My appleII Notes-1
My AppleII Notes-1
99/4/23 Welcome to the Original Standard AppleII System
The Original Standard AppleII arrives
at our house. It was kept in the warehouse of the person living in San Jose,
California for a long time. It has the 8000 series serial number.
The
configuration is as follows:
Original Standard AppleII with 32K Memory,
Applesoft Rom Card, Communications Interface Card, Disk II Card × 2
Sanyo VN
4209 Monitor, Disk II × 2, Novation Acoustic Modem, Trend 100 Printer
RAM
Test Tape, DOS 3.2 & DOS 3.2.1, Original Disk II Diskette × 10
Manual: Red
Book, Communications I / F Card, Com. Card Addendum, Disk II Preliminary Manual,
Dos 3.2 Manual, Applesoft II Manual, Basic Programming Manual, Software bank
contributed Programs Vol. 3-5, Sanyo VM 4309 Manual, Trendcom 100 Manual
Apple II Catalog
It seems to have been purchased
sometime between the end of 1978 and the beginning of 1979. I guessed this from
the serial number and the DOS version. Although DOS 3.2.1 was announcement in
August 1979, it is likely that he purchase the main body a short while before he
acquire this version of DOS. The red rubber stamp that reads PRELIMINARY is on
the manual of Disk II. This machine has probably not been used for a long time,
since the power supply of the main unit was broken. However, when I replaced it
with my Plus power supply, I was able to switch it on safely and it has been
working with no problem for more than 20 years. It seems that it was kept in a
relatively sound environment. Since the power supply also belongs to the serial
8000 series, I would like to fix it.
According to the catalog of Apple at
that time, Sanyo's monitor was sold by Apple as Monitor II (A2M0005) and the
acoustic coupler as Modem IIB (A2M0017). It was the first time for me to see a
Trendcom printer, and
judging by the
appearance, it looks remarkably similar to a printer based on SilenTypes's
design.
It
has a simple dedicated interface card, and as soon as I assigned an output slot
via PR # n, it started working fine. In the printer's manual there is a rubber
stamp labelled "BYTE SHOP" - which took me back. Later, when I inspected
SilenType to see if they were the same, I found a nameplate that said
"Manufactured Exclusively for Apple Computer INC. By Trendcom" and thus was able
to confirm that they are in fact the same.
The
catalog that came with the Apple II Personal Computer System (on the lower left)
is dated July 1978, and it has 16 pages. DISKII was announced in December
of the previous year in Las Vegas and started to go on sale in June - of course
Disk II was in this catalog, too. In this catalog, there was a picture of Tony
Diaz 's Website, I knew about its existence, and this how the system made its
way to our house as a system accessory.
With the spread of the internet, it
is fun to be able to get such a system from the United States relatively easily,
as long as attention is paid to overseas auctions, etc.
99/4/17 Japanese Books/Magazines
I met with Mr. Izumi (Sckop) of
Niigata Shirane city, Mr. Saka (Shin) who lives my neighborhood, and Mr. Amit. Mr.Sckop turned up with a car full
of hardware and software. I acquired a lot of hardware and
software, such as an Apple IIc Plus and an Apple III etc. all in mint condition.
I also managed to get hold of some old magazines from Ms. Saka with whom I
exchanged my magazines with. Some of the magazines she gave me include:
Apple
and PET vol.2, Lab Letters, Apple magazine, First Apple, Apple Dial 110, and a
Japanese version of the Apple IIe manual, to name but a few.
I was very
thankful it almost impossible to find Japanese books and magazines related to
Apple II in secondhand book shops.
I would like to
read the contents carefully and when I have a chance, I will introduce those
contents. I have kept Sckop's NeXT Cube. Although NeXT is a hard-to-handle
machine, I must figure how this machine works by our next meeting.
We had a commemorative photo taken by
Mr. Ami who is a professional photographer.
This is too
luxurious. Three middle-aged men smiling, with a lot of hard and software before
them. In appearance from left to right: Mr. Takahashi, Mr. Saka, and Mr. Izumi.
Mr. Ami, who kindly took the photo, is on the right.
Photo ami / Kenpapa
