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Apple IIe Card
Posted by: BustedCap97 on 2022-11-13 15:20:36
I see the cards on eBay but none of them have the cable or what ever is supposed to connect to the port. What is supposed to connect to that port.
Posted by: sfiera on 2022-11-13 17:43:40
It’s commonly called the “Y-Cable”. The card has all of the pins for a joystick and a floppy port. The Y-Cable breaks them out into separate DE-9 and DB-19 connectors. You can find cheaper replacements for the Y-cable online, depending on what you want to plug in (Apple joystick or none; Apple floppy or Floppy Emu or none).
Posted by: BustedCap97 on 2022-11-13 17:58:32
Do i need the cable or does the card's software allow for mounting of disk images? I just don't understand why someone would command such a high price for a card if you cannot use it without the cable
Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-11-13 18:35:15
What are you trying to do Apple II wise? Anything "II in a Mac" might help with?

Posted by: sfiera on 2022-11-13 18:58:18
You don’t need the cable to use the card. I don’t think there is any real reason the cables are expensive, beyond the fact that they seem rarer than the cards (people toss unusual cables all the time; less so installed expansion cards).

I don’t think you can use disk images, but you can use the computer’s mouse and floppy drive, and you can put ProDOS partitions on the computer’s hard drive. As far as I know, then only case in which the Y-Cable (or a replacement) is strictly necessary is for the joystick.
Posted by: tjkkeith on 2022-12-19 04:45:14
You don’t need the cable to use the card. I don’t think there is any real reason the cables are expensive, beyond the fact that they seem rarer than the cards (people toss unusual cables all the time; less so installed expansion cards).

I don’t think you can use disk images, but you can use the computer’s mouse and floppy drive, and you can put ProDOS partitions on the computer’s hard drive. As far as I know, then only case in which the Y-Cable (or a replacement) is strictly necessary is for the joystick.
I am thinking of buying the E card and if have the pin out of sockets you could make your own if you are up to soldering.
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-12-19 05:23:20
Yes, you don't need the cable except if you need to have a joystick plugged in or a 5.25 drive with related software.
Posted by: MrFahrenheit on 2022-12-19 05:27:33
Yes, you don't need the cable except if you need to have a joystick plugged in or a 5.25 drive with related software.

Wouldn’t that be the main purpose of playing IIe games (a joystick)? That would mean it’s more required than what’s alluded to.
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-12-19 06:10:07
@MrFahrenheit

I agree, but BustedCap97 didn't talked about playing games.

To be honest, the IIe card is pretty expensive nowadays, i rather go for a real thing (or clone) or a IIc.
i have the IIe card, but not used as much as my IIe.
Posted by: bibilit on 2022-12-20 00:44:07
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Y cable solution.
Posted by: sfiera on 2022-12-20 01:32:59
In Total Replay’s GAMES.CONF, 30% of the listed games require a joystick. So, there’s a lot of them, but plenty of games that don’t too.
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