Re: Apple II/e newbie - please help

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <396409c1.35634753@news.reliable-net.net>, none@none.com
(Starflight) wrote:

> You are correct.  Typing PR#3 worked exactly as you stated.  Is that
> an initialization command or something?  I also got out a flashlight
> and found that down the back side of the card, it says AIIE 80COL.  I
> don't know about the extra 64k of memory, yet.  I have what may be the
> part number on the card to research this with.

PR#3 is an output remapping command. By typing PR#3 you are remapping
output to the card in the auxilary slot (in this case an 80-column card).
All it actually does is call location $C300, where the card's ROM starts.

How long is the card? Is it just a little bit longer than the slot, or is
it much longer? If it's much longer it has the additiona1 64K.

> Is Applesoft an easy language to learn?  I have tried C and C++, but I
> can't seem to comprehend them.  I can put a system together, diagnose
> and repair it, but I can't seem to grasp the programming languages.

Applesoft is much simpler than C or C++. Consider this sample program:

10 TEXT:HOME
20 HTAB 10:VTAB 22:PRINT "Applesoft Graphics Demo"
30 HGR
35 HCOLOR=0:HPLOT 0,0
40 C=INT(RND(1)*8)
50 X=INT(RND(1)*280)
60 Y=INT(RND(1)*140)
70 HCOLOR=C:HPLOT TO X,Y
80 GOTO 40

As you can see, it's close enough to English.

Tammy and TIA,
----> Jon.

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