I'm sore. No walk this morning. Yesterday was mostly spent getting the stuff going to New York into the trailer. We hired a couple of guys for the big stuff and they were great. They do this all the time, and they were able to get everything packed in "high and tight," since we pay for the amount of space we're using by the foot.

I don't know that everything will survive, but I'm too tired to care. I think it'll be okay, the guys really seemed to know what they were doing.

I stuck an AirTag in my toolbox, even though the company gives you a link to track the trailer. "Trust but verify?"

Of course, this morning Mitzi noticed on the "fine print" that they only deliver on paved roads. I told her that I didn't think that was a problem, the roads are all paved to the house, though the driveway is gravel. It's also pretty long and starts between a lot of vegetation on either side. Hopefully the driver will be able to back into the driveway! Too late to worry about it now.

The Apple //c arrived yesterday. It's in better shape than I anticipated. Some plastic yellowing, but not as much as it seemed in the photos. The right arrow key does not work, as described. I put some DeOxit into the switch, but it didn't seem to fix it. I've ordered a couple of replacements, but I'll play with it again today and see if letting it sit overnight made any difference with the DeOxit.

I opened it up and it was very clean inside, no crumps, dead bugs, etc. And judging by the amount of torque it took to remove the screws, I don't think it's ever been opened before. I could check, but I think the seller was an estate sale vendor, albeit one who knows their way around checking the condition of old computers! I can easily believe this was someone's //c that sat unused in a box for 30 years or more. For the most part, I've been remarkably lucky with Apple II hardware I've purchased on ebay. I only had one really bad IIgs, where the battery had leaked and did a great deal of damage.

I was excited to plug it in and play with it, but discovered my composite video cable is only four feet long! (It's the one currently plugged into the TV, that connects to the HPIL video interface.) I was able to connect it to the computer and check out the video and run the self-test (all good), but there was no way to comfortably situate myself to actually play with it.

And, as these things go, I used to have dozens of those simple RCA cables of varying lengths. Could I find one last night? Do you have to ask?

I had to get a new filter for the BlueAir purifier, so I ordered one and added a 10 foot RCA cable to the order. It'll get here tomorrow.

The Floppy Emu arrived the other day and I put all that together. I've got a ROM modification coming that allows to you upload various ROM files and selecting one to boot into, along with a utility that allows you turn an application into a ROM file, no disk required. Looking forward to playing with that. The USB-C power connector/adapter is here and I'll test that today and see how long I can run the //c from a power bank, no outlet required!

Got up late this morning, but early enough to get a picture of the waning gibbous moon. I don't know about any of my readers, but it never gets old for me. Hope it's so for you too.

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 08:45 Friday, 23 August 2024