02-19-2014, 06:56 PM
Warning! This post contains computer geek content!
Well I had me some fun today. Using the keyboard from the junk computer I took apart the other day and the old case from my A2S2128 //e (remember the hockey puck?) and the base, motherboard and power supply from my rebuilt silver A2S2064 //e school computer and converted the A2S2064 into a fully functional A2S2128. I wasn't sure if the different keyboards were compatible so I did a pin-out check on them and they have the exact same pin assignments. Still I held my breath when I put power to the completed computer for it's bench test. It works perfectly! The keyboard I had thought to be bad simply had a bad case of dust contamination. A good cleaning solved that problem. So I now have two working A2S2064 //e's (Apple codename 'Diana' , one with a Mostech 6502 processor and one with a GTE G65SC02) representing two variations of the //e (][e and IIe) and two working A2S2128's (Apple codename 'LCA', one with a GTE G65SC02 processor and one with a Sierra designed GTE G65SC02 processor) also representing two variations (//e with extended keyboard and //e Platinum). The Platinum is virtually identical to the extended version except for the color. However both of mine are platinum colored.
Well I had me some fun today. Using the keyboard from the junk computer I took apart the other day and the old case from my A2S2128 //e (remember the hockey puck?) and the base, motherboard and power supply from my rebuilt silver A2S2064 //e school computer and converted the A2S2064 into a fully functional A2S2128. I wasn't sure if the different keyboards were compatible so I did a pin-out check on them and they have the exact same pin assignments. Still I held my breath when I put power to the completed computer for it's bench test. It works perfectly! The keyboard I had thought to be bad simply had a bad case of dust contamination. A good cleaning solved that problem. So I now have two working A2S2064 //e's (Apple codename 'Diana' , one with a Mostech 6502 processor and one with a GTE G65SC02) representing two variations of the //e (][e and IIe) and two working A2S2128's (Apple codename 'LCA', one with a GTE G65SC02 processor and one with a Sierra designed GTE G65SC02 processor) also representing two variations (//e with extended keyboard and //e Platinum). The Platinum is virtually identical to the extended version except for the color. However both of mine are platinum colored.
15 year veteran fire fighter
Collector of Apple //e's
Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Collector of Apple //e's
Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam