I have a huge Apple //e problem

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2 жыл бұрын

Is there such a thing as too many Apples? It seems my house is filled with them now, so perhaps it might be for me.
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@wbfaulk 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly, your video about replacing power supply capacitors needs to be titled "Rifa Madness".

@JimAlfredson 2 жыл бұрын

This must happen.

@TheSimTetuChannel 2 жыл бұрын

So that's why they call it The Magic Smoke!

@Apple2gs 2 жыл бұрын

FYI: The Platinum IIe, released in 1987, is basically a cosmetic update of the original IIe with some cost-cutting measures. I documented it thoroughly on Wikipedia (I'm the author of the article!) if you're curious about every minute detail, but essentially it is identical to the Enhanced IIe. The only functional difference is the shift-key mod is active by default, and the Game I/O socket has some filtering that lowers bandwidth to cut down on RFI noise (no effect on joysticks or paddles for the most part). The keyboard layout differs slightly, mostly to match the IIGS and Macintosh. Only the original 1986 Apple IIGS motherboard (ROM 00/01) has the connectors or solder pad locations for the IIe powersupply and numeric keypad. They were completely removed from the 1989 (ROM 3) motherboard, as the IIGS upgrade for the IIe had been discontinued by that point. The Extended 80 Columns Card (what provided the extra 64K RAM, 80 columns text and Double-Hi-Res graphics) was drastically reduced in size for the Platinum IIe, and included as standard in each machine at no extra cost. Prior to that you had to purchase either the 80 Columns (1K) or Extended 80 Columns (64K) Card and install it separately. By the time of the Platinum IIe, the 5.25 controller with the single D-19 connector was standard, as was the Apple UniDisk 5.25 or Apple 5.25 drive. The Liron card (I've always pronounced it "Lie-ron") was fairly atypical, most schools only had 5.25 drives, not the intelligent UniDisk 3.5. Beside being more costly, very little 8-bit Apple II software shipped on 3.5" floppies. There was a different "Platinum IIe" available in Europe that reused the old keyboard and case design from 1984, but still included the newer IIe motherboard from 1987. It's a sort of a rare hybrid. Still missing a Platinum IIe from my own collection, I could kick myself for not grabbing one (boxed and brand new) for US$99 from Sun Remarketing the mid 90's!

@OneSmallStepWeb 2 жыл бұрын

Seems logical that schools might disable sound. That cacophony of 8-bit micro bleeps and bloops would drive a teacher mad.

@ncc17701a 2 жыл бұрын

I'd agree. When I was a kid I wasn't always a saint. I used to program a delay and an annoying beep on the BBC Micro, timed to go off in some other class. And pressing the break key would just start it all over again....

@Wok_Agenda 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't anything that doesn't drive a teacher mad?

@DavePoo2 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but could they not just unplug the speaker? How come those speakers aren't working at all?

@BilisNegra 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but if that was the case, how did they do that? There's actually audio output from the board, as shown by hooking up another speaker.

@OneSmallStepWeb 2 жыл бұрын

@@BilisNegra I imagine it would not be a software hack. More likely a specific hardware intervention. Probably even a hack performed by damaging the speaker through the chassis speaker grill - But I'm really just brainstorming. I really don't know

@CommodoreFan64 2 жыл бұрын

I would do an eBay charity auction for the working machines, where you keep 1/2 to help fund the channel, and give the other 1/2 to a worthy cause like Child's Play, or juvenile diabetes.

@russellhltn1396 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. But I'd like to see the money to go to something that supports kids and computers. Seems fitting.

@CommodoreFan64 2 жыл бұрын

@Mike Haha!, seriously though not funny, Child's Play is a legit charity that donates toys, and video games to hospital for kids in long term stay like those with cancer.

@CommodoreFan64 2 жыл бұрын

@@russellhltn1396 We also have to remember Adrian was born with diabetes, so helping to fund more research for that is right up his alley.

