Caterpiggle Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Hello to all ! Anyone or somebody might have the real diskette and put up disk image for Apple /// computer. The game is called "Mr. Sandman". I would like to download this game for my real Apple /// 256K. Yes, I know it is rare software that made for Apple /// & /// Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Have you looked around the Apple /// Specific Sites?? I know that Asimov has an Apple 3 Area: ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/apple3/ But there is practically nothing in Games. MarkO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david__schmidt Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've never heard of it. Can you point to evidence of its existence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Check on sold via eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbee Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Mike Maginnis dug it up and dumped it recently (screenshots and image link on Twitter) but there's no evidence Woz had anything to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david__schmidt Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://apple3.org/iiisoftware.html#games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Many thanks ! To 2 users name Check both , great ! Will check it on real Apple /// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaginnis Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) It wasn't co-written by Woz. Mr. Sandman is a Pac-Man clone written by Dr. Melvin Astrahan in which you play as Woz trying to escape the Steve Jobs "ghosts". Edited February 6, 2015 by mmaginnis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david__schmidt Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I love how Jobs is the bad guy. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 I might take a pictures from real rare AppleColor 100 Monitor A9M0308 that match to Apple /// designs. I wish that Apple /// was also designs for gaming , too ! Compare to business only. More interesting to buy Apple ///. I know it used to be costly like $10,000 (Crazy and goofball price) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbee Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) I'd love to see real Apple /// RGB monitor screenshots. Incidentally, on the RGB monitor, what color is the text in text mode? (E.g. the SOS boot message when you first start up). Also, to slightly clarify the description of the game: you don't play as Woz, but you can encounter Woz and he'll power you up to eat the ghosts. It's basically like Pac-Man with a free-roaming power pellet, which makes it pretty near impossible to come up with any kind of coherent strategy Plays decently in MESS using an Xbox 360's left analog stick though. Edited February 12, 2015 by Arbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robj Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 The text is white on an rgb monitor on the ///. The /// has 4 pull-up resistors to get all ones in the XRGB out for the White color for text, and 4 pull down resistors to get black. Pitty they did not add some dip switches to select the text color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) I forget that file attachment only allow to load up to 10 Mb. SO I can't upload video worthy 77 Mb. It is "Apple /// Demonstration" with Horse display. That means, I will have to take a pictures a time instead of any video... Edited February 17, 2015 by Caterpiggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david__schmidt Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just post it on YouTube... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Hello mmaginnis, I recently transfer Mr. Sandman.dsk from my Apple IIgs to my real Hardware Apple /// computer. It does loading fine and running up BUT I have small issues. Seems that Apple III does not notice my Apple Joystick directions. Really werid behavior. When I pressed both A & B buttons on both Port A & B, it will dim the display. . Pause feature stated, Joystick(B) , so that means Port B but it does not response. If I pressed the buttons, the display will dimming down a bit, that's it. The Games only response to "Arrow left, Arrow right, arrow up, arrow down" , no buttons , no directions, nothing. Did I missing something ?? I did toddled "M" key to change from mouse to joystick, nothing ! No change and still appear as "Mouse" on the right display. Edited February 25, 2015 by Caterpiggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbee Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It's an Apple /// joystick, right? Plugging an Apple II joystick into a /// doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Hello Arbee, Please pardon me, do you have an photo of this "unique" Apple /// Joystick version ? I never seen anywhere online such as Bing or Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hello to all, Can you be kind to post an photo of the actually Apple /// Joystick version and what is the model number below of this joystick ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david__schmidt Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I don't have a photo, but I have an Apple Technote: http://apple3.org/Documents/Technotes/TA30604.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good evening David once again, It is you again. Yes, I have seen this info before , not under Apple3.org but somewhere else on their sites. What I like to see the photo and model number on Apple /// Joystick. It MUST be more rarer than Apple // Joysticks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I found this 3rd party joystick that made for Apple /// , finally. It comes from eBay image online. So now, I know what it looks like. So that is the answer. Not sure if the black button is really missing (right button) ? Look the image there ... Edited March 16, 2015 by Caterpiggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computist Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) I found this 3rd party joystick that made for Apple /// , finally. It comes from eBay image online. So now, I know what it looks like. So that is the answer. Not sure if the black button is really missing (right button) ? Look the image there ... The black "button" is a three-position, mode-selecting toggle switch. Here's a description from an Apple peripheral pamphlet. Interesting... I have one of these joysticks and I don't seem to recall a toggle switch, just a regular button. I'll have to check tonight. Edited March 17, 2015 by computist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hello Computist, Have you done testing your Apple /// Joystick on your Apple /// computer ? And is possible for you to take a picture of joystick front & below here ? And where did you find this old Apple /// Ad ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hagstrom Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I've used the Cursor /// joystick to play Atomic Defense (though this is just a video of the game, I think you can see the handle of the joystick very briefly when I pick it up): Mine looks basically just like those eBay photos above. They are quite hard to find though. The one I have I have because Mike tipped me off to an eBay auction he saw before I did, in fact. (Thanks, Mike!) The connection is not the same as the Apple II joystick connection, but it seems like it would be quite useful to figure out how to adapt or modify an Apple II joystick to work in the Apple ///, given the rarity of these things. It may well have already been figured out, I haven't really looked into it, but perhaps now I will. Worst case, I can open mine up and see how it's wired inside, presumably these are not particularly complicated devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hagstrom Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Did a bit of quick Googling, there is a description of the pinout differences between the /// and //e joystick ports here: http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/MiscInfo/Empson/joystickA3 Sounds like it's actually potentially dangerous to plug a //e joystick into a /// because the way the buttons are mapped, they'll cause a short. I think all the information needed to create an adapter is here, but I don't yet understand how the toggle switch is handled. Atomic Defense, if I interpreted what was happening correctly at least, seems to be able to detect the position of the toggle switch, because it uses the setting of the switch to determine which base fires. I thought it worked by firing from one base when you toggle left and one when you toggle right, but it might be actually that the position of the toggle switch selects the base and the fire button fires from the selected base. I'll have to try it again to be sure. But I don't see from the pinout list (which I'll copy and paste below) what is being used to detect it (there's just one pin assigned to SW1). The Apple III joystick port has very little in common with the Apple II one. Do not attempt to connect an Apple II joystick to anApple III, or vice versa. At the very least, it will not work. Atworst, you could damage the computer.For starters, if you push either button, you will short out the powersupply (+5V will be connected to ground).Here are the pinouts, for comparison:IIe III1 SW1 GND2 +5V +5V3 GND GND4 PDL2 Joy-X5 PDL0 SW06 SW2 +12V7 SW0 GND8 PDL1 Joy-Y9 PLD3 SW1Luckily, no single joysticks use pin 7 (SW2). If you pressed that, youwould short out +12V to +5V, which could do some serious damage to themotherboard.The Apple III also uses a different circuit arrangement within thejoystick.The switch inputs are supposed to have pull-down resistors (270 ohms),and have a momentary-closed contact to +5V. (The Apple II doesn'tneed a pull-down resistor, but it wouldn't matter if one was there.)The joystick analog inputs are supposed to be connected so that oneend of each potentiometer is grounded, the other end connected to+12V, and the wiper goes to the joystick pin. The potentioment valuecan range from 1K ohm to 700K ohm (the manual says that with highervalues, a limited range will be available, so I expect that 100K ohm,as used in a PC joystick, should be OK).(The Apple II uses a 150K ohm potentiometer to +5V. There is noconnection to ground - one end of the pot is left unconnected.)--David Empson Edited March 21, 2015 by Paul Hagstrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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