Re: IIe resources for a newbie

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schutzmd@falcon.jmu.edu (Michael D. Schutz) wrote:

>I collect legacy computer systems from the early 80's, and a friend walked
>in to the office today and offered me a complete IIe for $10, so of course
>I said, "sure!"  Last time I used a IIe (or any apple for that matter) was
>when I was about 10 years old.  I think I did some Logo junk in school,
>and I played Karateka once or twice at a friend's house.  The rest of the
>time I was playing games on C=64 or Atari 2600.
>
>Aaaaaanyway...  I need to start learning about the IIe, and web sites with
>information such as system documentation, how to get new software
>(download? network?), etc, etc, etc, would be really helpful.... HELP! <g>
>
>So I'll be plugging it in and seeing the wonderful basic system sans cool
>stuff, so if anybody feels like giving some starting suggestions, have at!

A good place to start is http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics.
Log onto this site, click "Apple II" then "Hard Drives"...for $59, you
can buy a hard drive for the IIe (plugs into slot 7) called the Focus.
Alltech includes the OS and plenty of freewares and sharewares.

After that, if you still want more software, you can download it at
http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/ the ground ftp server.

The Apple II can accept SVGA now, check out the Second Sight
card at http://www.sequential.com/ Sequential Systems.