Re: Apple ][+ won't boot system master

["John Van Winkle" <appleiieman@charter.net>]

Sounds like to me you have a bad boot disk.  If you can make a new copy of
one, do it.  If not, get another copy from a reliable source and try it.


"John Smith" <Jsmith@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I haven't been able to figure this one out.  Here's the system.
>
> Apple ][+, 48K, 16K Apple Language Card, Apple Disk controller card.
>
> It will run a number of games with the 16K Apple language card
> installed, but for some reason won't boot any of my 3.3 system master
> discs.  Some of the system master discs result in the system hanging
> with the drive spinning.  Another one causes it to break out into
> machine language, at address 3003 I believe.
>
> If I remove the Apple language card and install one of the chips from
> the card in the empty motherboard socket, it won't boot at all and
> throws up a screen full of asterix characters.
>
> The chip from the language card is different than those on the MB.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what is going on here?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tom
>