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Re: How start BASIC without diskette?
- Subject: Re: How start BASIC without diskette?
- From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:35:35 -0700
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On 6/30/2010 2:39 PM, M.O.B. i L. wrote:
I received an Apple II Europlus with two diskette-stations yesterday --
and I have never used an Apple II before. I didn't receive any
diskettes. When I started it it prints APPLE ][ on the screen (actually
APPLE �� since it is Swedish) and the diskette-drive spins but nothing
more happens. I then removed the diskette-controller and now it starts
in BASIC (Applesoft BASIC I presume since it can handle floating point
-- the prompt is ] i.e. � in my case).
Is there a way to start with the diskette-controller connected without a
bootable diskette and still get to BASIC?
Press ctl-RESET and you will be in Applesoft BASIC--without DOS, of
course.
Could you format a blank diskette using the ROM BASIC? If not directly,
by entering or transferring a program -- possibly in 6502 machine code?
I have 5.25" DD-diskettes for PC. My Apple II Plus has cassette in and
cassette out so it should be possible to transfer programs, say DOS, to
it via the cassette-port.
Unfortunately, no. Diskettes can only be initialized by DOS, which
originally required booting a DOS disk, but now DOS can be loaded from
a modern PC using ADTPro, for example.
Google ADTPro for more information on getting started.
-michael
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