Re: Need Apple 2e info + SSC man/info

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

dalef@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Well anyway, I was able to buy a Apple IIe a month and a Half ago.  It
>came with a Super Serial card and a Haye Micromodem IIe.  Sadly I didn't
>get any manuals with the computer or the expansion cards.  Heck I didn't
>even get any software except for DOS 3.3 System master which I already
>own.  It's a good thing I have my own software from the Apple ][+ which I
>can use. But it still is an upgrade form the ][+ since I also got the
>Extended 80 Column card with 64k ram.

Take a look at http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics for
stuff for your IIe.  For example, a 500MB hardcard internal HD
with software for $79 USD.  Then there's 1MB of memory
expansion.  They'll throw in AppleWorks for a little more.

>I'd like to either get the modem working or the SSC working to connect to
>a local Apple user group here in Edmonton, Canada.  I know that one there
>are some members from the EAGLE group who read this newsgroup.  I need the
>dip switch settings for the SSC and I'm guessing one or both sets of dip
>switchs sets the baud rate.  If anyone can provide me with the dip
>settings or a website that lists it that would be fabulous.

The Micromodem does not connect to the SSC.  I recommend
finding a cheapo used 14.4k external modem from a PC and
connecting that to the SSC.  Sorry, I do not know the DIP
switch settings.  Once you get the settings right, just use a
PC modem cable plus one gender changer to connect the
SSC to the 14.4k modem.  For software,
http://www.intrec.com/ Intrec sells ProTERM 3.1 for the
Apple II.  You get zmodem plus a host of other protocols
and VT100 plus a host of other emulations.

>Also can anyone tell me about the Hayes Micromodem IIe.  Is it a 300 baud
>modem only?

Yes.  I don't know much more about it.  It is not Hayes
AT compatible so it does not work with many IIe terminal
packages.

>Does the Micromodem IIe have a built in telecommunications program or a
>terminal emulation?  I don;t have any software for either the Super Serial
>Card or the modem.  Does anyone know if a freeware/shareware program
>exists and where to get it.  The hardest part will be to get it written to
>a Apple II (5.25) disk as the only connection to the internet I have is
>through a Wintel machine.

There might be one in the library of software on the Focus
hardcard from http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics.
Or you can buy a commercial program, ProTERM 3.1 for
the Apple II, from http://www.intrec.com/ Intrec.

>Having upgraded to a IIe it's like being a kid again in a candy store.
>BTW, how do you enable the extra 64k on the Extended 80 Column card and
>how do you enable the 80 column feature.  Which PR# do you use if you use
>one at all.  Do I enable the SSC the same way?

The extra 64k is used in IIe software that supports it and
by the ProDOS operating system.  AppleWorks, for
example, uses the full 128k as does Publish-It!, GEOS,
and Springboard Publisher.  And almost every other
IIe aware ProDOS program.  To activate 80 column mode,
type PR#3.

I highly suggest getting the Focus hardcard from
http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics.  Or if you
prefer floppy disks, just grab AppleWorks plus ProDOS
drom them.