Re: Apple IIe - dead or alive?

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <gAXPc.21642$g4.410774@news2.nokia.com>,
 "mario" <gianmarioRE.scottiMO@nokiaVE.com> wrote:

> So, my question is: is this Apple IIe broken, or is it Working As Designed
> when equipped with flopy drives? If the latter is the answer, would I be
> able to drop into Apple Basic by removing the disk controller from the Apple
> IIe? Or is it something else one has to do?

It's working as designed.  The 5 1/4 controller and drives will keep on 
running and running until they find something.

If you want to drop into Applesoft Basic, press Control-Reset.  Anything 
you do will go away when you turn off the computer.  You don't get 
floppy drive access unless you boot up either DOS 3.3 or 
ProDOS/Basic.system.  Although if you have a tape drive, you could use 
that.

Greg B.

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