Re: Apple II+ disk drive problem

[Doug Browning <wpg750@mb.imag.net>]

Yes, your apple is running normally. To run the machine without a disk in the
drive, do a reset, after the drive light comes on. You'll then have access to
BASIC, however, you won't be able to do disk operations, for that you need to
boot up a system disk.

Chris Clement wrote:

> Actually, I don't even know if it IS a problem.  When my Apple II+ boots up,
> the disk drive light comes on and activates the drive, but the screen only
> displays "Apple ][" and nothing more.  If I take out the disk interface
> card, it boots to the ROM BASIC.
>
> So here is my question:  Does the Apple II+ REQUIRE a OS disk of some sort
> in the drive if the disk interface card is installed?  I was thinking that
> eventually, the computer would boot to ROM BASIC regardless of whether there
> is a disk in place or not.
>
> Anyone have any answers?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Chris



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