Re: I just got a IIc.....HELP?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <crazyblake-0101971553500001@max3-lg-ca-43.earthlink.net>,
crazyblake <crazyblake@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I just got a old Apple IIc from a nieghboor, and have been playing around
>with it for the last couple of days, so I have some questions:

   And there are tons of answers online. Drop by
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html  it'll help with
your downloading, and the Applesoft reference notes the problem with
your PR# tests.

>A Apple Scribe Printer with cable came with the computer, but I can't seem
>to get it too work. I plugged it in to Port #1 (default from my readings
>on this group)

   That's the 5-pin port with the printer icon, which is slot #1.
Make sure the printer's set to the same settings as the port, which
should be 9600 8N1.

>110 PR#1

   DOS commands like this should be written as 'PRINT CHR$(4)"PR#1"'.
Alternatively, you can simply type the 'PR#1' from the basic prompt
and get it to work.

>If anybody knows how to print from my Mac (Performa 6116) to the Scribe
>(using a old modem cable) please tell me.

   That'd probably be real difficult. Apple tended to shaft users of
pre-Mac stuff by only providing drivers for their 'official' products
like the Imagewriter and Laserwriter.


>Also, I have been seeing some software availible to put onto the computer,
>but it comes out as gibberish on my mac and I ave no way of getting it
>onto the IIc (the disk drive is built in). How can I get files (text?)
>from my mac to the IIc without buying another drive?

   Most programs are not understandable by looking at a byte dump
(unless you're very good); this goes double if they're packaged up for
transmission over the internet. Please see the comp.sys.apple2 FAQ as
mentioned above for downloading instructions; null modem is most
likely what you'll have to end up doing.

Nathan Mates
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