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accessing old Apple floppy disks games inquiry

paloftoon

paloftoon

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How would I access the games on Apple II gs floppy disks?

Many disks have a menu like this:

*A 074 Ms. Pacman
B 128 Flight Simulator X 2.3

When I do research, all I find is games like this already ported onto a different medium.

Also, how would I fix an Apple joystick?

Thank you.
 
paloftoon said:
Also, how would I fix an Apple joystick?
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Depends on what needs "fixing". Most joysticks operate on the same principle. A controller involving an X and Y axis with four individual springs. With time and aggressive use, those springs loosen up and the joystick becomes a bit too easy to move in any direction. Recently I posted here about how I stretched the springs and put felt on the end of them to force them to be tighter than before. I also made very thin plastic "o" rings to fit onto the trigger button, making it tighter as well.

Though you want to be careful about disassembling a joystick, given there may be any number of parts that are loose inside, kept snug only by the gravity of other components as well as the bottom of the joystick that is usually held in place with a number of screws.
 
There's a way to re-adjust the balance on the joystick by turning these mini-knobs to the proper numbers without opening up the joystick itself. I don't remember how to do this.
 
paloftoon said:
There's a way to re-adjust the balance on the joystick by turning these mini-knobs to the proper numbers without opening up the joystick itself. I don't remember how to do this.
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Calibrating a joystick is done within the operating system, however it won't solve any mechanical issues that may exist with the joystick itself. Something I've done many times in Windows, but not any Apple devices.
 
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I've attached a screen capture of the actual menu on one of the disks.
How would I access the Ms. Pacman game on this floppy disk menu?


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Here are instructions for the joystick from the joystick manual. When I type in this basic command, it doesn't read it in automatically. I believe my computer already has basic installed. if it doesn't, then I'm not sure what to do, because I know that one has been able to calibrate the joystick before with the computer.

How would I access the Basic software (assuming it's already on my computer)?

I tried "LOAD BASIC" and "BASIC".
LOAD apparently always tries to read from a disk.


Thank you

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A poster on an Apple forum helped me find the right answer to this :)

After turning on the computer, I would do ctrl-reset.
Type the command from the manual.
Type the command "RUN"
Calibrate the joystick with the knobs.
Ctrl-reset to turn the Basic mode off.
Put games floppy in and ctrl-apple-reset.

Not easy to put that together at all- especially when the instructions are not written out properly to do all that at all.
 
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