Re: Remedial Help?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Goodfellow wrote:
> 
> My son got hold of an AppleIIe a few years ago and it seemed to work
> well, we moved and packed it away and when we unpacked it and found a
> spot for it, it has not been booted up for a bout 3 years.  I am not
> sure I found the correct cable to connect the monitor...it seems to be
> a simple video cable connector. However when the monitor and the
> computer are turned on nothing appears on the screen. Is there
> supposed to be a cursor or prompt.. we have a floppy drive attached
> and it seems like it would boot off a disk in the floppy drive but
> nothing shows on the screen ... any advice on trouble shooting would
> be appreciated.

The only thing I can add to Eds reply is that you can test the monitor 
by hooking it up to a VCR. Likewise the IIe could be hooked up to a 
TV though the resolution is poor.

	Wayne