pcguru83 wrote: > Hey guys, > > I scored some old Mac hardware this morning, most notable of course > being the systems in the title. I got one Apple II Plus and two Apple > IIe's. The Apple IIe's are pretty beat up, but the innards *look* > OK.
For starters, this is APPLE hardware, not Mac. They predate the Macs. > > The Apple II Plus is of course the one I'm most interested in. The > guy claimed it works, but I sure enough can't get it to do anything. > It also came with a 9" monochrome green monitor, which when powered > on, just has a bunch of lines that scroll up and down the screen. Is > that normal? A "bunch of lines" doesn't mean much. Can you describe them more thoroughly? Text or Graphics? > > When I power the II Plus up, I get a whole lot of nothing. You can > vaguely tell its running, but no startup sound and nothing on the > screen. I can wiggle the video cable and it kind of acts like it > wants to display something, but that could just be this monitor. > > Is there any hope at all in getting this thing going based on what > I've described? Or is it not worth the effort? If not, do either of > these three (namely, the II Plus) have any value? I'd actually love > to do something with the mainboard on the Plus if not. > > So what say we? What are my options? FWIW, I also got two disk ] > [ drive's, neither of which I know if they work or not. For all of them: First, make of note of where each device is plugged into and in which computer. This includes expansion cards, memory and any cables. To begin with, keep all the gear with the computer it came with. Next, one computer at a time, disconnect all expansion cards, external cables (except video and power) and expansion memory. (IIRC there is built in base memory on the IIe and II+ although I could be wrong about the +). Power it on and see what you get. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
