Re: R:Apple IIc+ and self diagnostic

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

CyberDez <spamming.me.softly@msn.com> wrote:

>>     Odd as it is, that is completely normal. I had the same concern when I
>> first picked up an Apple IIc Plus about a decade ago. If you want to run a
>> more extensive diagnostic (on any Apple II model for that matter) you may
>> want to try the "Apple II Diagnostics" that was used by authorized Apple
>> dealers. It came on a 3.5 floppy and automatically detected which Apple II
>> model it was running on, changing the test options to correspond to that
>> particular machine.
>
>Hello Mitchell,
>Thank you VERY much for the info! Now I'm quite sure my machine is not
>broken as I feared... :-)
>A diagnostic disk like the one you mentioned would be a really good thing to
>have handy expecially when dealing with vintage computers but where can I
>find it? Making back the bootable disk from a disk image would not be a big
>problem. 

    At this point, to prevent it from disappearing forever, I may as well
archive it and upload it to both the Ground and Asimov FTP sites.
Although it's on a 3.5 disk, I do remember being able to move the
files to a 5.25 so I could run it on my Apple IIe and IIc.

    It's actually called "Apple IIxx Diagnostic, V3.0" (where xx is model
it's running on). It uses the AppleWorks style interface. Since it was used
by Apple techs, it's not surprising it's the most extension diagnostic tool
available. At least from what I can recall.

>There are also two other disks I am desperately looking for:
>
>- Zip Chip Utilities

    I think I have that somewhere, but would have to do some digging. I
remember it working on the IIc Plus as there is a hardware equivalent 
of the 4 MHz Zip Chip built-in (Apple actually licensed the technology).

    FYI: You can slow down to 1 MHz operation by holding down the ESC
key when cold-booting the IIc Plus, or with an Apple-Control-Esc-Reset
combination key press.

>- Dalton Disk Disintegrator rev. 2.1 or higher

    I have Disk Disintegrator Deluxe 5.0, the final version. It originated
from here (Montreal, Canada) so it's only fitting I should have a copy. :)
I have some of the older versions, such a 4.2a.

Mitchell Spector