Re: Apple///

[eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu (strider)]

umpfaif0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mike Pfaiffer) writes:

>	Last night my cousin bought an Apple/// (yes Apple///). He was just
>looking for a printer but the guy threw in the computer as well. Apart from
>some mouse damage that we repaired the computer still functions. There were
>mountains of business software and manuals with it. Unfortunately there were
>few technical manuals (only one) that could be found. Would somebody out there
>be able to send me some info on the machine so I can pass it along to my
>cousin?

Bob Consorti of ON Three Inc. has the complete Apple /// tech manual
for sale.  I bought one and find it rather handy.  Unfortunately I
don't have his phone number handy.

There are a few Washington Apple Pi members here that may also have info
you can use.

Check with Sun Remarketing at 800-821-3221.


>	I also noticed that there was an Apple// emulator in the pile of disks.
>I assume that this is a ][+ emulator. Was there ever a //e emulator put out
>for this machine? I managed to get it to run ProDOS easily, but there was a
>little trouble with DOS3.3.

The only system other than DOS 3.3 that I could run under the Apple ][+
emulation was the run-time version of Pascal from the Wizardry disk.

Titan Inc. built a pair of cards that formed a 128k Apple //e emulation kit.
I purchased the kit some 4 years ago from Sun Remarketing.  I believe this
kit will be very difficult to find now.  Shreve Systems in Louisiana might
have this.  Otherwise you'll have to do a lot of searching.


>	One thing I have to say about the early Apple machines is that they are
>like tanks. They are very hard to hurt. After all this time they still function
>as well as they ever did.

I've made several upgrades and repairs to my /// and will not trade it for
a clone or a Mac.  I added an Amiga to it, but still use /// EZ Pieces
(Apple Works) for the DataBase and Spread Sheet and the Word Processor for
page layout.  I use Apple Writer /// v4 as my preferred text editor.

Apple ///: 512k on the motherboard, 128k on the //e emulator, UniDisk 3.5,
and highly recommend everything ON Three Inc. has produced.


Scott Weddel   strider   Apple /// aficionado   eeidscw@engvms.unl.edu
    Sterling Rider       MegaChip A500C= DCTV   UNLincoln Nebraska USA