Re: Apple IIc

["Thelbane" <ihatespam@noemail.com>]

Yeah, just boot with a disk containing DOS.  If you want to boot to the
prompt without loading DOS or ProDOS (like my old II+ did without a disk in
the drive), just hit CTRL-Reset.

-Thel

"ralmin" <xbiber@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:N21Q6.82627$ff.622739@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Does anyone know what the problem is when your Apple IIc at startup says
> "Check
> > drive". I have taken the drive out and put it on a Disk II interface
where
> it
> > boots just fine. As I now have a Pace desoldering station I can now
> unsolder
> > chips without any fears. Anyone with the old SAMS computerfact for the
IIc
> > would be able to advise me what to check.
> > If anyone has the SAMS Computerfacts for the II range please contact me
> I'd
> > like to buy them if the price is right
>
> "Check drive" just means there is no bootable disk in the drive.
>
> I hate to ask it but did you try it with a few disks first?
>
>