and get: (2) 9 pin plugs part# 276-1537 $1.99 each (1) 9 pin somopqrsmake it work with a lot of Apple II games. There will still be a lot of them that will not respond, however. Basically, what you have to do is to make a "Y" splitter to connect your Cursor /// to both ports A and B on the back of the ///. The vertical con HOW TO MODIFY YOUR CURSOR /// JOYSTICK TO PLAY APPLE II GAMES If you don't want to lay out the $59.00 for a Micro-Sci Gameport /// (even though its worth every penny of it), here's a relatively inexpensive mod you can make to your Cursor /// joystick to JOYSTICKv,'  '*CURSOR.MODn ,!nlonnector for the Profile face toward the back of the case. Also the round part of the drive faces the back of the case. **** And remember, be careful with that drive! power supply. Turn the case upside down, undo the 4 screws, and now the power supply is free. *** Congratulations! You just disassembled your Profile! *** To put it back together, just reverse the steps! Remember that the switch and power cord c there are 4 screws that are recessed into the case. Unscrew these. Don't undo the two that lie flush with the case! 14. Now lift the supply/case off and Voila! There's the drive! 15. Set aside the drive (carefully) and do the same routine for thee upside down so that it's resting on the disk drive itself. Put some padding down underneath the drive so that you have some protection in case it slips from your hands. 13. Under where the drive is (or on top since the case is upside down now), gh for me. The mid-air connector is keyed so you can't put it together wrong. Just in case, the two black wires of the connectors should be connected. This severs the connection between the drive and the power supply. 12. Now turn your Profilhe front, the red wire towards the rear. The controller card is now free to be removed. 11. The last connector left is in mid-air, kind of like the type you see all over the place under the dash of your car. Pull it apart. This was kind of tou molex connector. When putting the Profile back together again, remember that the red side of the ribbon cable should be on the front side of the drive. The molex should only go in one way, but just in case, the black wire should be towards tcket part# 276-1538 $2.49 each (3) hoods for above part# 276-1539 $1.99 each (1) length of at least 7 conductor wire. It should be at least 12" long or longer depending on how far you want to extend your joystick. You may use more than 7 conductor wire if you can't find anything else. A 25 watt soldering pencil and some rosin core solder. INSTRUCTIONS: ------------- You will be connecting pins 2,4,3,5,6 of the plug for port "A" to pins 2,3ust substitute one of Bob's two Console drivers for the Console driver on your boot disks' SOS.Drivers. Bob's accompanying comments are as follows: "There are two CONSOLE driver files: The CONSOLE.MINUS is a standard version CONSOLE driver with the minuuwxyt converts the minus key on the numeric keypad to a Delete key. This is particularly convenient for programs such as /// E-Z Pieces, etc., which require a Shift-Backslash, Control-Left Arrow, or some other two-finger operation. To install this patch, j REPRINTED FROM THE ATUNC NEWSLETTER APRIL 1985 VOL 2 # 4 ADD A DELETE KEY TO YOUR APPLE ///: The Apple /// Plus has a Delete key, but previous Apple /// models do not. Bob Consorti of ON THREE has come up with a "patch" for the Console Driver thaKEYBOARDv,'  '*DELETE.KEYv,+tutral position. 's with X/Y axis adjustors, you will have to open the bottom of the joystick box, loosen the set screws that connect the stick to the potentiometers, and slightly adjust them so that the ports do not have power applied in the ne 7 4 <-------------------------------------------------> 8 5 <----------------------> 9 Note: You may notice that the cursor may drift in the neutral position. If you don't have one of the newer Cursor ///----------------> 3 4 <----------------------> 4 5 <-------------------------------------------------> 5 6 <-------------------------------------------------> 6 Joystick socket ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- 1 2 <-------------------------------------------------> 2 3 <----------------------> 3 <------iption of the port assignments. Make your solder connections, assemble the hoods over the plugs and socket, plug it in and enjoy some good ole Apple ][ games for a change of pace after a hard day with Visicalc. Plug for port "A" Plug for port "B" ,8,5,6, respectively of the socket and pins 3,4,5 of the plug for port "B" to pins 3,4,9 respectively of the socket. See the crude schematic in the following message for a graphic representation and refer to your Owner's manual (pages 128-130) for a descrs-delete key installed. The CONSOLE.ONTIME is a version for those of you with the ONTIME driver. "They are both coded so that the minus key acts exactly like the Apple /// Plus's delete key. You can use them in programs like /// E-Z Pieces, Applewriter, and others (It worked fine with 3 EZ Pieces but not with system utilities or PFS). However, some programs require that you press the minus key on the numeric keypad. Because of this, I have added the following extension: If you press the control key ihigh bit set [ADDR1].[ADDR2] * dump ADDR1 through ADDR2 to screen and display ASCII characters to right * dump next line of addresses to screen 40 c (must have a space before and after the X.) [ADDR]:[BYTE] * store BYTE into ADDR [ADDR]:'[TEXT]' * store TEXT into ADDR with high bit clear [ADDR]:"[TEXT]" * store TEXT into ADDR with ADDR2. DANGEROUS as it will write anywhere. Error Codes. 80 drive error, 81 write protected, 82 read error. X * repeat last command until space bar is pressed R1 and ADDR2 U * gosub through vector at 3F8 [ADDR1]<[ADDR2].[ADDR3]V * verify ADDR2 through ADDR3 at ADDR1 [BLK#]/[ADDR1].[ADDR2]W * write to disk starting at BLK# from ADDR1 througho monitor [ADDR1]<[ADDR2].[ADDR3]M * move ADDR2 through ADDR3 to ADDR1 [BLK#]/[ADDR1].[ADDR2]R * read from disk starting at BLK# into ADDR1 through ADDR2 [BYTE]/[ADDR1].[ADDR2]S * search for BYTE between ADD{}~Control Reset all together. The square brackets are not part of the command, but are used to set off the variable part of the command. [ADDR]G * gosub ADDR, return to monitor [ADDR]J * jump ADDR, do not return tREPRINTED FROM THREE'S COMPANY BBS NORFOLK, VA. NOVEMBER 1985 APPLE /// MONITOR COMMANDS Here is a list of the Apple /// monitor commands that I know of. If anyone has others please post them. To enter the monitor press Open-Apple MONITORv,'  '(COMMANDS| ,!nzperfect location for a delete key, and after trying it for awhile, I have found it to be extremely useful and natural. A diskette containing these drivers will be available copying at the next meeting. Hal Edelstein n conjunction with the minus key on the numeric keypad, it will be just as if you had pressed the minus key (on the numeric keypad) using the normal Console driver. "Please feel free to distribute it as you as you like." The keypad minus key is a olumn dumps 8 addresses 80 column dumps 16 addresses L * clear to end of line P * clear to end of page S * clear text window 4 * set 40 column mode and clear screen 8 * set 80 column mode and clear screen * cursor left * cursor right * cursor up * cursor down * stop output- display next line- any character to continue * interrupt- abort operation, return to monitor board that is mounted on, and parallel to the mother board. If you see a row of empty sockets on the memory board, then all you have to do is contact some place like Jameco Electronics and buy 16 64K chips, plug them in and voila!! you have 256K. If you have an older, 12 volt ///, then you will have to swap the memory board and two ROM chips from your ailing ///, clip one resistor, and make one solder bridge to convert your /// to a 5 volt, 256K system. Complete instructions for doing this can be found irite macros to implement the additional instructions or use an Apple ][ assember in the Emulation mode, such as Merlin Pro or S-C Macro Assembler that has the additional op codes. Presently there are no commercial programs that use the additional op codes. 