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Re: How start BASIC without diskette?

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

On 6/30/2010 2:39 PM, M.O.B. i L. wrote:

I received an Apple II Europlus with two diskette-stations yesterday --
and I have never used an Apple II before. I didn't receive any
diskettes. When I started it it prints APPLE ][ on the screen (actually
APPLE �� since it is Swedish) and the diskette-drive spins but nothing
more happens. I then removed the diskette-controller and now it starts
in BASIC (Applesoft BASIC I presume since it can handle floating point
-- the prompt is ] i.e. � in my case).

Is there a way to start with the diskette-controller connected without a
bootable diskette and still get to BASIC?


Press ctl-RESET and you will be in Applesoft BASIC--without DOS, of
course.


Thanks to all who answered!
I don't have any key labeled RESET. According to some webpage it should be the key in the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard: <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BUDE8ddvMqoJ:apple2history.org/history/ah06.html+ctrl+reset+apple+ii+plus&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=se>. I've tried using CTRL+THISKEY in various ways but it doesn't reset when I'm in BASIC (I still haven't put back the diskette-controller. THISKEY has cursor-right and - on it. The webpage also says: "The keyboards that had the CTRL-RESET feature made it user selectable via a small slide switch just inside the case (some people didn't want to have to press the CTRL key to do a RESET)." I haven't found any slide switch. 


Could you format a blank diskette using the ROM BASIC? If not directly,
by entering or transferring a program -- possibly in 6502 machine code?
I have 5.25" DD-diskettes for PC. My Apple II Plus has cassette in and
cassette out so it should be possible to transfer programs, say DOS, to
it via the cassette-port.


Unfortunately, no.  Diskettes can only be initialized by DOS, which
originally required booting a DOS disk, but now DOS can be loaded from
a modern PC using ADTPro, for example.

Google ADTPro for more information on getting started.
I found it and could get the ADTPro client to run on my Apple II Europlus (w/o diskette-controller), but now my problem it how to stop the Apple II from reading the diskette and return to ROM BASIC so I can enter the commands and still have the diskette-stations connected.