Re: Apple II ROM - SOLVED

[Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>]

Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> schmidtd wrote:
> > Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> > > It displays a screen with "Apple ][" at the top, otherwise blank.
> >
> > Do you have any extra cards in any of the slots?  You might try
> > removing all of them (especially a Disk ][ card with no disks attached,
> > it'll make your machine behave a little like you describe).
>
> I just took out a serial card, a parallel printer card, and two Disk ][
> controllers. Unfortunately, it didn't fix the problem.
>
> There is still a "language card" and I don't remember if it was original
> or an add-in. Is it something I should try removing, or something to
> leave alone?

I tried taking out the language card, and IT DID IT!

My Apple II now goes into Basic on control-B return, just the way it was
supposed to, and did in 1979. I can enter a simple Basic program, and it
runs correctly.

I'm not really worried about diagnosing problems in the added cards,
because at this point I'm more interested in reproducing the original
Apple II experience than in upgrades.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Now for trying to read a cassette tape...]

Patricia