65C02 Compatibility From: CompuServe 06-Oct-85 00:18:20 Subject: Question: Is the /// compatible with the 65C02 processor chip? A 65C02 or a 65802 rated at 2MHZ or greater will work in a ///. The problem with assembly language is that you have to wmight want to try a new cable on your disk drive if you used the existing one. Try these suggestions and get back to me with the results. e could also be causing problems here, so try swapping that, also. There are also instructions on ///'s Company for doing this. Oh yeah, when you swapped floppy drives, did you also swap the cable or use a new drive on the old cable? You o just swap the following: the 6522 VIA chips at B5 and B6 and even the entire memory board. There are instructions on ///'s Company for swapping the memory board in the hardware/tips section. Believe it or not, your keyboard or keyboard cablarrow" prompt. Type: F6E6G to run the Monitor test. This will tell you if you have bad RAM chips or a bad ROM. If you get an error during this phase, get back to me and I'll translate it to which chip(s) you need to swap out. 2) You can als/ Ok, well let's try a few other things........ 1) Remove ALL interface cards in slots 1-4. Turn on your /// and when it freezes, enter the System Monitor by pressing CONTROL-OPEN APPLE-RESET. The screen should clear and you should see a "right olks. No disc whirring, no screen message or image, no nothing. A mystery! Is there any other chip which is a likely culprit? Should I call Sun Data for advice? Try prayer? #: 195881 S8/Apple /// Community 13-Jul-88 13:51:45 Sb: #195809-Ailing //09 S8/Apple /// Community 13-Jul-88 01:06:52 Sb: #Ailing /// Thanks for your help. My non-booting ///, however, does not respond to a switch in power supply, .d1 drives, or B9 ROM chips. The light goes on, there's a quiet click, and that's all, fhe speed and the /// worked OK after that. Don't ask me why. If you have a Dealer Diagnostic Disk or a Confidence Disk try either one because sometimes these will boot when regular SOS disks will not. They will let you know if the speed is off. #: 1958et you know what transpires. Back Tuesday. Sb: #Ailing /// A while ago my /// would not boot, even though the power light was on. After a lot of doing this and doing that, I checked the disk speed of the built in drive and found that it was off. I set tu're amazing. I'm about to leave for Sunapee and a weekend of shameless self-indulgence, but if there's one incentive I have for returning to Boston and work, it's to try the ROM chip switch and see if I can bring the /// back to life. Thanks, and I'll ln the file name Upgrade.128K in the same section as the Replace.D1 file, or refer to my article in the July 1987 issue of On Three magazine. Get back to me if you need more info. #: 194935 S8/Apple /// Community 07-Jul-88 18:34:01 Sb: AILING /// Yo If you are interested in assembly language programming with the additional instructions I would skip the 65C02 and get a 65802. It has 16 bit instructions as well as the entire 65C02 instruction set. It is the 8 bit bus, pin compatible version of a 6581 Good luck! #: 191148 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 23:40:46 Sb: #190707-Dying /// Thanks for explaining the freon purpose. Unfortunately, my /// now just boots and dies in under 15 minutes - usually much shorter than that. As I've remarked alreew hot. Well then as you cool selective areas, those that are heat sensitive should make the /// well again!! Seriously, any sudden change in behavior (good or bad) as you cool an area rapidly will pin point one or more selcted components or solder joints.access to another /// that you can swap parts with? My first bet would be the power supply, then the memory board. #: 190707 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 03:26:29 Sb: #Dying /// As I remember your problem, your /// started misbehaving as it grking for when I spray? #: 190592 S8/Apple /// Community 07-Jun-88 19:18:01 Sb: #190143-Dying /// Why not boot up the Confidence Disk diagnostics and let them run until your /// bombs, and see if you get any helpful diagnostic messages. Do you have (s) #: 190432 S8/Apple /// Community 06-Jun-88 21:23:29 Sb: #190275-Dying /// I trust you haven't heard of Sun Remarketing, which offers repair of ///'s? #: 190451 S8/Apple /// Community 06-Jun-88 22:52:43 Sb: #190275-#Dying /// What am I looanks. #: 190275 S8/Apple /// Community 06-Jun-88 00:59:12 Sb: #190143-#Dying /// Try squirting some coolant such as freon (available from any radio parts store) on selected points within the machine. That should help pinpoint any defective componentopened the case and pressed all the chips into place but that has not seemed to help. I'd appreciate any suggestions. I would also like to know if there are any repair places that could look into this as no one in my area has any knowledge of the ///. Thand then the screen gets all sorts of weird characters on it or goes totally blank. The system will not re-boot unless I turn everything off and wait for several hours. I suspect that something is heating up but have no idea what the fault could be. I"ve DYING /// From: CompuServe #: 190143 S8/Apple /// Community 05-Jun-88 15:55:06 Sb: #Dying /// To: Any ///'er Friends, I need HELP!! My trusty old /// is dying on me. Lately, whenever I turn it on, it only seems to work for about and hour or less mode, the 65C802 will run "enhanced" //e programs but only up to ProDos 1.1.1. Em mode can't handle higher (later) versions of ProDos. 6 chip. S-C Software sells a 2MHZ version of the 65802 for $50 plus shipping. (retail $95) Phone # 214-324-2050. NOTE: Try Jameco Electronics: They sell the 65C802 chip for $15.95 as of 1/90. 1-415-592-2503 NOTE 2: When usingin Titan ///+//e em ady in some other replies to help on this board, this may be the end if I can't find someone who knows a LOT more than I do about what to look for, has the right tools, etc. I'll keep you all posted as to how it turns out. #: 191143 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 23:31:29 Sb: #190592-Dying /// I don't have a "confidence disk" - whatever that is, and no, I don't have access to another ///. Right now I'm using my IBM clone to access CIS and do my other work. #: 191146 S8/Apple /// Community 10 RF.1 From: CompuServe 01-Mar-86 21:22:28 Sb: #little r' I found the problem of getting additional r's in my messages. I had a little fan resting on my RS232 prt/cable and it was generating just enough electrical noise to leave little r's in my meNOISEv,'  'RF.1,+a Profile control card in slot 4. -knowledgable tech at CLI in Albaturkey. That tech is pretty good at chip-and-soldering-iron-level service. #: 193050 S8/Apple /// Community 25-Jun-88 19:40:03 Sb: #192270-Dying /// No, I don't have a Titan card. The only card that is in my /// is n ///+//e card? #: 192365 S8/Apple /// Community 20-Jun-88 21:11:47 Sb: #192270-Dying /// The problem sounds like the one my dad had. Motherboard problem that is undiagnosed by Confidence Program or Dealer Diagnostics. It looks like he found the ///t should give some time to find the problem. It also means I won't be scanning the board for a bit, either. #: 192270 S8/Apple /// Community 19-Jun-88 23:00:27 Sb: #192245-#Dying /// You may have mentioned this before, but do you have a Tita passing through the system somehow since the screen does all sorts of dances before it locks up and/or goes blank. I am having it looked at now but no results from the doctor yet. I'll be going off for the next two weeks with some business travel so thaa spare one of those he'll sell you cheap, and he'd better send me the proceeds. #: 192245 