NF6X
Veteran Member
I just got an Apple IIc with the little green-screen monitor and stand from eBay. It's pretty superfluous since I already have a heavily-expanded IIe, but I couldn't help buying it. It's just so cute! It appears to be the original IIc with ROM version "255". I was hoping for a later version, but that's what I get for buying a pig in a poke.
I noticed that the volume control was scratchy and made the audio simply drop out around mid-range. So I figured, no problem, I'll just pop that knob off and clean the potentiometer.
Well, the knob was permanently attached. And now it's permanently detached. DOH!
I don't suppose there's a replacement IIc volume control sitting around on a shelf anywhere?
The keyboard is also grungy, with keys sticking and intermittently repeating, so I'll need to clean it up somehow. Hopefully I won't destroy the keyboard, too! I found a PDF at apple2online.com that claims to cover IIc keyboard repair, but the file is password-protected and I can't view it. I'd welcome any tips for refurbishing crusty old IIc keyboards.
I don't know what I'll do with this IIc, other then holding a shelf down. After finding it was the original version, I figured maybe I'd fix it up, play with it a bit, sell it (keeping the cute little monitor), and get a IIc Plus later for some variety. But then I went and snapped off the volume knob like an idiot, which won't help make it attractive to a future owner.
In any case, it's a lovely little machine, which I think will clean up nicely (notwithstanding the busted volume control, which I may need to replace with something that can't accept the original knob). It hasn't suffered too much yellowing of the main case. The monitor has a bit more yellowing, but it's not too objectionable; it's mostly just noticeable in contrast with the shiny white monitor stand. The power brick has noticeable, uneven yellowing, but it would generally be stashed out of the way, anyway. I haven't tried booting a floppy yet, since I want to get inside the drive and clean ip up first.
If anybody would like to share inspiration for "practical" uses for an original-version IIc, fun IIc hacks (preferably nothing destructive or irreversible), etc., that should be fun to discuss. I wasn't much of an Apple II series user back in the day, other than playing Wizardry and Tai Pan on a friend's II+ and then programming in UCSD Pascal on a IIe in a high school class, so I'm not yet in tune with the sorts of hacks and upgrades that I assume folks have done with the IIc over the years. But I'm looking forward to catching up!
I noticed that the volume control was scratchy and made the audio simply drop out around mid-range. So I figured, no problem, I'll just pop that knob off and clean the potentiometer.
Well, the knob was permanently attached. And now it's permanently detached. DOH!
I don't suppose there's a replacement IIc volume control sitting around on a shelf anywhere?
The keyboard is also grungy, with keys sticking and intermittently repeating, so I'll need to clean it up somehow. Hopefully I won't destroy the keyboard, too! I found a PDF at apple2online.com that claims to cover IIc keyboard repair, but the file is password-protected and I can't view it. I'd welcome any tips for refurbishing crusty old IIc keyboards.
I don't know what I'll do with this IIc, other then holding a shelf down. After finding it was the original version, I figured maybe I'd fix it up, play with it a bit, sell it (keeping the cute little monitor), and get a IIc Plus later for some variety. But then I went and snapped off the volume knob like an idiot, which won't help make it attractive to a future owner.
In any case, it's a lovely little machine, which I think will clean up nicely (notwithstanding the busted volume control, which I may need to replace with something that can't accept the original knob). It hasn't suffered too much yellowing of the main case. The monitor has a bit more yellowing, but it's not too objectionable; it's mostly just noticeable in contrast with the shiny white monitor stand. The power brick has noticeable, uneven yellowing, but it would generally be stashed out of the way, anyway. I haven't tried booting a floppy yet, since I want to get inside the drive and clean ip up first.
If anybody would like to share inspiration for "practical" uses for an original-version IIc, fun IIc hacks (preferably nothing destructive or irreversible), etc., that should be fun to discuss. I wasn't much of an Apple II series user back in the day, other than playing Wizardry and Tai Pan on a friend's II+ and then programming in UCSD Pascal on a IIe in a high school class, so I'm not yet in tune with the sorts of hacks and upgrades that I assume folks have done with the IIc over the years. But I'm looking forward to catching up!