@minty_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

@Mike Hi! I'm Chucky! Wanna play?? Hahahahaha!!

@fredygump5578 2 жыл бұрын

My highschool still had a lab filled with these machines in 2000. And then a couple years later they got a new lab with the eMac machines, I believe. I wasn't sure why the eMac needed to be designed for aerodynamics....but the technological leap between the two was massive.

@RealGengarTV 2 жыл бұрын

First part of this video is sponsored by Adrian's analoge living Room

@rchltmedia 2 жыл бұрын

Adrian's Analog Room.

@raggededge82 2 жыл бұрын

it's the upper basement

@ZanaGBYT 2 жыл бұрын

So, what living room is Adrian's living room an analogue of?

@coyote_den 2 жыл бұрын

There were "network" systems that could simultaneously boot an entire lab of Apples from a floppy image stored on a server. They required a SmartPort card and used dongles to daisy chain the machines via more conventional network cabling.

@johncullen965 2 жыл бұрын

Karateka playing in background when Adrian got the lyres card working. Loved that game, the sound / music on it was very appropriate. Only ever played it on Atari’s though

@notlessgrossman163 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was playing on a IIe in the college basement..

@jamesbarantor7094 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly since they are engraved on the side with the school district info I would keep the painted logo on there as a show of their history. It's unique and honestly doesn't look that bad. As far as what to do with the machines, if you have the time and energy you could do a giveaway at a certain sub number?

@victorvangrimgamming6784 2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree, sometime school/buessness/ government marks are interesting and can add to a PC (I have a few older server casses from schools and government facilities with unique markings. Ive also use a decent beige IBM netvista case for my LAN party pc)

@MotoRideswJohn 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely keep the history of the machine. It adds to the nostalgia.

@jamesbarantor7094 2 жыл бұрын

@@victorvangrimgamming6784Exactly, it's interesting to think about how many kids learned about computers on those machines back in the late 80s and early 90s. It gives it a sort of provanance that I feel needs to be kept. The font that was chosen and the placement isn't bad either in my opinion.

@homeFall1 2 жыл бұрын

Agree, I would just leave the property marks...

@The65c02 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. In future we will have 1,000's of clean retro brightened computers that have no history. The high value computers will be those that have some history of previous owners.

@unebonnevie 2 жыл бұрын

You hit a GOLD mine! There was a time at a flea market where I live, a seller was selling Apple II/IIe's for $25 a machine! I should have gotten them ALL!

@T3hBeowulf 2 жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of the "Trash to Treasure" series Neil from RMC made a while back, restoring a pallet of retro DOS computers and selling them and donating the proceeds for charity. 🤔

@GalileoAV 2 жыл бұрын

Knowing that these computers could have been in a school library, it makes sense to me that someone manually disabled all the speakers to keep the noise down. Really amazing find, I vote you leave the Clover Park logos on them. In a way it gives it a cool style.

@minty_Joe 2 жыл бұрын

"Are you keeping up with the Apple II? 'Cause the Apple II is keeping up with you..."

@HeyBirt 2 жыл бұрын

Soak a rag with DOT3 brake fluid, lay it over the paint. Add a bit of fluid as needed to keep rag damp and let the rag sit there for 2-8 hours and it will soften the paint without harming the plastic.

@cbaxter6527 2 жыл бұрын

It will remove paint from your car too, oops!

@mikespangler98 2 жыл бұрын

Two Liron cards at once. Those are close to unobtanium. I'm so so glad you finally looked them up, I was getting tired of yelling at the screen. "Only works with 3.5 unidisk!" Those are pretty scarce too.

@idahofur 2 жыл бұрын

Me Too.

@Torbjorn.Lindgren 2 жыл бұрын

And that's two cards in the first FOUR machines!

@junker15 2 жыл бұрын

I'd been looking for an affordable UniDisk 3.5 forever. Finally found one for "only" $100 one time on ebay. The Liron controller that allows it to work in the old non-enhanced Apple IIs was much harder to find. That popped up on eBay recently at a bargain price of $167. Whenever I get the impression that this is an expensive hobby, I remind myself that normally the prices for these are about 3x what I paid, IF I can find them.

