Re: Newbie to Apple IIe

["Robert J. Stevens" <snevets@execpc.com>]

Mike Pfaiffer wrote:

> "Robert J. Stevens" wrote:
> >
> > Hello;
> > I am a newbie to this list. I purchased an Apple Ie from Goodwill last
> > week and went back today and found the Floppy Drives for it. There is a
> > 5 1/4 and a smaller drive. It works. I bought a floppy at another
> > Goodwill that was from "A+DISK" and has a lot of software on it. I have
> > an old Apple somewhere in the Basement and I can't find the floppys. I
> > haven't work with Apple for nine years and my Memory is a little rusty.
> > Can anyone give me some of the very basic commands. When I turn on the
> > machine it loads the Drectory/Catalog but I can't get it to do anything
> > else.  I even have some Manuals but I've got to locate them also. I
> > started 30 years ago with a Datapoint then graduated to CP/m then to
> > ??XX PC's XX??. now it seems I'm going back to my childhood
> > Hoping in Wisconsin
> > Boob
>
>         First thing to determine is if you are running DOS or ProDOS. Many of
> the commands are similar but there are significant differences. After
> the initial startup program runs does it put you to the Applesoft prompt
> (the "]" symbol)? Once at the Applesoft prompt there are certain
> commands which should be more useful than others. PR#3 will turn on an
> installed 80 column card. CATALOG (also cat under ProDOS) will display
> the current directory information. RUN <filename> runs a BASIC program.
> BRUN <filename> runs a binary (machine language) file. EXEC <filename>
> is similar to running a PC batch file. HOME clears the screen.
>
>         If I'm not mistaken there should be a list of commands somewhere
> around. Maybe someone would be kind enough to post them or make them
> available via a web page.
>
>                                 Later
>                                 Mike
>
> --
> sn
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Mike et al;
Duh; I found some of my Apple manuals and upon checking the brochure that came
with the A+Disk I was able to create a bootable DOS 3.3 diskette [found some old
sssd soft sectored floppys from my Trash 80. Now my IIe boots up to a ] prompt
and runs most of the commands.
They had a nice program on the floppy "FID" so if I "BRUN FID" I get a nice
little file handler program. Where can I find some smaller floppys the second
drive attached to the first is a 3 1/5 [I think] but doesn't use the hard shell
kind. Now all I have to do is find a Hard drive and Card for this IIe. I still
have found the other Apple [it has a built in floppy] I have in the BM. And
somewhere are several floppys including the one that runs my Fairy IC Test
Interface card which is the reason I bought this Apple at this late date. Is
there a way to run a Modem from the Serial Card. There's one in the machine. I
have to find a serial printer as all I have are Parallel's. I have Kermit which I
can run from my XT or 386 or 486. I probably could get it to talk to my W95
machine as well. Does anyone have Kermit for the Apple.
Thank you for your kind assistance.
Boob