Re: apple //e Hardware problem (response to Nathan Mates)

[Doug Browning <vgt507@freenet.mb.ca>]

What are you using for the "boot up" disk. My Apple //e NEVER asks for a 
program disk on boot up. Try booting from the ProDOS Users Disk or Copy 
][+. You can make a generic "Boot Disk" by formatting a blank floppy, 
then copy ProDOS and Basic.System to it. With such a disk, the system will 
boot and go into BASIC.

Doug Browning
vgt507@freenet.mb.ca
http://www.winnipeg.freenet.mb.ca/~vgt507

On 21 Mar 1998, Christilyn Quintos wrote:

> I tried both the white apple key + control + reset, the dark apple key +
> control + reset, and even both apple keys +control + reset. They all bring
> me to the same place. The screen scolls up a white blank screen, then a
> black screen that has "RAM:" on the top left hand corner. 
> 
> I tried opening up the system and pushing down on the chips like you said
> just to make sure they are fitted in properly. 
> 
> The problem really is running a certain software. Now I have a boot up disk
> and it works fine. It boots up, brings me to a screen, and it says "please
> insert appleworks programs disk." When I pop in the disk, it reads drive 1
> (where the disk is), then switches over and tries to read drive 2 (no disk
> in it) and then stops. the screen doesn't change, it still asks for the
> programs disk.
> 
> Now I know that it could be a problem with the programs disk, but I just
> want to make sure that maybe it couldn't be anything else, like a hardware
> problem. And yes, this system is a very old one. Please respond on your
> thoughts to this. Thank you..
> 
> Christilyn Quintos
> 
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