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#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC HOW TO#
#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC SERIAL#
#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC SOFTWARE#

The 2 silver capacitors in Figure 3 need to be replaced. You will likely want to get the two silver capacitors replaced, because these cards are typically mounted face down, if these capacitors leak they can really cause havoc to your system, it’s best to replace them before using your card too often, or could be the reason why your card doesn’t work. Create your own y-cable (see section 5).Buy a y-cable built by Option 8, or from MacDoogie if he still has any, I bought one from him as a backup.

#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC SERIAL#

Use ADTPro and a serial null modem cable to connect the Macintosh System that is hosting your Apple IIe Card to a real Apple II.

Use the Apple IIe Card to run ProDOS applications off ProDOS partitions on your hard drive, some Dos 3.2 applications off disk images, or Dos Applications/Games coveted to run under ProDOS.

If the card you purchased doesn’t have a y-cable, and you can’t find one on ebay, you still have several options: If you plan to use the card to read / write to an Apple II floppy drive ( the A9M0107 or A2M2053) or with disk images on FloppyEMU, you’ll also need what’s called the “y-cable” (Figure 2)

If you don’t already have an Apple IIe Card your best bet is Ebay. * Works with 7.5.5 on my Colour Classic, LC III, and LC 475 systems.

#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC SOFTWARE#

The following table lists the released versions of the Setup Software for the Apple IIe card that I’ve managed to verify: Release * Note: The 68040 versions of the Macintosh LC 5xx and Performa 5xx series do not recognize the Apple IIe Card when there is a communication card occupying the Communication Slot. For example the Macintosh LC 475, Quandra 605 and Performa 475 are all the same specifications, just release for different markets. Many of these systems are duplicates with different names. The following table lists the systems where the cards do, or “should” work. The Apple IIe card is only compatible with computers that have the LC style processor direct slot (PDS) and can work in 24-bit addressing mode. Does your system support an Apple IIe card?īefore you spend money or time on one of these cards, please check that you own one of the supported systems.

Recommended applications / tools / linksġ.

Replacing the 2 capacitors on your Apple IIe card that may leak over time.

Getting an Apple IIe card (ebay is your best bet).

Does you system support an Apple IIe card?.

A lot of what I’ve discovered is less useful now with things like ADTPro, and FloppyEMU, but I’ve decided to start documenting what I’ve discovered in case someone else is setting up one of these cards.

#APPLE II EMULATOR MAC HOW TO#

Over the years I’ve learned several tricks for how to use these cards as a way of bridging the old Apple II systems, through a classic Macintosh to modern systems. Back in the early 2000s I managed to buy a couple of Apple IIe PDS cards (at a price far less then they go for now).