Re: What do I do next?

["Joel Thiessen" <theaugerfiller@att.net>]

Hmm....I popped it open and I only see 2 cards, one says 'keyboard end' and
the other is the one I plug my disk drives into.
Where can I get a serial card, and is there some place you can point me too
where I can find out how to use one?

Thanks,

Joel
"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@b60z27hbb464i.ab.hsia.telus.net> wrote
in message news:zk748.144$_F4.92538@news0.telusplanet.net...
> Joel Thiessen <theaugerfiller@att.net> wrote:
> > I couldn't find any program disks but found that I can download disk
> > images off the web.  How can I find a way to run these if I don't
> > have a 5.25 drive on my pc to put the images onto?
>
> A 5.25" drive in your PC probably would not help since the hardware on
> an Apple II encodes data differently.  There are cards which allow you
> to read Apple II disks on the PC, and vica versa, but these are not
> very common and appear to be rather expensive.
>
> What is useful is a serial card.  Does your Apple II have one?  Just
> pop open the lid and see what is inside (you never know what you will
> find inside).  If you do not have one, a serial card is a great
> investment: you can get disk images to your //e in a jiffy (with ADT)
> and even play with the machine online.
>
> > Also, what program do I need to program it with basic?
>
> Any DOS3.3 or ProDOS disk will do.  You can program in BASIC without
> either one (simply press <ctrl><reset> when the drive light comes on),
> but you won't be able to save your programs to disk.
>
> Good luck,
> Byron.