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I have been working on other Hobbies, and have let the Apple ][ "stuff" sit for a while... But in needing to consolidate my Storage Units, it has caused me to do some cleaning and rearranging, and some of my Apple Stuff from 10+ years ago has re-surfaced.
Somewhere around 8-10 years ago, my Dad gave me a couple Apple ]['s he found at Garage Sales or Thrift Stores, One was an Apple ][, the other was a Apple ][+. My first Apple ][ that I owned was the //e, which I shared with my Dad when I was 17 years old and still in High School, so to get some even Older Apple ]['s was quite a Historic Thrill.
Neither seemed to boot at the Time, and the Apple //e my dad gave me had a dead Power Supply, so I remove the 3rd Party Supply from the Apple ][+ to power the Apple //e.
So, on 18-OCT-2012, the Apple ][ and ][+ were found in my Storage Unit #1.. They had not been stored with any care, along with many other items, and the Apple ][+ looks pretty messy inside, but the Apple ][ is quite clean (surprisingly), and after applying some of the things I have learned at AppleFritter in the last year, I was able to get it to boot!!! I took the Top Case off, so I could access ALL the Sockets, and did remove the CPU to locate the MB revision. (It would not boot until I replaced the CPU, it appears some of the RAM needs to be Reseated, I am thing of removing all the Chips in Sockets and re-seating them)
The Chip Dates, MotherBoard Date and Keyboard Date, (09-APR-1979) all seem consistent with other similar units I have found on eBay, Example #1 and Example #2.
My Apple ][:
SN: A2S1 - 25422
MB: 7916 ( 1979, Week 16 ), Rev 03 ( 820-0001-03 )
PS: A2M030-35828
This Apple ][ was owned by a Local School District, and surprisingly came with no Disk Controller, but did have Three Bonus Cards...
An Applied Analytics uSPEED Math Co-Processor Card with an AMD AM9511A which seems very similar to the "Model 7811 Arithmetic Processor" from California Computer Systems , because this card passes the CCS 7811 Install Test, found on Page 2-3 of the Manual.
A PCPI APPLI-CARD, Z80 for CP/M card.
A Number Nine alternate Processor Card with a MOS 6502.
My Apple ][+:
SN: A2S2 - 101011
MB: 7294 ( 1978, Week ?? ), Rev 01 ( 820-0001-01 )
PS: ( replacement Clone Power Supply )
Unless "someone" was Swapping Apple Parts around own their own, Apple's repair procedures have been "messing a bit" with this Apple II.
So I have an Apple ][+, Serial Number "A2S2- 101011", which would have been made in Late 1979 or 1980, depending on how fast Apple was selling them.. I can not find a closer Manufacture Date, because the Motherboard is not the Original, which I would have guessed would be a Rev 07 or so.. Instead the Motherboard has Markings of "7294", which I would surmise is the Serial Number, rather than the YYWW of Manufacture. After pulling the Rockwell R6502P, with a manufacture date of 8138, the Board Revision is "820-0001-01", making this Motherboard Older than the One in the Apple ][ with a Serial Number of "A2S1- 25422". The Apple Language Card seems typical.....
This Motherboard is quite dirty, and will definitely require cleaning, plus the 9334 chip next to the ROMs in missing, and one of the 16Kx1 RAM Chips.. I hope that I can get it working, as it will make a nice board for the Apple ][+, or even as a Transplant to an Apple ][ that needs a replacement board.
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CPU and ROMs
Full Board
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Myself on the Left and Randy on the Right, "our" computer.. We were Co-Owners, each with %50 percent ownership of a Used Apple][e, with 64Kb a Single 140Kb Single Sided Apple ][ Floppy and an Apple III Monitor. $1,200.00 ( USD ) Used, $1,999.00 ( USD ) New.
As I Recall, this computer was manufactured in MAY-1983, had a Rev-B Motherboard and the White Key Caps.
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422 with Rev-03 Motherboard
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422
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Apple ][ A2S1- 25422, ASTEC AA11040 Power Supply 115/230 VAC
( Note the Power Switch is a little strange looking. It is one of the early plastic ones that are prone to fail. I never switch it off, instead I switch power to computer with a Power Strip )
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Apple ][ A2S1- 25422, ASTEC AA11040 Power Supply 115/230 VAC
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422, Power Supply Serial Number A2M030- 35828
( Note that the 115/230 VAC Power Supply is A2M030 - xxxxxx, so this Label was Hand Corrected to reflect the actual Part Number. It is possible that it was an Early Model and Machine Printed Labels were not available. )
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422, 16K Language Card
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422, ROMs and SilkScreen Copyright Date, 1978
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Apple ][ Serial Number A2S1- 25422, Motherboard Identifier, Assembly Date ( 7916 ), in the Format of YYWW
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Apple ][, Raised Power Indicator, that's Not a Key
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Apple ][ A2S1- 25422, Case Screws, some Pan Head, some Flat, Bevel Head
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Apple ][+, Flush Power Indicator
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Apple ][+, Motherboard is a Rev-01, and has a Serial Number, rather than an Assembly Date
( Note, this Motherboard was Swapped in at some point, possibily during a Warranty Repair, since this board was manufactured a couple years before the Apple ][+ was introduced )
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Apple ][+, Motherboard Serial Number
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Apple ][+, Motherboard Revision Number
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Apple ][+, Motherboard
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An Applied Analytics uSPEED Math Co-Processor Card with an AMD AM9511A Co-Processor
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A PCPI APPLI-CARD, Z80 for CP/M card
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A Number Nine alternate Processor Card with a MOS 6502
