Re: Apple II Help Please

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <74t0e0h3q8i1jffi3fnfbm3r0hndl8m6l4@4ax.com>,
 8-Bit <corey_koltz@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.  From what I can tell, nothing still is
> happening.  I am guessing I am NOT supposed to hit those keys
> simultaneously, but type them normally. 

Yeah... <Ctrl-some letter> equals "hold control, hit the letter, let go 
of control", and <return> is "hit the return key". Unless the machine 
(or some part of it that you haven't managed to identify yet) is toast,
any of those sequences SHOULD have gotten the disk drive to come to life 
in a fairly obvious way. (the recalibrate rattle, a light, disk spinning 
sound, etc - When it happens, it'll be obvious) 

> I moved the the floppy
> controller to slot 6 (and 7 and 4) and nothing.

Could be that the card (or the drive, or both) is toasted, then. What 
kind of connector does the card have on it for the drive cable? Two sets 
of pins, or a short cable running to a "D" style connector? (I'm not 
sure how familiar you are with Apple gear or computers in general, so to 
be clear, the second kind will have what looks a lot like a printer 
connector on the end of the cable)

If it's got two sets of pins, you should either plug two drives into it, 
or if you only have one available, plug it into the upper set of pins. 
If it's got the piece of cable with the connector, there's only one way 
you CAN hook it up.

>  If I put in a newer
> IIGS floppy drive controller and plug in a drive, I do see the light
> coming on the drive for a half second when I first turn on the
> computer.

Try the sequences I gave you with the GS card in slot 6.

If it doesn't do anything then, I'd guess that either your drive 
controller card or the drive itself is hosed. Swap drives, if you have a 
spare one you know is good, and try again. If it still doesn't do 
something, that pretty much narrows it down to the card or the computer 
itself being toast. 

> 
> Thanks, Corey
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:02:38 GMT, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> 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)
> >
> >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.
>

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