Re: APPLE ][e: HELP NEEDED

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Atkins (tatkins@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu) wrote:
: I got an Apple ][e + monitor + disk drive at a garage sale for $5.00 this 
: past Saturday.  When I got it home, I realized it has none of the 
: controller cards or RAM cards...all expansion slots are empty.  So, I 
: cannot plug in the disk drive because I don't have the floppy 
: controller.  I decided to test it out anyway and hooked up the monitor 
: and turned it on.  The screen stayed blank except for a little sputter 
: when the power was switched on.  The power light on the ][e comes on and 
: everything.  Question: isn't the BIOS/OS built in the motherboard ?  
: Shouldn't something come up on the screen even though I don't have the 
: expansion cards?  Anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be?  
: Anyone have a used floppy controller card and/or RAM card they want to 
: sell for cheap?  I could not afford the new ones in JAMECO catalog.  Thanks.
: --Atkins

Upon power-up, you should get one of the following displays:

                Apple ][
]
(if the machine is NOT enhanced, or if it is enhanced...)
                Apple //e
]

Either way, note that you should get dumped into Applesoft, and you should
hear a <BEEP> (unless the speaker is disconnected).  Before running off
and buying any interface cards, make sure you can get that far.  If you
can't get that far, start by re-seating all of the socketed IC's on the
motherboard.  You might also check for bad RAM IC's, though I'm not sure
how you would go about it.

Good luck!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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