Re: Apple IIe help-just got my first one

["mscarl" <mscarl@nls.net>]

Thanks for all of the very helpful info.  Now I have something else to do
with it besides look at it.

thanks,
Mscarl

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> mscarl writes ...
>
> > I was just given my first Apple computer, the IIe and could really use
some
> > help.  When I start it up, all it does is sometimes (not all the time)
shows
> > the Apple logo and nothing else.  I don't know how to work these things.
Is
> > it like the Commodore 64?
>
>      There are some similarities. The Apple file://e and C64 are 8-bit
machines based
> upon the 65xx microprocessor family. Both have an in-ROM BASIC and both
depend
> mainly upon software stored on 5.25" DD ('140k') diskettes. A file://e
will, typically,
> have 128k of RAM installed vs. 64k RAM in a C64.
>
>
> > Do I have to have software in it to boot it up?
>
>      No. An Apple file://e with the standard Disk II Controller card
plugged in has
> enough built-in firmware smarts to boot a bootable diskette and load in a
DOS. (Of
> course, not all diskettes are bootable.)
>
>      Normally, a file://e with at least one 5.25" disk drive connected
will try to boot
> a diskette from Drive 1 when it is first turned ON. If there is no
diskette in the
> drive and you want to terminate the boot attempt, you can press
Control-Reset and
> get to the regular Applesoft prompt (a "]").
>
>      When you are at the Applesoft prompt, you can enter and run Applesoft
BASIC
> programs ....
>
> Enter NEW. (Type in NEW and press the RETURN key.)
>
> Enter these two lines ...
>
> 10 TEXT: HOME: FOR I= 1 TO 20: PRINT "HELLO MSCARL!": NEXT I
> 20 END
>
> Enter LIST to list the program.
> Enter RUN to run the program.
>
>
>      If you have not booted a DOS, you will not be able to save the
program on
> disk.
>
>      If you are at the Applesoft prompt after successfully booting a DOS
(like DOS
> 3.3 or ProDOS) you can save your program:
>
> Enter SAVE HELLO.MSCARL
>
>
>      You can examine memory and experiment with 6502 machine language via
the
> built-in Monitor firmware. From the Applesoft prompt, enter CALL -151 to
get into
> the monitor. Examples of a few monitor commands:
>
> 800.87F - dump contents of addresses $0800 - $087F to the
>           screen as a block of bytes.
>
> $F800L  - list 20 lines of disassembled code starting at address $F800.
>
> 300:A9 00 85 FF 60 - example showing five bytes entered into memory
>           starting at address $0300.
>
>
> For more information, a good start is the Apple II FAQs at ...
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#000 .
>
> For DOS info: http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2DOSMM.html
>
> For programming info: http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/csa2pfaq.html
>
> For Apple II sites on the net see ...
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs4MAJORSITES.html
>
> For Apple II game sites see ...
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs7GAMESITES.html
>
> For a way to get DOS 3.3 from the net, see ...
> http://206.14.25.120/~cturley/a2zine/Sel/dos33dmp.htm
>
>
> > I know dumb questions, but if I don't ask, I 'll never know.
>  ....
>
>      Answering questions is one of the main functions of this newsgroup;
and,
> really, there are not all that many "dumb questions" a new user can ask.
(I guess
> if you get an Apple IIe and ask "Where is the keyboard?", that might
qualify--
> except, there are sure to be a few IIe's with the keyboard removed and so,
even
> then, we could not be sure it was dumb question.)
>
>      Anyway, no one expects you pour over the FAQs to avoid posting
questions.
>
>
>
> Rubywand
>
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