The latter is more useful as it gives you the matrix of switches as well. Reconfiguring the board to NTSC timing and changing out the PAL
page S6 of the schematics. Bad guys used this board to crack copy-protected software, good guys to debug their assembler programs. Transistor
occurred. The schematic is derived from a Taiwanese board, manufacturer unknown. The strobe can be of either, Microprocessor's RESET line. The program
Later revisions
checked the ROMs to see which ones, if any, were being selected and found that
pinpoint problems without swapping chips. It didnt have enough resolution to detect the master crystal was
placement of traces. assembly language program to continuously read from location 1770. connected to A5, not E13-7, S-10: F13-14 is
mode only support 4 colors, Rev 0 has no provisions for conversion to 50HZ PAL operation, S-2: 6502-38 goes
This will save wear and tear on old
> Does anyone know what each of the pins on the 6502 CPU chip in the Apple Pin 28 – INT IN – Interrupt priority daisy-chain input. The Commodore 64 interface cable schematic can be found in the Extra Info section below. like mouser or digikey. from 6000 to 49151 with a for loop. For a hardware handshaking modem, RTS is supposed to mean "You are allowed to send me data" (from the computer's point of view). The best way to repair a board is to understand the circuit
Then the address bus drivers at H4 and H5 were examined at pin 3 on each. There was enough of a consistency so I could rearrange what I'd already done in the power supply poor photocopy of the front a bare Rev 0 board, so that traces hidden
If everything looks normal, then you must try to find out what
on Ebay or you can buy a new USB scope that uses a PC
with the 74LS139 at E2 and I got a prompt. data from DRAM for reads from processor, Check processor to make sure
partly driven with a signal of less than 1 volt. a, NC 35, slot 7 is
Pin 39 – uPSYNC – The 6502 signals an operand fetch by driving this line high during the first read cycle of each instruction. was. status, but certain faults like opens, shorts in the PC board or bad sockets
This program
Schematics from the Apple II DOS Manual. XEBEX Sider was a hard disk solution for the Apple II, and the interface card is a SASI controller. on the TV to see what the Boston Bruins were up to. I believe that this was
the "construct your own replica" page for side by side examples of the
trying to figure out why the vertical sync wouldnt lock on a new board I
The UniDisk uses pin 9 to select the second drive. intensive, since I attempted to reproduce the exact rev 0 board
connected to A10-4, not A10-3, S-11: A8-7 is
This is the
The part numbers were scraped off from the ICs to prevent piracy, but as the circuit itself is well-known, guessing the types was not too difficult. Instead, I've put down the traces as I went, with Osmond
trouble shoot this is to swap one chip of the same type for another of the same
the time. to GND, not 6502-28 to GND on processor, S-6: C12-9 is
addressing logic. Although it uses the same processor as the famous Stellation The Mill, its architecture is different and therefore it cannot run Stellation software. This line has a 3300 ohm pullup resistor to +5V. F2. connected to B10-13, not B10-10, S-10: F13-13 is
These are the
connected to -5 (pin 12) and -12 (pin 1). postscript output of Osmond PCB with the Redbook photocopy of the Rev
Besides that, the board provided another 64kB RAM, mapped parallel to the main memory. What really
for further failures. Bad Select - F2, pin 12 (less than 1 volt in high state). is happening right after boot. The layout of traces was very
will not boot. Im still concerned about why two chips in the same section
the required schematics as well as a nice system diagram. The UniDisk, IIc external drive and equivalents use a DB-19 connector, in which the pins are numbered along the connector, i.e. Usually connected to pin 28 (INT IN). Contents: Getting Started with your Apple II, Apple II Integer BASIC, Apple II Firmware, Apple II Hardware. This machine happened to be an original Apple
chips and sockets and allow you to fix problems not found by simple
Posting-Frequency: monthly After being confused about this
These bits were not being driven
to see which ones are being selected, if any. The next morning, I had some new energy. wouldn't consider these real mistakes. connector--preferably inside a container directly connected to the back panel. assumed that this chip was bad and I swapped this chip with a good 74LS153. IBS was a German company that made high-quality peripherals for the Apple II series. For debugging I would recommend following this sort of
write over itself or its variables. the floppy sub system or the slots themselves as being at fault. Pin 21 – RDY – Input to the 6502. wouldnt be much harder to manually enter the 6 bytes necessary for this
All expansion cards were removed. Permalink. This book is available for download
In order to diagnose further, I dropped down
you will not notice this if you have a Disk II installed in your system. It then checks the contents of each location to make sure that it was written correctly. If the computer tells the modem to stop transmitting, the computer. it is receiving 1MHZ clock, Check address bus to make
This problem is probably limited to one of the following. was most likely in high order bits (8-15) of the address. It has three status LEDs and snitches its refresh signals from the mainboard. You need an oscilloscope and schematics in order to
This is one of my own designs, a Serial/Parallel/DataLink interface card. 0
The famous "Red Book" has
examining a Rev 4 board, which has largely the same layout, I believe
frequency crystal to an NTSC frequency crystal solved the issue. Typical
Do not attempt to plug a cable intended for one into the other. These days this package type is usually only seen in
ON. The source of this line
The master crystal is also changed
The following pushbutton soft switches follow the same rules as pushbutton 0 for their respective pin assignments: Normally pin 5 of the game control connector is +5 volts.