Re: I'm new to Apple II - What can I do?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Gary Harrison writes ...
> 
> I've just been given an Apple II clone (Unitron), and apart from using one
> briefly at school back in the early eighties, I've never had much experience
> with these machines.
> 
> The machine has no disk-drives, only cassette connections on the back.
> In the expansion slots it has a "language card", a serial card, and an
> 80-column card.
> Also supplied with the machine were three ROM chips marked 1, 2 and 3. I
> have a small expansion card with three sockets - this was not attached to
> the computer though. What are these?
> The machine powers up and displays "Apple ][" before giving me a "]" prompt.
> 
> Simple BASIC programs I type in work OK, but I don't know the syntax of the
> more advanced BASIC commands (graphics? saving/loading?).
> 
> I'm assuming I really need a disk-drive to do anything "useful" with it?
> 
> What is a "language card" anyway? Where can I find info on Apple's BASIC?
> How old is my machine exactly?
> 
 ....

     A pretty good place to look for Apple II information is the Apple II FAQs at
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html .



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