S8/Apple /// Community 19-Jun-88 17:13:53 Sb: #191763-#Dying /// No, it isn't a power failure - my ON light is fully powered and it is obvious that current isre's a way around that quaint feature. Hold down the CONTROL key for a few seconds while you're booting. You might also pop the lid and see if the red light on the motherboard is lit when you're poweered up. If not, it could be a dead power supply. JR has pair so I have neither the tools nor the background in those areas to do much on my own. Thanks for the suggestions tho. #: 191763 S8/Apple /// Community 15-Jun-88 19:23:59 Sb: #191540-Dying /// Totally dead /// now? Could it be the "on" lamp? The. I am accessing using my IBM clone and have had to continue most of my work with it. I am gradually re-establishing my files on the PC and may have to give up on the /// altogether if I can't find some place to get help. I'm not a hacker or into home re-Jun-88 23:37:54 Sb: #190602-#Dying /// Thanks for the reply. My CIS time has been much reduced, even before my recent set of problems with my trusty ///. Right now my old machine seems to be totally dead - it boots up and then dies in under 15 minutesssages. I took the fan away and put it on the side of the machine blowing underneath. Someone still has to come up with a QUITE fan that will keep the /// cool. RAM.CARDv,' '(RAM.TEST. ,+,UPGRADE.256K!]>,+se. If you have a 256K ///, which has different memory locations, you can go into monitor and run the same test; however, you must use another procedure to determine the problem chip, if an inverse 1 shows up. If you have this problem, let me know and n my Apple /// Service Reference Manual. With regards to this manual, if you wish to copy it, see me and we can make arrangements. However, it is about 200 pages long and it would be loaned with the understanding that you would do the same for someone el D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D11 D10 C9 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 If replacing the chip does not solve the problem, then it could be the memory board itself. Other error messages could show up, if so give me a call and will look it up i I C R A M B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B17 B16 B15 B14 B13 B12 B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B17 B16 B15 B14 B13 B12 B11 B10 C17 C16 C15 C14 C13 C12 C11 C10 D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2or the error to show up. If the dots keep appearing, then everything is normal, but if an inverse 1 shows up, you probably have a bad RAM chip at that location. The code to where on the memory board the bad chip is as follows: D I A G O N I S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Run for about 20 minutes, longer if it normally takes that long f and a flashing underline should appear in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Type F6E6G and the screen will fill with "garbage" for a moment and about every 20 seconds the following will appear on the screen. DIAGONISTIC RAM . . a 5V, check your serial number. If it is greater than 100,000, it is probably 5V. To run the test, one must remove all the peripheral cards, esp. Grappler and Profile, and go into Monitor by holding down CONTROL and OPEN APPLE, then hit RESET. An arrow REPRINTED FROM JUNE 1985 ATUNC NEWSLETTER INTERNAL RAM TEST For those A/// owners with a 12 volt, 128K machine who are having problems with their A///'s memory, it has an internal diagonistic to test the RAM. To check if you have a 12V machine, notI can get you the procedure. -Rod Whitten APPLE /// 128K - 256K RAM UPGRADE PROCEDURE By: Ed Gooding This article describes the procedures for upgrading an Apple /// from a twelve volt, 128K RAM system to a five volt, 256K RAM system. This upgrade involves the removal of the memory board, theer supply. Allow the opposite side of the panel to remain resting on its edge in the small groove around the access panel. 10. While supporting the Main Logic Board with one hand, disconnect the power supply cable from it. , internal disk drive, speaker, and the power supply. Cable length allows the access panel to be tilted from the chassis about 45 degrees only, until you disconnect them. 9. Slowly tilt the access panel up from the side closest to the powy be 1 or 2 additional recessed screws located in the rear of the bottom pan. 8. Remove these 11 or 12 securing screws. CAUTION: The Main Logic Board is attached to the panel, and is still connected electrically to the keyboard6. Place the Apple upside down on a soft pad. The rear of the Apple should face you. 7. Locate the ten (10) Phillips screws around the edge of the Logic Board access panel. Depending upon the type of bottom pan, there ma retained in the ///'s cabinet. The two screws are located under the peripheral access cover, at the two corners nearest the key- board. 5. Replace the access cover on the /// after removing any interface cards. l cables from the back of the ///. 4. Remove the peripheral access cover, and then remove all interface cards in slots 1-4. The cover is removed by turning the two captured screws 1/4 turn only. They will not fall out, but are re with during soldering. A. REMOVAL OF MAIN LOGIC BOARD AND MEMORY BOARD: 1. Power down the Apple ///. 2. Disconnect the AC power cord from the source and then from the power receptacle of the Apple. 3. Disconnect all externae to wipe the soldering pencil on to clean it. - Thin copper wire, preferably 22-28 guage thickness. - A knife or crimping tool to remove insulation from the 22-28 guage wire. - Diagonal cutters, or other small wire cutters. - Needle nose pliers to hold wi Remarketing (formerly Sun Data). (Their addresses are on Side One in the file Data.Bases/Repairs.Ascii) - An IC puller or small slotted screw driver. - A 25 Watt soldering pencil. - A small amount of 60/40 rosin core solder. - A damp spongAccess Cover with. - A #2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the MLB access cover with. - A 5 volt, 256K Memory board. - PROM IC part number 342-0061. - PROM IC part number 342-0063. Note: Both Proms and the memory board can be purchased from Sun Systems having part number 610-4128, and Main Logic Boards (MLB's or mother boards) of post-14,000 serial number systems, identified by a white dot near the I/O slots (location I1). TOOLS AND PARTS NEEDED: - A slotted screwdriver to remove the ///'s Peripheral removal of a resistor, a solder jump, the exchange of two Proms, and the placement of the 256K Ram board. These instructions must be followed exactly or a malfunction can result. This upgrade is only to be performed on 128K Ram systems with memory boards Now let the power supply side of the Logic Board down, and lift the side of the Main Logic Board that is furthest from the power supply. You will note two ribbon cables that connect your keyboard and your internal disk drive to the Main Logic Board. You will also note a double-stranded wire with a white Molex connector that connects your internal speaker to your Main Logic Board. You should remove all three of these connectors. Be sure to nothis IC with PROM IC part number 342-0061. NOTE: Below is a diagram of the Main Logic Board and the approximate locations of the PROM chips and the R58 resistor: ___________________________________________________________________the writing on the chip is oriented in the same direction as the writing on all the other chips on the MLB. 14. Also locate the IC at MLB coordinate C11 (identified by part number 341-0044 on the MLB and on the PROM itself). Replace until you can grasp it with your hand and remove it. Replace this IC with PROM IC part number 342-0063. Be sure to install the PROM in the same direction as the one you removed. You can double check this by ensuring that electronics store). You can also use a small, slotted screwdriver and CAREFULLY insert it between the chip and its socket at one