On Sunday, December 26, 2004, at 08:30 PM, Bryan Blumer wrote:
Hi all. I just picked up an Apple //c at a thrift store. I am wondering
what it will take to get it powered up and running. I have the CPU and
nothing else. I tried searching through the "ball of cords" but didn't see
anything that looked like something that would power it. Also, I will need
to have some sort of a display for it. There were a couple of monitors
there, but nothing Apple and nothing that appeared that it would work with
it. Basically, the only experience I have with the Apple // series is with
the IIgs back in elementary school! Also, (a little OT) found an Apple
Keyboard II (PN M0487) and an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) mouse (the boxy one -
PN G5431) which I am now using on my B&W G3! The total for those three
items plus a used audio cassette with sales tax was $2.65. I figured that
even if the //c didn't work, at least I have a decent mouse now!
Bryan
OK - to get the Apple IIc running, you'll need the power brick. It's a beige-ish block, about the size of an actual brick, with a three prong cord on one end, and a five pin plug on the other. It's really hard to miss, you would have seen it if it was there. You'll need to find one. I know I have some spares, and I'm sure other list members do as well. If you can't find one locally, drop me a line.
As for the monitor, you just need a normal, everyday composite monitor. You can even use a television set with composite video input. You just need to run a single RCA cable from the jack on the back of the computer to the yellow jack on the television, or to the video input jack on a computer monitor. It doesn't have to be an Apple monitor to work. Don't worry about the 15 pin D connector that is marked with a little picture of a monitor - you're probably never going to find a monitor to use with it. The Apple IIgs RGB monitor will NOT work with the IIc. It's possible to build an adapter to connect that port to certain other types of very old monitors, but don't worry about that right now. Composite is good enough for most stuff.
All you _really_ need is the power pack and a monitor for the IIc to work. But you'll probably also want some software and a second disk drive. Depending on the model, there is a complex system to figure out which Apple external drives will work. They made like five different revisions of the IIc.... But, then again, unless you're going to be doing programming, editing or a lot of disk copying, you'll probably not need the second drive.
-Ian
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