@Renville80 2 жыл бұрын

I remember running a demo on the lone Apple ][ in my school’s library, and when it started blaring out music on the speaker, everyone that was in the library was soon looking in my direction, and the librarian came by to gently remind me that I needed to be quiet, so I could see the school district taking the time to disable the speakers in these.

@MoosesValley 2 жыл бұрын

Every speaker beep and disk drive grunt brings back so many memories. Long live the Apple ][ ! 💖

@travisjones3615 2 жыл бұрын

I would leave the painted on school name and engravings. I think it's kinda cool to see the history of ware the machine started out life at. I have also ran into the old sharpie issue. My c64 had the origional owners name written on the bottom. I did manage to get it about 80% cleaned off with the dry erase marker trick. But it took so many times to get there the machines texture is noticeably worn down. I'm really glad it's on the bottom side so it's not seen usually.

@amigaman2305 2 жыл бұрын

ex school computers with engravings are amazing

@stonent 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts were that the school purposely killed the speakers to cut down on noise especially if there were just one of these in the classroom and other students were working. We had a lab full of IIGS computers at my school that were not disabled. Lots of Oregon Trail, Number Munchers, and Odell Lake sounds going off at once. Ours booted off of a server and had a blue screen where you could select which game you wanted to run.

@joelavcoco 2 жыл бұрын

You'd think, though, that the easier way to do it would be to unplug the speakers. Or if they wanted to make sure kids didn't open them up and plug them back in, just remove the speakers instead of intentionally damaging them but leaving them plugged in. I guess that if they have been purposefully scuttled, there should be pretty obvious evidence of it, like the wire leading to the speaker coil being cut. And if you wanted to permanently disable many speakers without spending an inordinate amount of time doing it, the quickest way would probably be to cut one of the wires running from the board to the speaker, rather than doing microsurgery on the speakers themselves.

@raggededge82 2 жыл бұрын

@@joelavcoco probably kids stabbing pencils through the case

@richardbrobeck2384 2 жыл бұрын

I still Have A copy of Oregon Trail for my Apple !

@msmyrk 2 жыл бұрын

I was an arsehole at school. I wrote a TSR for what I guess were 286s or 386s back then, that waited a random amount of time then play a tone right at the top of audible range. I then installed it on every PC in the lab.

@donmoore7785 2 жыл бұрын

@@raggededge82 Through the bottom?

@jadefreeman6952 2 жыл бұрын

a working apple II is rapidly becoming a valuable collector item

@CaptainPiracy 2 жыл бұрын

I have been looking for an Apple II for so long.. :-(. I dream about getting one to relive some Elementary school memories!!

@aureliomarsili3902 2 жыл бұрын

It is a real pleasure to see a green phosphor monitor after so many years, and all that it brings with it looking back at those times ... thanks !!!

@rodneylives 2 жыл бұрын

The psychic residue of so many failed expeditions to Oregon has soaked deeply into these machines.

@brentboswell1294 2 жыл бұрын

Adrian: on the //e, the card you are calling the "RAM card" is actually the Extended 80 column card. The computer cannot display 80 columns without it. There was also just an 80 column card that fits in that slot (no RAM expansion). If populated, slot 3 is off limits (this card uses the I/O resources for slot 3). Just a little //e peculiarity. Oh, and there was an RGB version of the Extended 80 column card, for the very rare Apple RGB monitor.

@stevencarlson5422 2 жыл бұрын

I'd so love to get one of these and learn to use one, I've never even seen one in person, but I sure love how they look

@AndrewHelgeCox 2 жыл бұрын

Some Clover Park kids are going to have nostalgia overload when they see those machines with painted labels.

