APPLE ][e: HELP NEEDED

[tatkins@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu (Atkins)]

I got an Apple ][e + monitor + disk drive at a garage sale for $5.00 this 
past Saturday.  When I got it home, I realized it has none of the 
controller cards or RAM cards...all expansion slots are empty.  So, I 
cannot plug in the disk drive because I don't have the floppy 
controller.  I decided to test it out anyway and hooked up the monitor 
and turned it on.  The screen stayed blank except for a little sputter 
when the power was switched on.  The power light on the ][e comes on and 
everything.  Question: isn't the BIOS/OS built in the motherboard ?  
Shouldn't something come up on the screen even though I don't have the 
expansion cards?  Anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be?  
Anyone have a used floppy controller card and/or RAM card they want to 
sell for cheap?  I could not afford the new ones in JAMECO catalog.  Thanks.
--Atkins