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After much testing with Henry at my side, I finally found a solution on my own. I had a suspicion all along this might be the root cause, and now I have confirmed it. CAPACITORS! While doing research for my two videos on the Apple IIe Card, I was advised by the Apple II experts to add...

@skate323k137 Henry replied back with a way to program the Joystick Shield using TeensyLoader. My firmware flashing was a success, but the new firmware didn't help. I'll PM you with a video I sent to Henry so you can see exactly what I did.

I received an email from Henry at ReactiveMicro. He said he sees the same issue as me! But he also said he is using Windows and said there is a "Game Controller Calibration" control panel he can use. I cannot use that on my Mac. I don't have a Windows machine. MacOS doesn't have anything...

Impossible to know because only Kay has one of those new overclockers right now. But I suspect VRAM speed may be a limiting factor at some point. I thought it has been the limiting factor in my own overclocking attempts beyond 50MHz, but now I have discovered a 68040 cooling issue. I am...

You are the first person who has told me you have a similar setup, and I truly look forward to the result of your test. Please note that you can download MECC Computer Inspector, which has the same joystick calibration program that I use here: ComputerInspector (MECC 1.0).dsk

I posted about this over at the Apple II Enthusiasts group on FaceBook, and I also sent Henry of ReactiveMicro an email, but thus far I've not been able to determine the cause of the problem I am having, which I described in detail in the following unlisted video on YouTube... PROBLEM QUICK...

Drake you truly gave Philippe a "leg up" in his repair! :-) @iPhil64 Great job! I've done chip repairs like that, and depending on the chip it's not too fun to carefully scrap away the black body of the chip to reveal more of the leg stub in order to solder something to it. In my case, I...

I answer that question in my new video here. :)

My Part II video on this topic turned out to be longer than I thought, but it's fully indexed so you can jump to the parts which interest you. Even so, it's highly edited such that all the boring stuff is left out and what remains is only the juicy meat. :-) This really is about how useful the...

Paul Hagstrom from the Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group very kindly provided me with this PDF, which I uploaded to Archive.org for preservation and subsequently linked here on TinkerDifferent. It showcases the complete Apple product line being sold as of the summer of 1993. My main interest...

You mean these holes? The Before, After and Combined images below seem to indicate what I suspected might happen -- overshoot of the thermal paste across the glue, thereby compromising the glue in places. I've bought all the materials though, and in my case it is a square 040 with no...

Thank you for the details. @eric already very kindly made a BlueSCSI compatible version of Total Replay here: https://mega.nz/folder/8hA3AQCJ#pWUq92L70yDXlogy9lk5Dg/folder/gsokHTRC I was thinking about doing a video to show others how to use Disk Jockey to do that. Even so, Eric did not use...

@OneGeekArmy Please forgive my ignorance because I'm most likely overlooking something obvious, but I trying to figure out how to use Disk Jockey 2.5 to create a BlueSCSI compatible version of Total Reply 5, which is a 32MB ProDOS image. I started by setting the capacity to 32MB... Next, I...

For now, go right ahead!

@Kai Robinson I've never been ashamed to say I like Dark Mode, and I still prefer it to this day. However, for lovers of Light, there are definite benefits to the New Light Mode that should hopefully bring it out of Beta and into mainstream usage soon. Here's a side-by-side which helps...

1. Thank you very much for the suggestion of going with a clamp's "circle pad" diameter of less than 30mm. 2. As to C-clamp twisting pressure required, I will use "paste squirting out the sides" as my best guide (because that is easy to see), with the pressure on my fingertips being the second...

No need to connect floppy drives or hard drives in order to get the Mac Plus power supply to work. However, I have never powered mine without ANYTHING connected (which is called a "no load" condition). I know that the SE & SE/30 PSU works fine with no load. Voltages are a tad different than...

@YMK Thank you for the photos and detailed info. Does "finger tight" mean "as far as it will turn when twisting with all your might" or "turn it just to the point when it gets a little hard to turn?" My heatsink arrived this evening, and my goodness it's quite heavy! Yes, it is very finely...

Hello, friends. @ScutBoy, on behalf of the TinkerDifferent Board, posted this info a few days ago about where donations can be sent to support this forum. There is no obligation to contribute, nor is there any kind of pay wall coming. Ko-fi is simply a convenient way for anyone to show love...

With it getting closer to the time my copper heatsink will arrive, I wanted to check with you about the amount of thermal paste and glue you used, and the precise means of clamping. Did you put a green-pea sized drop of paste in the very center of the CPU, then apply a half-pea size drop at...