Re: Apple II+ Help

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

Andrea <aenglish@scnc.waverly.k12.mi.us> wrote:

>"Apple II" comes up at the top of the 
>screen, but then nothing happens.  I've tried all the disks I have, and both disk 
>drives, but I can't get it working.

You sure the Disk ][s are plugged into the thing that says "DRIVE 1"
on the card in the computer?

>"SYNTAX ERROR" message if I type "catalog".

If it is "SYNTAX ERROR" instead of "?SYNTAX ERROR", then DOS *did*
somewhat successfully load.  If you can actually type in lowercase,
don't.  Most commands need to be in uppercase.

>	On the second computer, when everything is hooked up the same, I turn it on 
>and all I get is a screen full of random characters, or characters in rows going 
>down the screen vertically.  None of the keys work, and I can't reset or boot into 
>BASIC.

Try booting without any cards installed.  Maybe one is loose? (I
remember getting the random characters thing when I pulled a
disk-controller card out of my Franklin Ace 1000 while it was on.)
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