Re: Apple II/e newbie - please help

[none@none.com (Starflight)]

Thanks for the information, Rubywand.  I do not have any diskettes at
all for this system.  I have MS DOS 3.3, but it's on IBM formatted
floppies.  I also have blank HD 5.25" IBM formatted floppies, which is
the wrong kind.

I have pressed control + reset to get to the Applesoft prompt, and all
I see is a green screen that says Apple ][ at the top.  I hate to
sound really stupid, but what does the Applesoft prompt look like?

I have three cards inside the system:  A disk interface card in slot
6, a printer interface card in slot 1, and a card in the slot marked
Aux. Connector.  From the information I have located, this is not an
enhanced version of the Apple IIe, nor does it have the enhancement
kit added.

Thanks for the web site links.  I'll read through the information
posted.  I appreciate your help.

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000 00:21:06 -0500, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>Starflight writes ...
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I purchased an Apple II/e a few days ago at a garage sale, and I know
>> absolutely nothing about it.  There was no documentation with the
>> system, nor was there any software.  I have no idea how to tell what
>> hardware is in this system, but it did come with a 5.25 floppy drive,
>> a Zenith Data Systems monitor/screen, a joystick and a Prowriter
>> printer.  I have built many PC's, but have never worked with anything
>> quite this old, nor have I worked with an Apple system before.
>> 
>> Can someone get me started in the right direction to finding technical
>> information on this system as well as information on how to use it and
>> what software, kind and type of floppies it uses
>
>     Mainly, 5.25" DD diskettes. The more common PC HD diskettes will not
>work.
>
>
>>, etc...  Any
>> information would be appreciated as the only thing I know how to do is
>> turn the power button on and off.
>
>     The Disk Controller Card goes in Slot 6. If you have a bootable Apple II
>diskette, you can stick it in Drive 1 and, when you turn ON the power, the
>diskette should boot and run some program. (Drive 1 is the drive that
>clatters and spins when power is turned ON.)
>
>     If you do not have a bootable diskette in the drive, you can press
>Control-Reset to stop the drive from spinning. This will leave you looking at
>the regular Applesoft prompt.
>
>     You can enter a BASIC program and run it to try out the system:
>
>10 TEXT: HOME
>20 VTAB 10: PRINT "HELLO STARFLIGHT!"
>30 END
>
>Entering LIST will list the program on the screen. Enter RUN to run the
>program.
>
>
>
>     Here are a couple good places to get lots more information:
>
>
>Gabriel Morales's Apple II Beginner's Guide. See ... 
>http://www.concentric.net/~Togega/Apple2/ 
>
>
>The Apple II FAQs. See ...
>
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#003
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#010
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#019
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2DOSMM.html
>
>
>     Plus, naturally, you can always ask any Apple II question on this
>newsgroup.
>
>
>
>Rubywand