Re: IIe bootup question -update/new cards.

["leucoplast" <leucoplast@seanet.com>]

As an update... I was able to find a fat stack of Apple II software,
including several different boot disks, so I've got that covered.

Next, along with those disks, I also found several Apple II cards -I don't
even know what one of them is but my question is about installing them.

Is there a particular place where different cards go?

One of these cards is a 64k RAM expansion card (IIe.) Do I need to put this
card in a certain spot, or can I use any open slot? #820-0067-b or
#607-0103-j

Also, I have an I/O card with a 19pin (female) plug dangling on the end of a
rainbow cable. It's an Apple Computer card from 1983. What is this card for,
and which slot does it go into? #655-0101-c or #820-5003-a

The system currently has a printer interface card in slot 1, and a
isk ][ interface card in slot 6. It also has what appears to be an 80column
card (AIIE 80COL 1981) in the Aux Slot. I'm not sure if thats what this card
is -it's a tiny card with no Video interface??? #820-0066-A or #607-0102

Thanks for your help.

Ernest



leucoplast wrote in message <82r8jo$mv1$1@q.seanet.com>...
>Hi, folks. I recently purchased a IIe for a friend of mine, and I would
like
>to test it out before I give it to him for Christmas. When I turn the
system
>on, the only thing that appears on the screen is the Apple II logo. Do I
>need to have a traditional boot disk in the floppy drive, or is there some
>way to get the computer to move past this logo?
>
>I have never worked with an Apple II so I'm not sure of what is supposed to
>happen. From what I've read, it seems that the Apple II's had some sort of
>simple OS burned into the ROM, so that you didn't need to have a bootdisk
to
>boot the system up -sort of like the old Tandy 1000ex's. Is this correct?
>
>Also, is there anyone out there who could e-mail me a bootdisk image, that
I
>could load onto a floppy for this system?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ernest.
>
>