Re: APPLE //e HELP!!!!!!

[mkeeney@cc.weber.edu (Michael S. Keeney)]

In article <41u0j0$1qit@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>, tatkins@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu (Atkins) writes...
>I did not get a response before...
>My question is: shouldn't my Apple //e boot up without any cards in it?  
>Doesn't it have an onboard OS?  I have a //e with just the monitor hooked 
>up and I have tested the monitor, but nothing happens onscreen when I 
>turn the computer on.  Again, I have *no* cards in it whatsoever and no 
>disk drive or anything connected.  The power light and the "expanded" 
>light come on on the computer itself.  What am I missing?
>--Atkins
> 


With no cards in it, all you'd get is the Apple //e at the top and an
Applesoft prompt (]) right below it -- the operating system is stored
on each diskette and naturally, the computer can't boot up if
there's no os available..


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