Re: Apple ][e - Getting started

["Geoffrey Christianson" <christge@globalnet.co.uk>]

To answer your questions:
-'Check disk drive', this is normal without a boot disk.
-Yes, you need a boot disk.  Its OS is Apple DOS.  You can get a disk image
from the
Apple Asimov site.  The problem is, to transfer it you need a transfer
program, (I use
ap2222pc also at the Asimov site), but that also needs a boot disk.  You
need to aquire one.
-You can program it with Apple basic, (Applesoft and Integer which comes on
a boot disk),
Also Pascal with a Pascal disk.  You can also do machine as it is.
*Basically to get started you need a boot disk.  Just one.  Once you have
that you can get
everthing else you need from the Asimov site.
Geoff

dante wrote in message <3695e46a.1356620@news.island.net>...
>A friend of mine rescued an Apple ][e from the dumpster the other day (Yes,
>the dumpster - blasphemy!) Anyhow, he dried it out and got it cleaned up,
>and it seems to work. When we turn it on, all we see is "Apple ][" at the
>top of the screen, and "Check disk drive" at the bottom. We've got no disks
>or anything, so I'm hoping this is what we're supposed to see. Yes/No?
>
>Do I need a boot disk here? What kind of disks does it use? I can see it's
>a 5 1/2 inch floppy, but what size/format are we talking about? What OS
>does it use? (Not that it would help, but I'm curious). Is it possible at
>all for me to use my PC to access the software and write it to a disk?
>
>If and when we get it running, how does one go about programming it? I
>recall from my younger days with my VIC-20 that I could just sit down and
>start bashing out BASIC right at the prompt. Is the Apple][ similar, or
>would I need to find more disks for this as well?
>
>I have absolutely no experience with these machines at all, and haven't
>been able to find any FAQ's/WWW sites with this kind of information.
>Anything that could help get me started would be greatly appreciated.
>
>dante