The two beeps were normal. The first beep at turning on, the second after there was no startup disk found. Once I put a DOS disk in, it booted to DOS without issue. The reason I had a black screen was most likely because of the AppleColor RGB monitor. There is something wrong with it (or the RGB out). I connected a TV set through composite and I can now see the screen and use the computer without issue. Self diag failed on the Real Time Clock (07000000) which I'm assuming the battery is dead and needs replacing. I don't have one on hand. However, it did not appear to have leaked. I tend to believe it's the monitor and not RGB out because the monitor is pitch black and no brightness like the composite TV set gets. I also didn't feel or hear any static charge on the CRT surface. Looking inside the monitor, I didn't see any obvious visual signs of leakage, exploded caps and the fuse looked like the wire was intact. On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM Sentrytv <sentrytv@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am curious to know if the beeping has completely stopped when you hooked up the composite monitor? And if the cause was you had the wrong monitor hooked up? Mike R.
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On Apr 19, 2024, at 6:55 PM, James <tenprintclearhome@gmail.com> wrote:
Adding Henry back into the thread. Again, apologies for my thread cutting!
I opened up the monitor to look for any leaky caps or blown fuse. Everything looked clean and the fuse looked good.
I've uploaded some pics to drive in case someone else can spot a problem visually (or rule out possibilities).
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r1t2zGQK3bG5HvKsQg9jr2pywGIWNwd7?usp...
If any additional angles would be useful, let me know and I can take more pics.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 9:39 AM Sentrytv <sentrytv@yahoo.com> wrote:
I don’t know why, but for some reason you did not post Henry’s suggestion in your reply
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On Apr 19, 2024, at 9:21 AM, James via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Henry, you were correct! I attached a composite monitor and now see a beautiful animation telling me I don't have a startup disk.
Is the onboard RGB repairable or am I looking at a custom chip that is hard to come by? I would hate to have to use a TV and not my Apple monitor. The TV would ruin the whole aesthetic of the IIgs to be honest.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM James <tenprintclearhome@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have an Apple IIgs and when I boot it I hear a beep shortly followed by another beep. The screen remains black. I've tried a second known working Apple monitor to the same result.
I've tried it with both floppy drives attached and not attached. I don't have any disks but was assuming I would at least see a complaint on the screen about missing startup disk. I don't see anything.
Does anyone know what my issue is or can you recommend a good Apple II troubleshooting site? Working on Apples isn't something I have much experience with.