I Just Got This Apple III Plus Bundle

[jajan547]

I’d go 3D print route

 

[retr01]

I found more photos, schematics, documentation, etc., for the Apple III!

 

[retr01]

I think @jajan547's eyes popped open with the link above. Source codes and ROM images also mean we can have an Apple III emulator.

 

[jajan547]

Oh yes I’m almost certainly going to make some spare chips!

 

[jajan547]

Ok great news and some bad. The good news is I have a beautiful condition replacement top lid and keyboard plastics that are unyellowed and in fantastic shape. The bad news is the screws were rusted and I had to drill out multiple screws. Also it didn't turn on, hence why I opened it up. Well it turns out a little mouse or rodent decided to very recently make it it's home/bathroom so I used a vacuum and sucked out most of it. The metal on the bottom of the case needs some polishing and maybe a silver respray as it was pretty rusty but only really in the Power Supply area. Seeing that the keyboard PCB and logic board needed to be cleaned ASAP I figured I'd ship it to @AmigaOfRochester (it's on its way) and see if after cleaning he could get it running. I also threw in the Powers supply so a recap and clean of all three of these components should greatly help. Another positive here is what was included (photos below), this came with the 5V memory board, Apple Profile I/O card, 20 blank floppies, 5 Apple III Disk Ware Program floppies, The Apple III System Utilities Manual, the Apple III Backup III User's Manual, The Apple III Standard Device Drivers Manual, Apple III Plus Disk-ware and Backup III Disk-ware Program Floppies, and the Apple III Confidence Program Manual and accompanying Floppy. Also if anyone needs spare Apple III Keyboard Plastics/trim I have a great condition example but it is yellowed.

Photos:

Old Plastics:

New Plastics:

Included items:

Apple III I/O Card:

Damage on PSU Plate:

 

[retr01]

You are just starting, @jajan547! Exciting! Revitalize that Apple 3!

Are you demoting from Apple /// Plus to the Apple /// badge?

 

[jajan547]

Oh no apple iii plus badge will be swapped onto good plastics.

 

[retr01]

Oh no apple iii plus badge will be swapped onto good plastics.

Yay! Pop the "/// plus" badge out now and swap for a new picture! Then save the shiny /// badge for something else.

 

[jajan547]

What I’ve actually just found out is the iii plus board and apple iii have different boards and connectors.

 

[retr01]

What I’ve actually just found out is the iii plus board and apple iii have different boards and connectors.

Yup. See below for a comparison.

Apple /// Plus Main Board

Apple /// Main Board

 

[jajan547]

So I’d imagine I can use a simple DB connector like what’s on the floppy emu.

 

[retr01]

So I’d imagine I can use a simple DB connector like what’s on the floppy emu.

And nobody makes that DB-19 connector anymore. BMOW did a commissioned run on that.

DB-19: Resurrecting an Obsolete Connector | Big Mess o' Wires

www.bigmessowires.com

Finding a DB-19, Angering the Internet | Big Mess o' Wires

www.bigmessowires.com

 

[jajan547]

Oh I have one for mine hence why I want to try it.