of the two narrow ends of the rectangular chip. Carefully pry the chip up with the screwdriver part number 341-0041 printed on the MLB, and on the PROM chip, also. Remove this PROM chip with the use of an IC puller tool (looks like large tweezers with hooks on the ends, and can be purchased at any Radio Shack or coordinates are displayed as white letters on one side of the MLB, and as white numbers on the perpendicular side of the MLB, and are used like X,Y coordinates on a graph. The IC (integrated circuit) at C13 is identified by the on the MLB, don't panic, you can usually just straighten them back out with no problems. If you break one, you are in trouble. B. PROM REPLACEMENT: 13. On the MLB, locate the IC that is located at coordinate C13. These the same end of the board. When I get that, I move to the other end of the memory board and then remove the two remaining corners and lift the memory board away from the MLB. If you should happen to bend some of the pins ) and place my left hand on the MLB to support it, and pull straight up on the corner. A slight rocking motion will sometimes facilitate the removal process. After I get the one corner up, I will work on the other corner from remove the memory board. Work with one end of the memory board at a time, rather than trying to remove it evenly at all four corners. I generally grasp one corner of the memory board with my right hand (since I'm right-handedy board from the Main Logic Board. You will note that the memory board is piggy-backed to the MLB. They are generally mounted very tightly, and unless you are lucky, you will have to apply a lot of CAREFUL force to fully to fully remove the Main Logic Board from your ///. 11. The Main Logic Board can now be fully removed from your ///. You should place it on a flat work surface to continue this procedure. 12. Use both hands to remove the existing memor does NOT matter how you orient the speaker connector when you re-install it. If you have installed the video interlace kit, and/or the clock battery backup kit, you will also have to disconnect these cables in order te which ribbon cable goes where, since they both look alike. Note also that the ribbon cable connectors have a tab on one side that will prevent you from inserting them back incorrectly when you re-assemble your ///. It __________ ___D__ C B A | o---|______|---o 14 | R58 ______________________ 13 | | | | | 341-0042 | <<== REPLACE WITH | | | | |____________ @ - Solder Pad 2 18. First, melt a small drop of solder on both of the solder pads, then take a 1/2" length of very thin electrical hook-up wire (22-28 guage) and "tin" it (coat the wire) with the solder. Also make sure - After bridging solder pads __________________________ | | O-----------| |-----------O |__@_-_Solder_Pad_1________| __________________________ | | O-----------| |-----------O |__@_-_Solder_Pad_1________| @ - Solder Pad 2 R 58 ass portion of the MLB. You need to "bridge" these two solder pads so that electrical current can flow between them. Refer to the two top-view diagrams below: R 58 - Before bridging solder pads d solder pads that were exposed when you removed the resistor. They should lie under, and perpendicular to the R58 resistor. You will note that there is a blank space between these two pads where you can see the fibergl NOTE: Be careful not to damage the parts or traces (the little gold paths that electrical current follows on your MLB) on or near the vicinity of the resistor leads. 17. Observe the two tiny, triangular or quarter-moon shape=======\\ Here =======>> // |__|x|_|x|__|x|_______|x|__| \\ <<======= _____________||__________________________________________________||__________ __________________________Main Logic Board___________________________________ fer to the diagram below: R 58 __________________________ Clip | |x| |x| |x| |x| | Clip Here //==========| |x| |x| |x| |x| |===" long, with colored bands around it and will be connected to the MLB by wire connectors at each end of the resistor. 16. With a pair of diagonal cutters, remove this resistor by cutting the wire leads at each end of it. Re | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ C. RESISTOR REMOVAL AND SOLDER JUMP: 15. Locate the resistor R58 at coordinate D14. It will look like a skinny tube about 1/2 341-0044 | <<== REPLACE WITH | |______________________| 342-0061 | | | ______________________ 11 | | | | | | | | 12 | |______________________| | |__________| 342-0063 | | <<== MEMORY BOARD ______________________ | | | to tin the soldering iron that you will use by applying solder to the pencil and allowing the solder to flow freely around its tip. Wipe any excess solder off with the damp sponge. When properly tinned, the soldering pencil should exhibit a shiny, silvery appearance on its business end. If it does not, repeat this process until it does. Tinning allows the easy transfer of heat to the parts to be soldered. As you work, periodically wipe t 23. Use the Apple /// Confidence diskette for performing diagnostic tests of the 256K RAM upgrade. I would recommend selecting continuous testing, and let it run for a least 1/2 hour without interruption. -----------------22. To reinstall or replace the logic assembly, reverse the procedure as outlined in steps 1-11 above. CAUTION: Make sure that all cables are reinstalled correctly and are not crimped or punctured by mounting hardware. F. TESTING: gned. 21. Once the pins of the connectors are all aligned, gently but firmly push straight down on the connectors on both sides of the Memory Board until the connectors are fully bottomed out. E. MAIN LOGIC BOARD REPLACEMENT: l the male pins are started correctly into the female connector of the Memory Board. If any of the male pins are not properly started, lift up the Memory Board slightly and move it back and forth until the pins are correctly ali the pin connectors of the MLB. The best way to do this is to tilt the Memory Board and align the pins on each side and lower the raised edge slowly, starting the next pins on each side as it is lowered. 20. Check that alches at two of its corners. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SIDE OF THE MEMORY BOARD WITH THESE NOTCHES IS CLOSEST TO THE 4 PERIPHERAL SLOTS. Align the connectors of the replacement 256K RAM Memory Board over : BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO APPLY TOO MUCH HEAT TO THE SOLDERING PADS. DAMAGE WILL RESULT!! If you observe the 2 second soldering rule, this will not happen. D. MEMORY BOARD REPLACEMENT: 19. Note that the Memory Board has not to the solder pad FURTHEST from your position. This will work just as well. I would also recommend that you leave the insulation on this wire, except for 1/8" at each end that should be stripped for soldering. CAUTION 1-1/2" inch length of 22-28 guage electrical hookup wire. Solder one end of the wire to the small piece of wire that remains on the MLB from where you clipped the LEFT end of the resistor. Solder the other end of the hookup wirer or continuity tester, you can test the connection before you go any further. NOTE: If you don't feel comfortable about bridging the two pads together because of the limited amount of working space, you can use a 1 toher. Use your diagonal cutters to clip the excess wire away. A good solder connection will be evidenced by a shiny appearance, as well as by an electrically and mechanically sound connection. If you have a multi-testeectrical traces off of the MLB. Hold the wire down across the two solder pads with a pair of needle nose pliers, and with a sweeping motion run the soldering pencil along the length of wire from one solder pad to the otn buy a solder pencil from Radio Shack for about $6.00. NEVER hold the tip of the solder pencil to the MLB, or any electronic component for more than 2 seconds, as more than that will damage the circuit or worse, pull the gold elhe tip of your soldering