Re: Apple II Help Please

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <20040628155917.10996.00000843@mb-m02.aol.com>,
 mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> Don Bruder wrote:
> 
> >In article <tcm0e01hvvmnavaiurte3jovf0pjj2q8r2@4ax.com>,
> > 8-Bit <corey_koltz@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I just picked up an original Apple II and an Apple II+ this weekend,
> >> plus drives, and internal cards for $2 at a garage sale.  Not bad I
> >> thought.  Both are in rough shape, but they will hopefully come thru
> >> in the end.
> >> 
> >> Anyway, I am troubleshooting the II right now.  The PS isn't working,
> >> so I took one out of my IIe that I have lying around, and got it to
> >> the point of it to boot up with garbage characters.  The disk drive's
> >> won't come on.  I put in an Apple ROM CARD (6K I believe), flip the
> >> switch to A, and it beeps like it should, put it to position B, but
> >> either way, still garbage characters across the screen.  I have pulled
> >> out all the addon cards, put them back one at a time, and tested.  The
> >> screen characters do change everytime I turn it on and off.
> >> 
> >> Now what is my next step?  Reseat all ROM chips?
> >> 
> >> Thanks, Corey
> >
> >A straight II? Your next step is to type "<Ctrl-C><Return>PR#6<Return>", 
> >"C600G<Return>", or "6<Ctrl-P>". 
> >(Whichever string you choose to use, change the "6" to whatever slot 
> >you've got the drive card in if it isn't actually in slot 6)
> 
> Actually, the first choice should be "<Ctrl-B><Return>...", since
> whichever BASIC is in ROM will need to be cold-started.

D'OH! Ctrl-B to cold-start, stupid. Ctrl-C is a warm-restart. I plead 
too many years away from being a *PROPER* II-geek :) 

> 
> "6<Ctrl-P>" is the canonical way of booting a newly-started Apple II.

Yep, but any other method of calling the code that lives at $C600 should 
work just as well. Who needs orthodoxy? This is an Apple we're talking 
about here - Think different! :) 

> >Unless my memory is gone, you're describing a II behaving exactly as it 
> >should, since it doesn't contain the "Autostart" ROMs that the II+ and 
> >IIe have in them. Basically, it has no clue what to do at startup other 
> >than falling into the monitor.
> 
> Exactly.

At least I remembered THAT part right! :)

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