@atomoworkshop3327 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a lot of Apple IIe stuff! My suggestion for what to do would be either a giveaway on the channel to give back to the great community you've got here, or perhaps a series of eBay listings that at least in some part donate to charity, again as a way to help others! Edit: Also in my experience, if it is paint that you need to get off, honestly baking soda and scrubbing should do it, unless it is really tenacious! Most paint strippers would melt the plastic as far as I know so might be too risky.

@mal2ksc 2 жыл бұрын

It _might_ be worth trying MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) on the inside of one of the lids to see if it melts -- and if it doesn't, then maybe that can be used to get the marker out. It dissolves most of the things acetone dissolves, but is nicer to certain plastics.

@AndrewTubbiolo 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the Cloverleaf School District had an Adrian Digital Basement style operation running swapping out bits and pieces from a large stock of machines to keep the inventory running. Would love to see you interview a person who maintained a large stockpile of retro machines before they were retro, or just after.

@greywolf6443 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda would keep the painted School District markings, if that doesn't interfer with the restoration of the case. It doesn't look bad and is part of the history of the mashine.

@AmstradExin 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Commodore PC and an Apple IIGS that have the marking BRANDED to them. The Commodore PC has it made it with a branding iron, like for cows. The 2GS has it written in with a soldering iron onto the 'ledge' of the 2GS. Completely not restorable unless you sand it down and repaint the part and filling the holes. Prettery Terrible. I think he can just use some magic eraser with alcohol or a normal dishwasher brush and sopy water.

@coryengel 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I have a couple of school computers, and my rule of thumb is that if the ID markings look like crap then I try to restore them but if they’re unobtrusive or neat then I leave them on. These were done by an artist.

@tankgrrl 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto. I was thinking 'if he were to sell these, I'd want one with the school markings left on'. (I do need an Apple IIe, Adrian. hint hint! 😁)

@devttyUSB0 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to more on these machines, Adrian!

@davefarquhar8230 2 жыл бұрын

Purple cleaner on the paint. Purple Power and Super Clean are two good brands, available at any auto parts store. Won't damage the plastic, unlike acetone. If you don't want to risk the factory lettering by soaking the whole part, saturate a paper towel set on top of the paint, let it sit overnight.

@sgbarn 2 жыл бұрын

i soaked a trs80 with a pained on college logo in purple cleaner overnight then scrubbed it with a toothbrush. it worked great. I frequently use it on resin cast miniatures and unless its Gloss acrylic paint it does a great job.

@michaelblair5566 2 жыл бұрын

I used Apple IIe's in high school back in 1987-1991. Ironton St. Joseph had a room full of these! I personally had a Commodore 128.

@retro-futuristicengineer 2 жыл бұрын

I think, together with your personal Adrian's Digital Basement Quality Check sticker, they would make up pretty good on Ebay for a charity auction.

@BertGrink 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I was thinking charity auction too.

@neonnoir9692 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, some of my happier memories are of walking into our school library in the late 80s to an array of Apple IIs and playing Number Muncher, Odell Lake, and Oregon Train. I still remember the MECC logo on the big white binders for the floppy disks. We were allowed to play the sound.

@TranceTrousers 2 жыл бұрын

I'll take one off your hands! I don't have any Apples in my vintage computer collection!

@CooChewGames 2 жыл бұрын

I think the painted logos, etc should be left on the machine as part of the history of them. Also, it could be worth selling them on eBay to raise money for a local charity.

@evilskunk1 2 жыл бұрын

I went to school in Tacoma and most of the computer labs had networked the Apple II computers together with some kind of data base that had all of the available programs and games together. All you had to do is boot up the Apple II and a list would come up with all the programs and games, select one and it would start. To start a new program, you would have to press "open apple" control and reset together, or power cycle the machine.

@stphinkle 11 ай бұрын

I read somewhere when the Apple IIe originally came out, Apple sent one computer to every school in the nation. I heard that while expensive, the school districts around the country bought many more Apple IIe computers.

@aenoymotors 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when these things were everywhere. Gave all of mine away many years ago, wish I would have held onto one of them.

