Re: Apple IIe help-just got my first one

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Jeff Blakeney (CUTjefbla@bconnex.net) wrote:
: On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:43:08 -0500, penman-no-spam@cotse.com wrote:

: >When your turn on your //e, even tho you don't have the software,
: >does it show ][E or //e?  (the latter is showing that the machine
: >is enhanced and can use newer peripherals.)

: Nit pick alert!  :-)

: An Apple II, II+ and unenhanced IIe will all show "Apple ][" at the
: top of the screen on power up.  The enhanced IIe shows "Apple //e",
: the IIc shows "Apple //c" and the IIgs shows "Apple IIgs".

: I'm not quite sure what the IIc+ shows but I imagine it would be
: "Apple //c+".

: Note that none of them use ][E.  :-)

Jeff, if you're gonna nit-pick, do it right!

The ][ doesn't show a logo on startup...you'll get a screenfull of
question-marks and random characters and a Monitor prompt.  I used to work
with one of those things at school!

The ][+ displays, "APPLE ][" top-center on the screen and attempts to boot
a disk if a controller is present, or dumps you into Applesoft BASIC if it
isn't.  Note that the logo is all-uppercase, and impossible to type on the
Apple ][+ keyboard (Shift-M will give you the "]" but there is no
keystroke for the "[").

(Okay, I guess the "Black Apples" had some shift-key combo that would give
you the "[".  Standard Apple ]['s though, didn't.)

  [Dave suddenly realizes he has just committed a terrible sin and 
   referred to an Apple ][ in the past tense.  Please substitute
   "have" for "had" and "don't" for "didn't" in the previous 
   parenthetical statement.  Thank you.]

The original ][e displays "Apple ][" top-center on the screen and attempts
to boot a disk if a controller is present, or dumps you into Applesoft
BASIC if it isn't.

The enhanced ][e displays "Apple //e" top-center on the screen and...do I
really have to keep repeating the Autostart ROM cycle?  8-)

The ][c displays "Apple //c" top-center on the screen...(etc).

The IIgs displays "Apple IIgs" top center on the screen.  The ROM 01 and
ROM 03 versions also display a copyright notice in the center of the
screen along with a notice of the ROM version.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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