pencil on the damp sponge to wipe off any dirt or oxidized solder. Also be sure to re-tin the pencil periodically. NOTE: Be sure to use a low-wattage soldering pencil, NOT a solder gun. You ca------------------------------------------------------------ ----=> Compliments of ///'s Company 804-747-8752 <=---- ----=> 300/1200 baud, 7 or 8 bits, odd parity, full duplex <=---- ----=> 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year <=---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e Backup/// for them, always worked before, right? Wrong. I'm sitting here now, backups all done, hard disk volume reformatted, ready to restore my data files, my AR and Customer files, all this month's invoices... ... and Backup /// refuses it didn't. So I figure, ok, I'll back up all the files and reformat the volume, see if that chases the bad address away... only I don't have enough space on the other hard disk volumes for the data files, just for the program files. Okay, so I'll use. 0 Bad Blocks. Same with the Pascal Filer's B)ad Blocks. Zero. Weird. There was some thunderstorm activity in the area, and the system has had spurious errors before in such situations, but powering down and back up has always fixed them. This time it crashed with the same error when it read a file from the AR volume, and it had never crashed before... but I ran DCHECK on the volume and it reported no block conflicts, no bitmap errors, no problem. Weird. So I ran Systems Utilities Verify Volum It started about noon. We were running an AR Aging report, an old and reliable program, and it suddenly crashed with an 'I/O error #64, device error - bad address or data on diskette'; this had never happened before. I ran the delivery routing program,een running this system for almost three years, with nary a problem. Once in a while a bug pops up in the software, a little bad data sneaks past the data-entry routines, but I flush it out, close the loophole, and everything's fine. Until today. BACKUP PROBLEMS FROM: ///'s Company BBS Life without data, or... I HAVE TRUSTED THIS PROGRAM ONE TIME TOO MANY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought I had it all aced out. I've b,+,)MACRO.MGR P,+0(RAM.DISK , +4)SYS.UTILS ,$+5SOFTWAREv,' '/BACKUP.PROBLEMS2,+&/CONFIDENCE.DISK,+'-CONTROL.RESET,+'&DTM.WJp,+()EZP.FIXESY,+)-FILE.RECOVERYto recognize the first disk of 16. I try copying the disk volume using System Utilities. No go. I try using the Pascal Filer. No go. I try using EDD. No go. I scream at the top of my lungs. About twenty-five minutes later, after I have tried all five machines in the house with no success, I get on the telephone. It's 8:30 on a Sunday night. Rod Whitten's home, he suggests Ed Gooding. Ed isn't home, so I leave a message. I try Daryl Andersen... he isn't home either, I leave a message. like I was Sunday night. 06/20/1987 22:24:29 After reading the Backup warning, I hesitate to use Backup ///. Any other suggestions? 06/21/87 08:06:40 You really have no other choice at this time. I know of two developers who say they are developin, just have to find the cash. I would again implore all of you to never, NEVER trust Backup /// for important data... it may work once or twice or a hundred times, but that one time will come when it won't, for no particular reason... and you'll be crying00 or so invoices that have yet to be reposted before our AR files are back almost the way they were before this thing started. I'm pushing the boss to let us spend the $2500 it would cost for an Infax system from Darryl Anderson, and I have his agreementdid end up re-initializing all my AR files and left here 36 hours after I had come in, with enough of the customer file re-entered to be able to enter the next day's orders. After my 12 hours sleep, I came in, and am now taking a break from entering the 39:57:01 From: Tom Betz Dan Martin was very kind to me Sunday night, and transmitted his Brainsurgeon program to me at 11:30, and coached me through its use... unfortunately it didn't work with my Corvus and Disk /// combo (he uses a CMC and A-143's) so I will be placed in a safe for which I do not have the combination, so that I will never again be able to rashly decide to use it. Anybody have a Megaflex card for sale? I hear those big old Shugart 8" drives are really reliable... 06/02/1987 1matted. When I have gone through every Backup/// formatted disk in the house, I will delete the Backup/// program from my hard disk and my Catalyst menu, & reformat all but two copies of Backup///, just in case I might have missed something. These copies ackup software... and I know that when this thing is over, and I have reconstructed my data files, I am going to try to restore on regular floppies or hard disk every file I now have stored in Backup/// format. Those disks I can not restore will be refor PM. I've struggled with the question for an hour and a half, after moving and backing up files for the five hours before that. I still have no answers... ...except that I know I'll be here all night, because Apple Computer abandoned us with shoddy bt disk is covered entirely by a file I don't mind reconstructing... it's a minor auditing file, a convenience, on which nothing depends... but because I trusted Backup/// for it and 10 other files, those 10 files are lost to me forever. It's now 10:00 Invoices file, and then more hours reconstructing the AR and Customer indexes and product preferences and on and on... I have sixteen disks here. Backup/// reported that all the disks formatted and verified correctly , I know, I watched. The firsiles very early tomorrow when I should be closing out the month, so that I can begin the long hours of data entry from paper invoices and old posting journals and statements that I will need to re-construct the Customer file, the Invoice files, the AR Open Chris Acreman's messed with this problem a bit, and gives me Chris' number, but Chris won't be there until Monday... I thank him, but I know in my heart that tomorrow will be too late. I know in my heart that I'm going to have re-initialize all my data fI try Ron Malpin in Austin, TX. I never talked to Ron before, picked his name out of OnThree, but he's a real nice guy, and tries to help. He commiserates, says he doesn't use Backup ///, doesn't trust it, I say (bitterly) neither do I anymore, and he saysg an alternative to Backup ///, but for now, "it's the only poker game in town." There are a few things that you can do to lower the risk of being bitten, however. One, download a Pascal program from the Programming/Pascal/Sample.progs.4 section called Disk.Map.Check. Convert it to a codefile as follows: 1) Read the Disk.map.pas file into Applewriter and remove the comments at the beginning of the program. With the comments, the source code is greater than 32K, and the Pascal E)ditor will gag oaged data from your hard disk, and never say a word to you about it, UNTIL you try to restore it back (nice, huh?). b) Use a commercial floppy disk driver cleaner disk in conjunction with a Bus. Basic program called Disk.Cleaneompt for where to send the output. 