There is some way, though I don't recall right now, to use a Mac OS X computer to become virtual disk drives with images for use on Apple ][ and Atari 8-bit lines. Sorry, not much more help here. I'm drawing a blank after this. Do a little research. because the tape drives and disk drives (and rare CD-ROM drives) are expensive if in working order, and then finding floppy cleaning kits, etc.
On 7/18/09, Ken Daggett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 18 Jul 2009, at 17:40:56 PDT, Ivan Drucker wrote: > >> >>> You really need a floppy >>> drive to see if the thing works. >> >> Actually, since the II+ was designed originally to work with >> cassette tapes, >> this is not strictly speaking true; if you turn one on with no drive >> attached, it beeps, says "APPLE ][" at the top of the screen, and >> drops you >> into AppleSoft Basic (which has a ] prompt), from where you can >> write a >> program, or load something from a tape player attached to the audio >> in port >> in the rear. IIe's do the same; enhanced IIe's say "Apple //e" >> instead. (The >> unenhanced IIe is substantially the same machine as a II+.) >> >> Early Apple II's (non-plus) don't even do this, actually; they >> beep, fill >> the screen with @'s and other random characters, and then drop you >> into >> machine language, which has a * prompt. >> >> Of course, you'll still need a floppy drive to do anything useful >> with it, >> unless you happen to have Apple II tapes lying around. (I happen to >> be a >> person who does. Getting those things to work was tough; I remember >> when we >> finally got a Disk ][ drive and I thought it was the greatest thing >> ever. >> Random access! Named files! Speed! Blew my mind.) >> >> Ivan. > ------------------ > Ahh. You refresh my poor memory. It has been 20 years since I > smoked my ][+. I had forgotten about the Basic prompt and the > "beep" at power on. The tape recorder was my original input- > output device. I had quite a few programs on tape until I could > afford the $200 or so for a floppy drive. > > Ken > > > > -- Tyrone L. Warbasse My Personal Blog and Podcast: http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ or http://www.tyronewarbasse.blogspot.com/ And for Twitter: coffee4binky "Don't Tread on Me!" I thought things were bad in politics, then I had the disprivilege of re-watching Club Mario! http://www.mariowiki.com/Club_Mario/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
