This long weekend I’m cleaning out the basement & playing a game called, “Does it boot?” If it works, this little fella’s coming to the office with me on Monday. Follow for progress. ;)

Actually doesn’t look too bad, just a few cobwebs and a lot of dust. Let’s clean it up and plug it in. 🤞

Okay, there’s power (solid white light on below the shift key) and I think the monitor is working (i.e., I can get bits of green static if I wiggle the input), but so far just this one light. Any thoughts?

Looks like I’ll be spending some time with this. https://vintageapple.org/apple_ii/pdf/Apple_II_Plus_IIe_Troubleshooting_&_Repair_Guide_1984.pdf

Well I’ll be darned. Look what was stuck in the disk drive.

It’s alive!!!!!! We’ll, alive and stuck on this screen. 🤔

As @katrinakatrinka pointed out, that screen was it waiting for a disk. In my defense, it’s been decades. ;)

So, without any further ado, sound up!!!!!! Stay all the way to the end for the good stuff. https://youtube.com/shorts/bTio6COphzI?feature=share