8) Ok, now back to how we improve our odds of getting a good Backup /// run: a) Run Disk.map.code against your hard disk to ensure that what you are backing up has integrity. Backup /// will backup up garbsk block editor to salvage or repair a file manually. It will be slow running to print all this out to your printer, but I'd recommend doing it every 6 months or so. For weekly use, you can use the verbo=0 level and press return at the prwithout any intervention from you. Also, if you choose the verbosity level=4, & send the output to your printer, it will print a disk map that shows every block that each files occupies on your profile, handy if you ever have to go in with a dichecking the bit map of every single file, making sure that there are no blown bitmaps, making sure that two files don't think they own the same block, and lot's of other goodies. It will also AUTOMATICALLY FIX a lot of data integrity errors, grams in the Catalyst docs. 7) Ok, now for what this program does.......of course, read the docs file by loading them into Applewriter and printing them out for a full explanation.....but, basically this program waltzes through your Profile, prompt, key disk.map.code (yep, same as the first prompt.) When the link finishes, you will have an eX)ecutable Pascal program. I installed this as a separate entry on my Catalyst menu. See the directions for installing simple Pascal pro accesses. To do this, you use the L)ink function from the Pascal command line. For the first prompt, key disk.map.code. For the second prompt, key disk.map.link. For the 3rd and 4th prompts, just key a carriage return. For the output file er if you would like to see what a 6502 program listing looks like. 6) Now, we need to put the Pascal codefile and the 6502 codefile together in one program so that the Pascal part can call the 6502 part whenever it wants to do any disk drivee user interface and the printing, etc. This is a good way to write professional programs and makes them run really fast. For the input prompt, key disk.map.asm, for the output file key disk.map.link. You can also direct the output to the printfile prompt since we know that the program will compile cleanly. 5) When that finishes, you will need to A)ssemble the disk.map.asm file into a 6502 codefile. This codefile does most of the disk drive handling, the Pascal code is used for thompt, key Disk.map (you can leave off the text, the compiler will automatically append it.) For the output prompt, key Disk.map.code. If you want a printout of the compile, then key .printer to that prompt. You can press return at the Error as Disk.map.text again. 3) Read Disk.map.asm into the Pascal E)ditor and convert to Pascal Text as in step 2 above. 4) Next, C)ompile Disk.map.text into a pascal codefile. For compile options, key an exclamation point (!). For the input prn it. Save it back to disk as disk.map.text. 2) Read Disk.map.text into the Pascal E)ditor and convert to a Pascal Text file by the use of the S)et E)nvironment A)scii F)alse CONTROL/C key sequence. Then press Q)uit and S)ave it back to diskr. It is in the Public Domain. Do a good clean job on the floppy to which you are going to backup your Profile. It would also be a good idea to use the Confidence Program to check the speed of the floppy drive that you are going to backup to so that you know that the drive is within specs. c) When you run Backup ///, make sure that you double clamp the disk drive door on every disk. Actually, you should get used to doing this on ANY diskette that speed, reran Confidence Disk, and got error message on disk speed again. Checked speed with Locksmith and CopyII+ and it was right where it should be. A check with my original Confidence Disk and it said disk speed was OK. Apparently, something can go w CONFIDENCE DISK FROM: CompuServe #: 190795 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 20:03:17 Sb: Confidence Disk To: ALL My copy of Confidence Disk ran fine, and gave an error message on disk speed. Checked the speed and found that it was wrong. Reset theu can have another 10 mgs anytime for 59.95 from Lyben Computers, and have complete backup for that ten megs for another $59.95. If I could just get it to work on our Constellation II network, I'd be in hog heaven. ck or bad data can do is destroy 1 file. This is an expensive ($2400) solution, but that's a cheap price to pay for real data security. I would also advise anyone buying his 1st hard disk that this is a wise investment >instead< of a hard disk, because yo my buying here. We have ordered, and should receive today or tomorrow, an INFAX 20-Meg Bernoulli-type device from D.A. Datasystems, & will use it to make file-by-file backups from here on out. That way, barring a real stupid screwup, the worst a bad blo a prayer to whomever you choose to worship before backing up, and definitely before you try to restore. Good luck.......Ed Gooding, Sysop 07/09/1987 14:12:58 I have resolved never to use that sucker again... but then, I have a business doingy save you from having to do a lot of data entry into your /// if all of the above fails. The Brain.Surgeon program is also in the Apple.iii.help/Programming/Pascal/Sample.progs.4 section. e) It probably wouldn't hurt to offer further. If that one fails, all is not necessarily lost. Dan Martin has uploaded a program here named Brain.Surgeon that, when used with a block editor, will allow you to extract important files from Backup /// diskettes. This ma diskettes from the second session, and so on. This way, you will always have 3 full sets of backup disks. If your most current set fails, then you can go back one more generation, if that one fails, you can go back one generationt of formatted diskettes. For the second and third backup sessions, use fresh disk- ettes, also. For the fourth backup session, use the backup diskettes from the first session. For the fifth backup session, use the backup tomorrow what you write today. d) Use a generation system of backup disks, with at least 2 generations Three is even better, even if it does tie up a lot of diskettes. It works like this: For the first backup, use a fresh se you write. Insert the disk into the drive and close the door, then re-open the door, and close it again. This will ensure that the diskette is properly centered on the disk drive hub. If it's not, then you may not be able to readrong on the Confidence Disk so that you get a disk speed error message even when the disk speed is right. I made a new copy of the original Confidence Disk and it (the new copy) showed disk speed to be OK. Re:Confidence Disk (#190795). Could you've made anyone else has had a similar problem. It deals with using Word Juggler (WJ) with TDM and the Macro Manager. As you know SOLID-APPLE 7 in WJ calls up the Lexicheck spelling checker. SOLID-APPLE 8 calls up a word guess option. Likewise, the Macro Manager DESKTOP MANAGER'S MACRO MANAGER AND WORD JUGGLER #: 189684 S7/Apple /// Products 02-Jun-88 19:41:22 Sb: TDM/Macro Manager/WJ To: All Here's an interesting problem with TDM and the Macro Manager for the ///. I thought I'd share the solution in case to use a block editor like Disk Window /// to zap one byte in the SOS.KERNEL file on your boot disk. Change byte $9E (that's byte 158 in decimal) in block 0 from $28 to $38. Verify it before you change it, of course). garbage a file very quickly if you use this imprudently, that is why certain software developers set it up that way to start with. As long as any files that you have written to are closed before using this, then there should be no problems. You will have From: Three's Company BBS How to be able to CONTROL - RESET out of any program By: Michael Lenaghan Ever get annoyed because you could not CONTROL - RESET out of a certain program? Now, with this tip, you can change all that. Be aware that you can ording to the Apple /// Technical Service manual, if you get no boot, no error message, drive does not start, and the power light is ON, then the drive is the first and second suspect on the list of things to check. ct speed settings. However, anything can be possible. In my case, the Apple /// light showed no signs of flickering either before or after running into trouble, and still burns steadily today. The speed MAY have been at the root of the problem because accyou get a numeric reading to show you how bad it is. #: 191111 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 20:32:05 Sb: Comments Thanks for your responses. My Confidence Disk (copy) was working fine for a long time, so I doubt that it was made under incorre your copy of Confidence on an off-speed drive and this have affected subsequent drive speed checks. I don't know whether Confidence works