@granitepenguin 2 жыл бұрын

I just got into retro systems with a //e Platinum this fall. Last time I had an Apple ][+ was 35 years ago. So cool seeing a truckload of them :-)

@shadowtheimpure 2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to identical shaped ports, when in doubt check the pinout is my motto. It's way too easy for manufacturers to use the same connector in different ways that cause destructive incompatibility by sending voltage down data lines.

@garethfairclough8715 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I thought that pile of upended apple II's at the start was an old fashioned radiator for a moment! xD Honestly, I'd leave the painted logo on that first one. That looks really nicely done, imo.

@gordoncreAtive 2 жыл бұрын

I guess you'll end up with a museum just like RMC. :)

@mnoxman 2 жыл бұрын

The Ebay for charity is good. It is a confidence to watch 5 min of video showing the diagnostics you ran on that computer that is up for auction. Not to mention a few follow up videos on re-capping, retro bright and other tasks. I think the marketing wankers call this 'vertical integration'

@kofteburger 2 жыл бұрын

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@wishyouknew3074 Жыл бұрын

I actually bought one of those Clover Park Apple //e Platinum machines that was rescued out of a landfill and despite some rust, the thing still boots up. Unbelievable! The Clover Park paint came off quite easily with some isopropyl alcohol and some elbow grease. It just needs some retrobrite.

@selfinflictedlife 2 жыл бұрын

Just some thoughts, but on some of them I would keep the schools name just to preserve the history of the machine. Likewise it could be neat to get a few of them up and running and then possibly sell them with some of the proceeds going to either support the channel or support a charity of some sorts. Awesome video!

@amigaman2305 2 жыл бұрын

Removing that paint would be an unforgivable crime for anyone in the retro computer scene

@DanafoxyVixen 2 жыл бұрын

I love it when people keep talking yet dig themselves into an even deeper hole.. first class

@cliffshockley4406 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone else smell the pile of computer? I remember the times I've seen stacks of vintage computers, there was a unique (not bad) smell to the warehouses. I so wish I could stumble across such a warehouse today (like Computer Reset)

@joncrawford3485 2 жыл бұрын

The warehouse with computers rings a bell with me. 15+ years ago I visited a in-town warehouse to buy a 21" CRT monitor; they had advertised that they had pallet loads of the things. They weren't kidding; 5-10 metre tall racks of every brand of UK computer going; including hundreds of ex-schools BBC Master 128 computers which at the time they were selling for ... ready for this ... £1 each. Sadly I didn't take them up on the offer, and also the warehouse in Northampton is now flats so I don't have a clue what happened to them.

@junker15 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Liron works on the old Apple IIs ("old" being "older than enhanced IIe"), but you can't auto-start from it because the old auto-start monitors check too many magic bytes, and Liron (and other smartport controllers) fail the check. This is why the UniDisk 3.5 manual tells you to have your DuoDisk or disk][ to start up. That manual apparently predated the Apple IIe enhancement kit. Newer monitor ROM only checks three magic bytes, so Liron auto-starts on these, and the fact that the Floppy Emu worked supports my suspicion that Liron knows if there's no disk inserted (or no device connected), and can also tell whether it was booted from auto-start or if you typed "PR#5". It displays the error messages ("NO DEVICE CONNECTED" or "NO DISK TO BOOT") if you manually booted; otherwise, it makes auto-start search for the next slot that can boot (without displaying any error).

@timmooney7528 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Back in the old days I never paid much attention to the Apples because I knew more people with C-64's, so seeing machines such as the Platinum are new to me. Keep up the good work!

@FrankenLab 2 жыл бұрын

Some Goo Gone / Goofoff type orange oil cleaner might help with the paint. I would *avoid* IPA, IPA tends to melt or soften plastic and it could just make the paint & plastic merge and it'll never come off. Retrobrighting after will probably help too. After using the Goo Gone, since it's oily, use some soap & water to remove the oily residue so that the retrobrighting isn't masked by the oil. Some mineral oil might help too.

