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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Noisy Disk Sounder: shop.bigmessow...
Yellowstone Disk Controller: shop.bigmessow...
4Mb ProDOS NVRAM Card: apple2.co.uk
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Full disclosure: I paid full price for the Noisy Disk Sounder and Yellowstone. I received the 4Mb NVRAM card for free for testing and review purposes.
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Yellowstone Disk Controller: Very Cool
4Mb ProDOS NVRAM Card: Super Cool
Noisy Disk Sounder: Not So Cool (Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Baby)
Thanks for keeping us updated on this new hardware.
Love the disk spin noise and the echo of the head through the whole drive 🤤
@@easyerthanyouthink Me Toooo
The things people are creating is incredible.
Yes, very true, exciting stuff!
Thanks for sharing!! Excellent products and video
Thanks Rudy!
Just saw this video the other day, and... there went three hundred bucks, hahaha. I ended up deciding that I can't live without the Yellowstone card and got a floppyemu (finally) to go with it. Floppies are great, but without new ones being manufactured, I was going to need to futureproof the IIe sooner or later. This will also solve the question of whether to buy the Nox Archaist expansion: It looks like it will come only with a hard drive image, so it wasn't going to be so usable on my floppy-only system.
Ha ha! That's awesome. The Floppy EMU is cool, and even though it isn't quite the same experience as playing Nox Archaist with floppies, it's a heck of a lot more convenient. Plus, it makes it easy to back up your disk images, so you can have multiple save points.
I got my Yellowstone last week and have been testing it on my IIe and IIGS. It’s been working great with one exception. I can’t get my IIe to boot Total Replay. The computer crashes or hangs during startup. Using a floppy emu. On the IIGS it works fine. Other ProDos hard disk images also boot fine on my IIe. I have no other way to try the Total Replay image on my IIe so I can’t confirm where the issue lies. Hoping a firmware update may fix that in the future.
That's weird. I just tried it with Total Replay version 4.01, and it works fine. The file is named SMART0-Total Replay.hdv. I have the FloppyEmu (model C) set to SmartPort Hard Disk mode. The screen says Apple II Version 0.2V, CPLD firmware v34.
I have the same version 4.0.1. I see your IIe is Enhanced. That could be the difference. I plan to get an enhancement kit soon and I’ll try it again. Thanks for letting me know it works for you.
@@thehandygeek922 I am having the same issue with my iie , also un-enhanced. Did you ever get your iie enhanced and did that fix the issue? for me right now it seems to be the yellowstone card.
I haven’t got my enhancement kit yet, sorry. I’ll let you know when I do.
In case anyone is interested, Steve has posted a firmware update that addresses this issue.
The YellowStone can also be used to host the Apple ][ FujiNet as well.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
Also, don't hook up the Noisy Disk box to a FloppyEMU if it's in 800K or SmartPort Hard Drive mode. :). It really only works as intended when emulating 5.25 disks.
Ha! Important safety tip, thanks!
My Yellowstone should be here any day now and I can finally start enjoying my new IIe Platinum.
Nice! I hope you enjoy it.
@@CT6502 Thanks. Is there any merit in using the Yellowstone + FloppEmu and the BOOTI or is the functionality more or less the same in both scenarios?
@@gklinger If you're just using this on a IIe or IIGS then it probably doesn't make much difference. The Yellowstone card itself is more versatile (for hooking up other types of drives), so if you have the money, that might be a better route.
@@CT6502 I actually have the BOOTI and the FloppyEmu. I bought the Yellowstone because it seemed like it would give let the FloppyEmu take care of everything. Not sure what to do with the BOOTI now. It's really neat and I hate to see it just sitting there.
@@gklinger Well... to be honest, I'm actually using the Booti for most things. It's very convenient to be able to select both hard disk and floppy disk images by just hitting a number when the computer turns on. With the FloppyEmu you have to change modes and restart. Plus, the files need to be named "SMART0, etc.". Booti doesn't care what the names are...
Even the ROMX have the "ROMify" option but it's harder to work with, and the NVRAM card really interesting.
Yes, I think Ralle has done a nice job. It still needs a bit of tweaking, but it's working well.
800k but NOT 1.44mb, right? I was following Yellowstone development for a while, but I really needed the 1.44.
Yes, I believe you're correct. You can connect it to a 3.5" 1.44Mb-capable drive, but I believe it only reads 800k disks. More info here: www.bigmessowires.com/ys/yellowstone-instructions.pdf
The sounder is a great idea. I can't imagine playing games like Transylvania without the disk sounds. Having said that the sounder needs to sound a touch more like the drives.
Yeah, it would probably sound better with a speaker and an mp3 track. But heck, it's only $18. :-)
I would have liked to see the noisy disk sounder between the controller and a real disk ][.
Yeah... I thought about that but didn't want to wake up the kids!
Great video Chris! How did you get that Apple IIc monitor to display color? I think that was originally a monochrome green monitor.
Ah, I replaced the broken CRT guts with a color LCD, following Javier Rivera's instructions. It worked out well!
@@CT6502 yes me too! The actual LCD display is still selling on eBay for approx $au130 + shipping. It’s actually very versatile as it has hdmi input as well as 2x composite inputs + vga. Also has an audio out jack so any audio signals goin in can be sent to speakers etc
I'm curious about the 2 different monitors you used on the IIe, Can you tell me what they are?
Great question! The smaller one is a NightOwl security monitor, that I spray painted to match the IIc color. Video here: ruclips.net/video/yEIhSSAXT2M/видео.html. The second is a regular IIc monitor that I converted from green CRT to a color LCD. Details here: ruclips.net/video/Rhj6EBaoTtQ/видео.html
Cool stuff.did nyou get or build your a2c color monitor😊
thanks for watching! I took an old Apple IIc green screen monitor and put in a color LCD. ruclips.net/video/Rhj6EBaoTtQ/видео.html
Hi Chris, I was wondering if you ever got a response about the wDrive hard drive issue?
I asked the people at MFA2 and while they are aware of the issue, they haven't had time to dig into it. I'm hoping they can eventually fix it with a firmware upgrade...
where did you get that cool mini monitor from?
It's a modification of a broken Apple IIc monitor where I replaced the CRT with a color LCD. The best person to ask is Javier Rivera over on the FaceBook Apple II Enthusiasts page.
@@CT6502 thanks man : )
The noisy disk sounder sounds like taser gun.
Ha! Yeah, it takes some getting used to. It's certainly not wildly accurate as a sound effect. But it's still fun to mess around with.
Does the 1mb ram from plamen work the same way as this 4mb one? Is it also read/write, nvram?
Thanks Chris!
That's a good question - I don't have the one from Plamen, so I'm not sure.
@@CT6502 thanks Chris 👋
Also, do you know if there is an uthernet card equivalent for the IIc?👍
@@-someone-. Unfortunately, I don't know of one. Although that would be awesome! Then you could bring your battery-powered IIc to the coffee shop and be a retro hipster! ruclips.net/video/qeVefke1UUA/видео.html
@@CT6502 I commented over there... appropriately too😁
Have you ever thought about using the built in modem serial port on the IIc to use some sort of wifi dongle at least? I think I’ve seen similar projects but nothing that would truly make it portable, (not having 3ft long cables, connecting to other 3ft long cables lol🤦♂️) a simple wifi esp32 module or something, that has the 9pin din connection to connect directly into the back of the IIc?
Thx for replying Chris 👋
@@-someone-. Yep, that's an excellent idea - I don't currently have the technical know how to build something like that, but that would be awesome!