Re: first time owner.. help :)

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

stewacide wrote:

> I just got an Apple LC (which I think is some kind of Apple II) off of a
> friend.. great shape except there is no mouse so I need to find one (which
> could be tricky since it's the old mac kind I haven't seen in years)..
> anyways, I've never owned a mac of any kind before and don't know where to
> start with this thing. Can anyone point me to any resources? I just bought
> it cause it looked cool and was something to mess around with, and I figure
> I could maybe use it for some light word processing by my bed or something
> (I really have too many old computers as it is to do much with any of them
> :) Maybe a good first start would be to tell me how/if I can transfer data
> to and from the LC to my PC (Win XP)... the disks are formatted
> differently.. right? :)
>
> oh... and are there like any OS upgrades or anything like that I should
> get.. and for that matter how do I go about wiping the HD? :) ...I'm really
> lost.. this thing (from what I can tell) won't even let you do anything
> without a mouse.

The LC is a Mac, and you really should talk to one of the Mac newsgroups.
However, the LC had the Apple Desktop Bus, so it's mouse is an ADB mouse, not
a 128/512/Plus mouse.

It IS possible that your LC has a //e card in it which will allow you to run
Apple II software. Pry off the lid and see is you have the Apple II card in
your slot.

Roy