@benjaminscherrey1124 2 жыл бұрын

Great score! If you're looking to unload any I'd be willing to take a couple off your hands at reasonable rates. Apple II was the first machine I really learned about computers and programming on.

@FennecTECH 2 жыл бұрын

I smell a giveaway in your future. For some people without any vintage macs

@thomasvlaskampiii6850 2 жыл бұрын

The gigantic 4 looks like it was written with one of those huge (I call them señor stinky) markers that take a week and a half to fully dry. I dont think there's a way to fully remove it without permanently damaging the plastic

@terosaarela4555 2 жыл бұрын

That is indeed a nice haul of Apple IIs! Model kit paint remover might help into the painted logos.

@CoiledDracca 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice comforts me and I love to see every piece of tech that you somehow revive. Please survive the zombie apocalypse, and teach, you'll be needed.

@ACBMemphis 2 жыл бұрын

My job at school in the 6th grade was to power up the 20 Apple //e computers in our school's computer lab every morning, making sure to press "Ctrl Reset" so the disk drives would not run all day. Of course, that "job" quickly turned into the before school "software piracy and gaming" club!

@nighthawk-gaming 2 жыл бұрын

Having just inherited my first Apple //e from my Great Uncle last week, I completely understand how the addiction starts. My unit hasn't been touched in nearly 20 years and I'm going to try my hardest to restore it properly. Waiting on some replacement caps for the power supply so I can give it a test run. Hoping everything runs well, if not the hunt for replacement chips will begin. I'll also start going through the few hundred pieces of software I was given along with it.

@disposablebasterd 2 жыл бұрын

Give some away to people who would take care of them. I’d love one with the logo intact that is so cool

@afedaken 2 жыл бұрын

Those school district markings are a part of the machine's history. While it's always nice to restore a vintage machine to like-new condition, maybe in this case, you can leave the paint on there?

@JamesPotts 2 жыл бұрын

I'd try Citristrip on the paint. It's used a lot in the arcade collecting community. Pretty great stuff. I believe it's safe for ABS.

@squirlmy 2 жыл бұрын

one problem though is that on the wrong plastic, those citrus and certain "Goof-off" products will dissolve the plastic, quickly and permanently. They don't just "not work" in those cases, they cause damage.

@JamesPotts 2 жыл бұрын

@@squirlmy citristrip is fairly gentle, though it certainly will attack some plastics. That said, a lot of people use it on abs. I'd certainly test it on an inconspicuous spot, first.

@Lilithe 2 жыл бұрын

OMG the calligraphy! I would preserve that!

@GrackAlaciN 2 жыл бұрын

Reefer smoke? Yeah, we don't want that!

@douro20 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very fond of the older versions of the IIe which have the power light in the keyboard and the original Disk II.

@steincaron 2 жыл бұрын

This is my kind of gold! Great episode!

@gorak9000 2 жыл бұрын

You should make a cluster of Apple ][e's to parallel process Mandelbrot fractals. They must have some serial port or something you could use to communicate between the machines.

@aminorjourney 2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me. Ours has stopped working and is making the video lines… it’s a perfect winter project…when we have time ;). Also, hi neighbor!

@sandman9601 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a few things, but #1 was that I need friends who own warehouses full of 80's tech.

@jek__ 2 жыл бұрын

Lol the intro is framed in a such a way that it feels like youre addressing us with some sort of deep apology or admission of guilt, like its an intervention or something :P

@julianbarron5293 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see the rest!

@xmetax 2 жыл бұрын

Adrian turning the microwave on & off : "Dang it! Coffee Maker's broken..."

@tedmoss 2 жыл бұрын

I once repaired 250 Apple II's (not e's) Most had power supply problems. I even built one from scratch.

@RetroTechToys 2 жыл бұрын

This stack of Apple II computers is a problem I'd be ecstatic to have. Great pickup!

