Re: Apple ][c+ Questions

[ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)]

This doesn't work, Mitch.  It is still staying at 4mhz for me.  I can't 
get it to kick down to slower speed.  I've tried all your suggestions.

Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:

:     This is wrong. If no disk is present in the built-in 3.5 drive, the
: Apple IIc Plus will immediately search any drives connected to the disk 
: port (including 5.25 drives). The effective speed will be ~4 MHz, but the
: machine does slow down to 1.024 MHz each time the drive is accessed. To
: keep it at 1.024 MHz though (so that games play as they would on a stock 
: Apple II) simply requires you hold down the 'ESC' key.

:     So leave the internal 3.5 drive empty, insert the 5.25" diskette in 
: the external drive and then press Apple-Control-Esc-Reset. The proper way 
: to do it is to hold down the first three keys, then press and release
: 'Reset' while still holding down the others. The words "Normal" should
: appear on screen.

: Mitchell Spector
: spec@vax2.concordia.ca