Re: IIc help

[Scarletdown <SecretaryBird@SoftHome.net>]

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:56:03 -0500, "Greg Andrzejewski"
<pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I was recently given an old Apple IIc. When I turn it on, SOMETIMES it beeps
>and then it says "check boot disk" or something like that. At the top of the
>display is says "Apple //c". However, there seems to be a character "@" in
>the middle of the screen. Also, when I try to boot with a program disk, it
>just goes into monitor dump mode. Same thing with a DOS 3.3 disk. When I
>just insert a blank prodos disk, it says "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS." When I
>copy ProDOS and BASIC.SYSTEM from my GS boot disk onto a 5.25, the IIc says
>that GS/OS requires Apple IIgs hardware. Any ideas on what's wrong? And
>also, how do you get the case open????
>

Well, it does sound like there is some sort of hardware problem;
though I'm not sure what would cause those symptoms.  However, the
ProDOS that you want to copy off of the GS/OS disk is a file named P8
(I can't remember which folder it is in, since I haven't booted up my
GS in a while.)  But once you copy P8 to your ProDOS boot disk, you
then rename it ProDOS.  Hope this helps.