@TheFrenchy82 2 жыл бұрын

wow .. impressive collection !!!

@user-qd9pg8xt2k 11 ай бұрын

At school we had 2 apple ][es with the 80 col/memory expansion cards with green monochrome monitors and dual 3.5 floppies in the teacher's office and 20 Franklins in the main lab with 5.25 floppies. He said anyone who wanted to use the ][e could. Since they had different drives, once you chose your disks, you were really locked in. Fortunately, i was one who got to use one. We used them for apple pascal in the AP Computer Science class. At home we had a C64 and later a 128. I liked the commodores better, but Pascal was leaps better than Basic.

@DavidWonn 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. I’ve never encountered an Apple ][e with the added numeric keypad. My dad bought one in the early 80s as our first home computer, and didn’t upgrade until 1996 to a Pentium Pro. The technological leap was massive, to put it mildly.

@TheDreadedRearAdmiral 2 жыл бұрын

I too would keep the logos intact, on most of them anyway, not just to preserve their history but also because they’re very well-done, I like the typeface, and “Clover Park School District” has a nice ring to it. It’s a lot better than the magic marker treatment most of them get, or worse, gouged with a soldering iron/wood burning pencil. If any of them are to be cleaned off, a good scrubbing with a generous amount of isopropyl alcohol should do the trick without harming the plastic. My own hard-won platinum IIe has a code very lightly engraved on its lid, in fact it may have came from the elementary school where I first used the IIe as far as the previous owner knows. I purchased it from him last year; around 20 years before that he lived two doors down from me and I set him up with some software. I got out of the Apple II not long after that, but like many other pursuits I gave up it came back with reinforcements. :-) In the late 90s I happened across quite a few of them in a thrift store and mostly cleaned them out, in a couple of cases using parts from one to complete others, and repairing drive 2 in a DuoDisk with the Alps drive mechanism from a Commodore 1541. They’re a bolt-in swap, only the plastic pieces up front have to be changed and some wiring rerouted. The small circuit board under the front of the drive is also the same.

@kirkwagoner2388 2 жыл бұрын

For old sharpie removal with dri-erase markers you must wipe it before dri-erase has dried. Try doing it in smaller sections also. For very old marks I have used a new sharpie over old ink first then immediatly the dri-erase marker technique. I have had good results on a variety of surfaces using these techniques.

@neddreadmaynard 2 жыл бұрын

No one can ever say your not super serial about your work Adrian. 😋

@Darxide23 2 жыл бұрын

4:37 "This is not my label." * _Suspicious roll of blue masking tape and Sharpie look on from the background_ *

@chrisnigh3987 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adrian! I find this episode very nostalgic.. I went to Clover Park High School, in Lakewood, WA. I graduated in 1986 which means I may have used one of these in school. I can remember running Castle Wolfenstein on a Apple ][e at school. Keep up the great work, its always fun to watch your videos. Learn something while having some good entertainment.

@iocat 2 жыл бұрын

That Liron card is the holy grail!

@unikron2003 Ай бұрын

LOL I just bought an Apples IIgs from ebay recently and it was also marked as Clover Park School District. And just now seeing this video a few months later. I was able to remove the same painted text off the side but even with retrobright it did not come fully off and you can see a lighted shadow of the text. The seller on ebay was selling dozens of them so I snagged one for a huge bargain. Totally working condition and didnt have any issues.

@Michael500ca 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to say these videos should be limited to 25 minutes at most. If they are past that, make them in two parts. In my experience, videos past 25 minutes get less views. The sweet spot is 20 minutes, but if a video is longer than that, I have a hard time watching it. That is probably just me but it is something to consider. I loved this channel when the videos were shorter, 20 or so minutes, but I am avoiding it with the longer videos. Sorry but that might just be me.

@CB3ROB-CyberBunker Жыл бұрын

80's marker's still 'actually worked' and made the whole room smell like marker when you used them :P

@cagroundhog 2 жыл бұрын

I just chill and watch this man do his magic. So cool!

