Re: Apple IIe boots DOS 3.3, loads Integer Basic, nothing works ?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6bibdl$gg7$1@news1.fast.net>,  <mfe@fast.net> wrote:
>I just bought my first Apple IIe.... could never afford one in the
>early 80's, so now I have one.  So... I am not real familiar with
>these machines.... 

   [Tip: press return every 70 columns or so, not 90+. Makes it nicer
to quote] I invite you to read the comp.sys.apple2 FAQ at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html for help on many
subjects.

>The person I bought the IIe from gave me a disk, and when I boot it,
>it say its Apple Dos 3.3, and then appears to load Integer Basic
>into the "Language Card" !  Well, nothing then works....  
> ] catalog     gives syntax error

   Two words: caps lock. Bits were expensive back then, so uppercase
had one fewer set bit, and was much better supported. That'll be
better supported than mixed case. Apply the same fix to Applesoft
Basic (the ']' prompt)

Nathan Mates


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