Apple IIe

Hello,
As my son has become a real Apple fan, I recovered my ( bought 2nd hand 1988 ) Apple IIe from the attic, where I stored it about 20 years ago, ( along with a 1981 Osborne  1).  Whan I stored it, it worked fine.
Everything, computer, 2 drives and printer seem ok and are running. 
One problem though with the screen.  As you will see in the picture, there is something wrong with the characters.   It displays twice the upper half of a character io. the character itself.
( The display is a CRT display Mod # BM-12ES, made in Japan ).
Known problem ?  A solution ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
peter V

Hello (again),
Referring to the above mentioned question.  I found a floppy “ Apple presents Apple “.
I ran it and, as you will see in the picture, everything is legible.
Strange, isn’t it ?
Thanks in advance
Regards
peter V
peter V

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    Little did she realize this newly created folder has the makings of an atomic bomb when it comes to importing the entire folder into iPhoto’s library on her own mac. A dialog box quickly materializes asking that she “authenticate” or hit cancel. So she ask me what to do. I said that’s fine, hit authenticate (assuming she titled it Jackies pics). BIG mistake! She hits authenticate and now she has the 12 images I sent her in iPhoto....BUT .... the 1600 or so originals in the entire iPhoto library quickly vanishes. Her entire iphoto library is now wiped out or rather replaced with this new folder. She asks me, what happened? And in less than 30 seconds she in complete tears. Over 2-3 years of her photos (all 1600 images) gone in the click of a mouse.
    Today is father’s day .... and I remembered that I have a complete backup of her HD (even though it is a bit dated). So together, we managed to recover about 90% of the lost images. If anyone reading this knows how I can possibly recover the final 10% (most current photos) then please help us.
    Bottom line: We were fortunate. This Father’s Day iPhoto Nightmare ended happily....
    TIA
    (3) G4 PM's/(3) S-Drives/Sony TRV900/Nikons/6FWHD's/PS7/iLife06/FCPHD/DVDSP/etc. Mac OS X (10.4.8)

    Just another update .... Today, my daughter was multitasking on her G4 powermac working within iPhoto as well as email account and last but not least the latest iTunes. As she opened this final app (and I mean "final").... her entire hard drive bit the dust after she saw the spinning beachball and hence attempted to force quit. (I should also point out we are having a heat wave in San Diego today ...which also may have contributed to this hardware issue mainly).
    This time, I had a complete updated copy of her HD and simply cloned it to a new hard drive. Took me a few hours to troubleshoot, clone and install a new drive in its place. But all is working normally again (sure hope it stays that way this time).
    Friendly reminder to those who read this post .....
    BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP .... ESPECIALLY IN IPHOTO & ITUNES!

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