that way but if so that would explain why the original disk shows OK. One reason I like Copy II speed checks is that uses SOLID-APPLE 7 to turn on macro recording and SOLID-APPLE 8 to turn it off. Because of this conflict you can't normally use the Lexicheck or word guess option with TDM and the Macro Manager. Now for all of those smart alecks who are saying "Just use 19/1986 The serial driver (.printer) is sensitive to where the modem eliminator cable is placed (this maybe more hardware than anything). I cured some printer problems merely by placing the modem eliminator cable on the COMPUTER side rather than the PRINT Pieces would not - I may never figure out! If my other programs had not have printed correctly, I might have checked this out sooner. You can be sure that I will keep a check on all my slots card from now on. Again, thanks for all the help! 03/lots of my apple /// check for loose cards. Yes! I found the Pkaso card had moved upward a slight amount out of the slot. This with the other suggestions finally solved my problem. How my other programs printed correctly with a loose Pkaso card and 3E-Z the .Printer with my other programs and it still worked fine with all of them but not with 3E-Z Pieces - still printed junk on my Apple DMP. I tried different arrangements of the printer driver for three or four more days. I finally decided to go into s to $03 but the Pkaso driver or .Printer still could not be found by 3E-Z Pieces program. Then I tried another suggestion; to delete some of the other *.printer drivers. Now the 3E-Z Pieces program could find the .Printer but printed junk. I then triedlved after two weeks of trial and error. Thought some might like to know how! The solution was kind of complex since my other programs worked fine with the printer driver I was using. I tried the suggestion to change type $40 to $41 and sub-type $01 /// EZ Pieces Fixes From: ///s Company BBS 26-Sep-85 Subject: 3E-Z PIECES PROBLEM Thanks to everyone for your help in solving my 3E-Z Pieces Driver problem (3EZ was not recognizing the printer. Ed). With your help I finally got the problem soognize my hard disk and then recognize Lexicheck. I guess I should keep WJ on my hard drive now...naaahhhh... for similar). The next time you press SOLID-APPLE S the Macro Manager will correctly call up the word guess option. That folks, took me two hours this afternoon to find out. 1 hour and 45 minutes was spent finding and setting up my WJ disk to first rec C (for check) and then exit. The next time you press SOLID-APPLE C the Lexicheck option will come up. Likewise press SOLID-APPLE 7 and then press SOLID-APPLE 8 and then SOLID-APPLE 8 again, then paste the recorded macro into a MacroMap letter like S ( assigning them to different keypresses. If you press SOLID-APPLE 7 and then SOLID-APPLE 7 again the Lexicheck option will come up. Then press SOLID-APPLE 8 to turn off macro recording. Then paste the macro you just recorded into a MacroMap letter likethe 'Disable Direct Access' function in the Desktop Setup accessory", it only disables OPTION 1-6. There's a solution to the problem and it entails using the macro recording feature of the Macro Manager to record going into each of those functions, thenER side. Otherwise I would get 1/4 page of printout from 3EZP and then pure garbage. REPRINTED FROM THREE'S COMPANY NORFOLK, VA. DISK FILE RECOVERY DATE POSTED: SUN MAR 4 85 8:58:38 AM Recently I was confronted with a problem (fortunately that of another Apple /// user) where he was unable to access files f one of the macros, for example a prefix from the map. Subsequent attempts to get rid of the unwanted macro including pasting it in the map and then deleting it, result in wierd happenings, including continued messages about an unpasted macro, etc. This ncing a wierd problem with the use of Macro Maps. Often, but not always (!), when typing in new macros in a map I find that something (not me) turns on the Macro recording mode and, on exit to the fore program, results in unwanted and spontaneous pasting o ON THREE'S MACRO MANAGER FROM: CompuServe #: 190814 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 21:08:47 Sb: #macro mgr TDM To: all To:ALL S8/A/// Community Sb:TDM, Macro Mgr. As a new user of TDM, I'm doing fine with all modules but Macro. I am experie by D A DataSystems (now in the Public Domain from WAP/TAU and ATUNC). He says it will "go where Lazarus (On Three) will not and will even recover partial files." good object lesson, though, in backing up important data frequently. It also demonstrated that you shouldn't give up on apparently unrecoverable data until ALL options are exhausted. ### Ed Gooding, ///'s Company Sysop also suggests trying The Retriever,ecovery of about 2/3 of the data on the diskette. Why the Filer could succeed where others failed I could not say. Perhaps someone out there can explain. How did this happen? A momentary power surge or spike was most likely the culprit. It did provide a e! Using the Pascal Filer, I was able to list the directory. This listing gave an indication that some of the first files might be salvageable. Sure enough, the Filer was able to transfer files from the endangered volume onto another volume, resulting in rhe files endangered consisted of the entire volume! Since it was a MicroSci A143 volume, that meant that there was potentially a lot of data in trouble. System utilities seemed helpless to cope (as did Lazarus ///, incidentally). Pascal Filer to the rescuon a disk or even catalog or copy files from it using the System Utilities program. On verifying the volume, we discovered that block 4 was bad. Block 4 lies at the heart of the volume directory which occupies blocks 2 thru 5, and the system advised that t apparently is a "trashed" Macro Map file. My profile directory is not damaged, BTW. Problem has happened in Sys Util, EZP, Think Tank, Applewriter, AVC, WJ, An inverse screen occurs if the problem happens in WJ since it has an inverse screen embedded in the program. The only fix I've found is to delete MACRO.MAPS and start over or copy a known OK MAPS file. But, it soon happens again. At Bob Consorti's suggestion I've tried rearranging the position of DESKTOPMANAGER on the boot SOS driver order but that die Titan II+ board I have been using for .RAM and CopyII occasional work. This was in slot 2. Still didn't solve the problem. I had my Options arranged so that Disk Manager replaced Calculator as "C" so it could be invoked with Cl A 3. Now I have gone back on a 256K or 512K machine? Which? My only thought at this point is that it might be a subtle limitation of a fully figured 256K setup. I plan to go to 512K next month but I need to solve this problem before introducing more variables/changes. I removed thed but blank EZP or AVC have about 120K showing. #: 191140 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 23:27:05 Sb: #Macro Mgr TDM Sb:#190814 Macro Mgr TDM rea cance Thanks for your response. I am spooked by problem. You didn't say whether you experienced itFormat drivers v1.4, 2 printers, grafix, rs232 and audio as required,no more than 4 per application. Catalyst balks at more than that, although the manual says six can be loaded. I've not yet implemented an application calling for grafix either. When loadfile; d2 (Apple);d3=Micro sci A143; Catalyst 2.1; most all last issue software. D1 SOS Driver contains Catalyst required drivers, d2-d3 vers 1.4, minipr (pkaso), DESKTOPDRIVER.v1.4....Totals about 39K in size. I've cut this from 48K by dynamically loading 2 To: all To:ALL S8/A/// Community Sb:TDM, Macro Mgr.message 2 Any ideas on what am I doing wrong? I know I need to go to 512K but that will have to wait until early JULY and it doesn't sound a likely cause. (???) Here is my config.: A /// 256K; 10 M Proop subdirectory throws all sections of DTM off. A list of 4 macro maps will all lead to the same one. Notes are scrambled