Re: Help with //c plus

[sbeattie@helios.augustana.edu (Shawn T. Beattie)]

>I recently obtained an Apple //c plus and I need a few questions answered.
>This system incorporates a 3.5 internal drive and I was wondering if it was
>possible to switch the drive's configuration to read as being in S6,D1 instead
>of the S5,D1 default.  I also have a 5.75 external drive that I picked up

I've never heard of that being done; why would you need/want to do this?
I know some BASIC programs assume the disk is in slot 6, but that could
easily be changed.

>with it and it strikes me as odd that that is the default drive instead of the
>internal.  I'd also like to know what the KEYBOARD button on top of the case is
>for and why do the keys print out different characters when it is engaged.  Is
>this used to emulate another system or protocol?

This is the Dvorak keyboard layout.  Once you re-learn the keyboard layout,
you can supposedly type much faster.  The standard keyboard layout was 
purposely designed to slow typists down so the typewriter would not jam.

>And I've been able to ID what
>all the other expansion ports are, such as the external drive, the modem and
>keyboard and the mouse/joy port, but what is the port next to the ext drive

That is a video port.  I believe you can adapt a CGA monitor and use it
with that port.  I use a LCD screen that attaches to that port.

>port? RGB monitor? Hard drive?  What was the latest version of PRODOS 8
>packaged with this system and where can I obtain a copy?

The latest version of ProDOS 8 can be found at Apple's FTP site, see the FAQ.
>
>I also need to know where I can get a modem and printer cable for it.

The IIc+ uses the same Mini-Din 8 plug as the Macintosh (exccept the 128)
and the IIGS.  Many computer stores carry such cables.  Quality Computers
and MacWarehouse are mail-order shops that would carry what you need.

-Shawn
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