Subject: Re: Apple II/e newbie - please help
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Starflight writes ...
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I purchased an Apple II/e a few days ago at a garage sale, and I know
> absolutely nothing about it.  There was no documentation with the
> system, nor was there any software.  I have no idea how to tell what
> hardware is in this system, but it did come with a 5.25 floppy drive,
> a Zenith Data Systems monitor/screen, a joystick and a Prowriter
> printer.  I have built many PC's, but have never worked with anything
> quite this old, nor have I worked with an Apple system before.
> 
> Can someone get me started in the right direction to finding technical
> information on this system as well as information on how to use it and
> what software, kind and type of floppies it uses

     Mainly, 5.25" DD diskettes. The more common PC HD diskettes will not
work.


>, etc...  Any
> information would be appreciated as the only thing I know how to do is
> turn the power button on and off.

     The Disk Controller Card goes in Slot 6. If you have a bootable Apple II
diskette, you can stick it in Drive 1 and, when you turn ON the power, the
diskette should boot and run some program. (Drive 1 is the drive that
clatters and spins when power is turned ON.)

     If you do not have a bootable diskette in the drive, you can press
Control-Reset to stop the drive from spinning. This will leave you looking at
the regular Applesoft prompt.

     You can enter a BASIC program and run it to try out the system:

10 TEXT: HOME
20 VTAB 10: PRINT "HELLO STARFLIGHT!"
30 END

Entering LIST will list the program on the screen. Enter RUN to run the
program.



     Here are a couple good places to get lots more information:


Gabriel Morales's Apple II Beginner's Guide. See ... 
http://www.concentric.net/~Togega/Apple2/ 


The Apple II FAQs. See ...

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#003
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#010
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#019
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2DOSMM.html


     Plus, naturally, you can always ask any Apple II question on this
newsgroup.



Rubywand