and calendar data becomes unavailable to the system. #: 190815 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 21:10:09 Sb: macro mgr message ences or control-numeric-pad sequences; under certain programs. For example I find that in certain sections of 3EZ that Control-Tab produces the result of a control-numeric-pad-5; i.e. turns off the screen. I also found that alphabetizing the Deskt81 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 15:09:23 Sb: #190814-macro mgr TDM I have had this problem too. Additionally, I find that with DTM installed, (I had this same thing with Power Keys) certain combinations of keys will produce either open-apple sequmain menu so that I fired off different stuff with OA-1 thru 3. In any event it's gone and I haven't seen the problem (nor been able to reproduce it) since. Try the menu shuffle first and see if it works for you. There! I wasn't crazy after all! #: 1910d with driver ordering etc. to no avail. I think the thing that finally made it stop was either removing my ///+//e boards (by the way, any one looking for them? I'm in a selling mood on the //+//e as I am getting a MacII) or changing the order of my DTM l apparently. Another possibility is an inadvertant OA-7 OA-8 activation that breaks macro map files. It seems like both, except that completely deleting macro.map didn't solve it. My driver file is larger than yours (around 48K). Like you I screwed aroun new CIS software more rigourous size constraints???) #: 191050 S8/Apple /// Community 10-Jun-88 07:20:05 Sb: #190814-macro mgr TDM Someone else who reproduced the same problem I had. All I can say it that it is some very subtle configuration detaidn't help. In fact, TDM would then not come up in some of the configs I tried. I've gone back to square one, reinstalled everything with DESKTOP driver last per instructions. No permanent help. Message continued in a second message same subject. (Since theto full reinstallation from the master disks and have just started to rebuild my macro maps from scratch. Keep tuned for more ....as they say at a commmercial break! #: 191458 S8/Apple /// Community 13-Jun-88 02:32:21 Sb: #191140-Macro Mgr TDM restore it from one of the backup disks. If you don't .... well ..... That's what I had to do when my system did the same thing as you described in previous messages. #: 192170 S7/Apple /// Products 19-Jun-88 01:13:33 Sb: ##Macro Maps The limit isto quit, before returning to Catalyst. As I said, the Runtime Pascal 1.1 that I just got can alleviate that boredom. Under RTPascal, a program quits to the Catalyst menu directly. No extra steps that tempt one into directory damaging shortcuts. And a prognostic showed all ok. Both Confidence and Dealer Diagnostic Disks indicated all memory was ok. You might check out that piece on ///'s Company BBS and keep an open mind on the cussedness of that power light. ting, sometimes I'd get thrown into the monitor chip check routine and bad chips would show. Since I had both Titan boards, a profile and a pkaso board in place they were causing the bad chip positions to show up. When I removed them the monitor chip diagd on my "spare machine" which had Titan Boards in it. It wouldn't surprise me if they could generate video garbage if subject to the other problem. However, you didn't say whether your offender was so equipped. Another symptom I had was that instead of booe has a detailed description of a boot-no-boot problem similar to your description. I too found that the Confidence Disk ran when others wouldn't. In my case the light would go on and off periodically. I don't recall getting screen garbage but it happeneng. Finally, like you I'm suspicious about disk speed causing those symptoms. I had a similar problem several months ago and it finally turned out to be a loose connection involving the power light. I was enlightened on this from Ed Goodings Board where h booted and ran fine. #: 190850 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 23:42:17 Sb: RAM disk To: all I believe what you experienced in trying to boot with a RAM disk in your driver and no card to support it is normal. I've inadvertently done the same thi he slots and my disk called for a RAM disk to be formatted, D. A. Andersons RAM 128F. Ordinarily, this version of Applewriter would have been used on an Apple /// equipped with Titan /// + IIe boards. An older version of Applewriter, without the RAM disk, RAM DISK FROM: CompuServe #: 190796 S8/Apple /// Community 08-Jun-88 20:04:04 Sb: RAM Disk To: ALL An attempt to boot the Applewriter disk that I usually use on a "plain" Apple /// resulted in SYSTEM FAILURE $01. The computer had NO cards in tf a boot disk and a copy of the macro manager accessory and macro.maps file? 244. Remember that each new MacroMap that you add via the Macro Manager accessory will increase the size of the MACRO.MAPS file by a number of blocks. Perhaps the disk you're using to hold the macromaps is getting full? If not, can you send me a copy oram launches 30% faster than under regular Pascal. And it is a more robust Runtime Pascal than comes with Selector ///. It runs programs (MLM is an example) that Selector's version doesn't. The downside? No other SYSTEM.PASCAL can be in your root directory. No problem if (1) you don't program in Pascal or (2) your full Pascal system resides in a subdirectory. RTPASCAL.1.1 coexists nicely with my Super PMoved Pascal 1.2. The real downside is legal. Lavona is pretty sure it'll cost $75/year for TAU to licensAM.DISK :RAM disk problems. - SYS.UTILS :Problems with System Utilites version 1.2x. DTM.WJ :Using Desktop Manager with Word Juggler. SOFTWARE (subdirectory-continued): - EZP.FIXES :Problems and answers to 3EZ Pieces problems. - FILE.RECOVERY :Recovering lost files. - MACRO.MGR :Problems with On Three's Macro Manager. - RE.256K :How to upgrade your /// from 128 to 256K. SOFTWARE (subdirectory): - BACKUP.PROBLEMS: Dealing with Backup /// problems. - CONFIDENCE.DISK :Problems with the Apple /// Confidence Disk. - CONTROL.RESET :How to Control-Reset out of any program. - /. - COMPAT.65C02 : Is the 65c02 chip compatible? - DYING.3 : Bringing back a dying Apple ///. NOISE (subdirectory) - RF.1 :Beware of RF (Radio Frequency) near your ///. RAM.CARD (subdirectory): - RAM.TEST :Testing the RAM in your ///. - UPGRAD work in // mode. KEYBOARD (subdirectory): - DELETE.KEY :How to install a delete key in an Apple ///. MONITOR (subdirectory): - COMMANDS :Monitor command directory. MOTHERBOARD (subdirectory): - AILING.3 : Problems and answers for a sick Apple //your disk drive won't boot. -: HARD.DISKS (subdirectory): - BAD.BLOCKS :Marking out bad blocks on a Profile hard disk. - PROFILE.HOW.TO :How to take apart your Profile hard disk. JOYSTICK (subdirectory): - CURSOR.MOD :How to modify a Cursor /// toHow to bypass the write-protect switch. -LAMPS : How to replace the on/off lamp in your ///. -MS.A143 : Repairing the MicroSci A-143 disk drive. -QUESTIONS : Questions and answers about disk drive problems. -WONT.BOOT : What to do if ssible symptoms of a sick Apple /// and how to fix them. - SERIAL.PORT: Problems with your ///'s serial port and how to fix them. CABLES (subdirectory): - SERIAL.HOW.TO: Build a serial cable. -: DISK.DRIVES (subdirectory): -BYPASS.HOW.TO: WAP /// SIG PD LIBRARY PDS NAME: Repairing Your Apple /// DISK ID#: 3REP-04 BOOTABLE? Side One Only On Side Two: WHERE.TO.FIND (subdirectory): - PARTS :An article about finding parts for your Apple ///. A3.DOCTOR (subdirectory): - DIAGNOSIS : Some polp a lot of people, but I can't legally give away copies. That is one depressing situation for a guy who likes to be helpful. e distribution, and the disk cannot be modified in any way. I would want to add a pre-processed interpreter that could just be copied to the hard disk and instructions for using the sucker under Catalyst and Selector. I have a very useful toy that could he