Re: apple II commands

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32F56610.611@earthlink.net>,
Darren Casden  <darrenc@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I am a school teacher who was just donated 2 apple II's.  They came with
>a lot of old educational software.  When I originally set up the
>computer and loaded the software everything seemed great, however, when
>the kids started playing with the computer it "froze" it would not
>reboot or anything. I turned off the computer and tried restarting it.
>Now when I turn on the computer it says "loading file" and then I see a
>flashing "[" on the bottom of the screen. Is there a command that I need
>to use to get the games to load properly??? Or play???

   Sounds like there might be a lurking hardware problem. Open up the
system and press down on each socketed chip; you may hear a creaking
noise as it gets reseated. Over time, chips occasionally pop out of
their seats, leading to problems. If this is an enhanced //e or later,
or a non-255 version of the //c, you can try the self test by pressing
control, open apple, closed apple, and reset at once. [The Apple ][
and ][+ do not have this feature]

   The disk may also have died in use. A set of Applesoft Basic
commands and DOS 3.3/ ProDOS Basic.System commands is available from
the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html   If the disk is dead,
the commands won't be as much help, but you may find them useful for
other things.

Nathan Mates

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