ignis-fatuus
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Well, I picked up a couple of Apple II's recently and have been having a blast dabbling with them on my free time. Originally I was simply looking to score a working ][+ or //e to play some games from my childhood but I've had a run of good luck lately and find myself edging closer and closer toward building an early Apple gaming rig that likely would have blown my early developing kid brain. I am hoping to finish the process of rebuilding, recapping, and cleaning (oh how dirty and abused some of these old Apple components are these days) one of my Apple II projects this winter and spend some real time sinking my teeth into some of Apple's formative RPGs (and newer RPGs, like Nox Archaist!) and roguelikes. It's got me thinking, what have others found to stuff into and bolt onto their beige boxes in the search of reaching a similar goal...that is building an Apple II gaming machine, or, at least, and Apple II well suited for the playback of games designed for the Apple II series.
I suppose I will kick things off myself here where I'll list the current state of the build and what I'd like to add.
[My little Tower of Power]
Microcomputer
Apple //e (not enhanced...and now with a functioning power supply and bank of ram!)
Cards
80 Col/RGB -- total of 128k of ram and hookup for RGB-awesomeness!
Super Serial Card -- great of writing disks via ADT Pro
Floppy Controller Card
Drives
DuoDisk -- Oddly I find that I have to setup the disk on top of the monitor due to the monitor's oddly heavy design
Monitor
AppleColor Monitor 100 -- Oddly enough, these were the Apple monitors I was most accustomed to and had no idea of just how rare they seem to be. Then again, growing up and going to school in Cupertino, Apple must have made sure that schools in their own backyard were kitted out with some of their best equipment (that or nobody was willing to shell out the large sums of money for the early RGB monitors and they simply donated a good deal of their overstock to nearby schools). Either way, super thrilled to have my hands on a working monitor and RGB card.
Peripherals
Apple Hand Controllers -- Will eventually look to swap out for a proper joystick.
That's the state of things now. Eventually get things cleaned up and might start a new thread just for recapping the AppleColor Monitor 100. I'm Still trying to figure out what to do sound card-wise; always on the lookout of a mockingboard, but aside from the recent reproduction kits, not seeing much out there these days.
I'd love to see (post some pics of your gaming setups!) and read about what others have acquired for their own gaming purposes. Any comments or suggestions for improvements are likewise encouraged.
I suppose I will kick things off myself here where I'll list the current state of the build and what I'd like to add.
[My little Tower of Power]
Microcomputer
Apple //e (not enhanced...and now with a functioning power supply and bank of ram!)
Cards
80 Col/RGB -- total of 128k of ram and hookup for RGB-awesomeness!
Super Serial Card -- great of writing disks via ADT Pro
Floppy Controller Card
Drives
DuoDisk -- Oddly I find that I have to setup the disk on top of the monitor due to the monitor's oddly heavy design
Monitor
AppleColor Monitor 100 -- Oddly enough, these were the Apple monitors I was most accustomed to and had no idea of just how rare they seem to be. Then again, growing up and going to school in Cupertino, Apple must have made sure that schools in their own backyard were kitted out with some of their best equipment (that or nobody was willing to shell out the large sums of money for the early RGB monitors and they simply donated a good deal of their overstock to nearby schools). Either way, super thrilled to have my hands on a working monitor and RGB card.
Peripherals
Apple Hand Controllers -- Will eventually look to swap out for a proper joystick.
That's the state of things now. Eventually get things cleaned up and might start a new thread just for recapping the AppleColor Monitor 100. I'm Still trying to figure out what to do sound card-wise; always on the lookout of a mockingboard, but aside from the recent reproduction kits, not seeing much out there these days.
I'd love to see (post some pics of your gaming setups!) and read about what others have acquired for their own gaming purposes. Any comments or suggestions for improvements are likewise encouraged.
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