Re: Apple IIe power up issues

[lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)]

keithclark wrote:
> I just had a couple of Apple IIe's given to me.  They are not in the best
> of 
> shape, but they are something that I've always wanted but could never
> afford 
> in their day!
> 
> One of them boots up with no issues but shows fre(0) at -18436.  I'm not
> sure 
> how to interpret that number!

Signed 16-bit integer.  "? 65536-18436" (47100).  2049 (beginning of BASIC
code space) + 47100 = 49149, which is 3 bytes shy of 48K - which is exactly
what it should return if nothing is in RAM.

> The second machine seems to be resetting itself constantly.  It keeps
> trying 
> to boot, red light flashes and the speaker beeps.  It keeps doing this 
> continuously.  The caps lock light (I think that is what it is) over the /
> key 
> is also constantly blinking.  I'm not sure how to troubleshoot that one 
> either.

The //e doesn't have a caps lock indicator...

-uso.