Re: I have an Apple //e question...

[Gabriel Morales <Togega@Concentric.net>]

Jared Falvo wrote:
> 
> It's been so long since I've used an Apple IIe (um, around 1985), I've
> forgotten exactly how they operate (i.e. what they do) without a disk drive
> attached.
> 
> I figure I must be doing something wrong...

No. You're not doing anything wrong. Only that you have to decide what
to do with it and what kind of software you need
 
> ...the presence of the disk I/O card is forcing it to look for a drive that 
> isn't there, hence why it sits there with "Apple II" as the only thing 
> onscreen and nothing more, no matter what I do.

Use Control Reset to disable the disk drive. You can fiddle with your
IIe and do some programming (& computations) here, but you can't save
your work. If you want to do anything more, however, you'll need a disk
drive and an OS.

Visit my site (below) for more information.
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Gabriel Morales