Re: apple IIe possible hardware problems. Please help..

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:
>In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...
>>   Control-solid apple-reset (all at once) will execute the builtin
>>hardware test present on //es except for the first rev of that model.

>    That's incorrect, the original Apple IIe (non-enhanced firmware)
>does have a hardware test built-in. I'm quite sure this also applies

Correct, both versions have a self test (although I believe the enhanced
one may be a better test). Most obvious change is that one says Kernel OK
while the other says System OK when the test passes. If you hold down both
Apple keys on (the original I think) reset, the speaker makes a racket.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia  david@uow.edu.au