@michaelmartin684 2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow, that's the school district right next to where I went to school and learned to program on Apples. So close to my own Apple IIe history!

@michaelmartin684 2 жыл бұрын

In fact, if you're ever looking to find a home of any of these I would love to buy one, working or not!

@GareWorks 2 жыл бұрын

Lacquer thinner is stronger than isopropyl alcohol - sometimes that can help. You have to be careful with it though because leaving it on plastic too long will likely cause cracking. These kind of discussions are always interesting regardless because we can learn more about good restoration methods, and there's nothing quite like saving and old piece of tech from the trash. I'd love to refurb some more stuff myself but a lot of people in New Zealand seem to think dead vintage machines are worth more than working ones half the time... My electronics skills could be better too. I don't know enough to safely work on things like power supplies but I wish I did and could because it'd make life so much easier. I've got nobody to learn from though, so I have to stick to more basic, often aesthetic repairs and restorations.

@BG101UK 2 жыл бұрын

35:23 I've had this happen with the products used for cleaning car windscreens/windshields (delete as appropriate) when putting the stuff into spray bottles for cleaning the loft windows. The spray assemblies didn't last long in some cases. I guess it depends on the type of plastic used.

@CallousCoder 2 жыл бұрын

Getting the paint of can be done with nail polish remover if it’s acrylic (do drip test on the plastic, some plastics don’t like the acetone compound, most do btw). Another approach an ammonia solution (smelly), even 99% IPA sometimes helps, in all cases really soak it on a paper towel, push it down on the markings and let it sit for 10-15 minutes. And then start to rub it. Terpentine (paint thinner) if it’s oil based paint and that often works well on acrylic paints too.

@TheGlitchyMario 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had this problem. I’m just starting my collection.

@steveshah5059 2 жыл бұрын

Please please please do a keyboard stem fix on the second channel for machine #2. I have a //e Platinum with a key which has a broken stem but haven't seen a replacement video for that specific machine elsewhere. It would be great to see how to repair the rest of it. Don't need polish on the video -- same the time for the first channel. :-) Thanks for the diverse universe of machines that you tear apart -- always fascinating to watch.

@cbaxter6527 2 жыл бұрын

33:48 Permanent marker is not permanent. You need to find the solvent to remove it. Three main solvents: Water, Alcohol, and Oil. You already know what dissolves in water, so, skip that. Alcohol: Methyl, Ethyl, Iso-Propyl; from strong to weaker and when cut with water even weaker. Methyl is usually a paint remover. Ethyl requires 80% plus, pure moonshine or contact cleaner sometimes. Iso-propyl 70-99% and elbow grease. Last oil: yes thin oil will work, on a pinch hand cream (moisturizer). *The best for Sharpie Markers removal* is 50-50 Acetone and Iso-Propyl alcohol (used to cut strength). Put on a tissue or rag and buff. Do not get near laminate counter tops or Styrene (foam or bottles). I used this mix on Sharpie marks on Lexan RC molded bodies after painting process.

@ethanspaziani1070 2 жыл бұрын

I would leave the paint on it looks awesome it's super retro and part of their history

@retrohaxblog 2 жыл бұрын

I've no idea what exact kind of paint it is but here goes a PRO TIP: Adrian, try breaking fluid DOT-4 or DOT-3 on this paint. Leave it for a while and try to remove it with a piece of cloth.

@dimensiongamer534 2 жыл бұрын

First time I've heard the word Lairon outside of the Pokémon games XD I kept thinking, these things are going to evolve into Aggron any minute. Great video!

@johnathanstevens8436 Жыл бұрын

We had a handful of platinum with the mouse card .. it was definitely different seeing a mouse paint program on the //e. Found out later they had a text character set with GUI looking elements

@richfiles 2 жыл бұрын

I love old property tags or logos. I got an old Friden EC-132 calculator... Weighs nearly 40 pounds, and has a service tag on it... with a 5 digit phone number! XD