lyman@ZAPPA.UMD.EDU (Lyman Hurd) (11/25/89)
Hi. I currently have an Apple II+ which startd life as an Apple II, and a Sup'R'Terminal board. Combined with Softerm it makes a pretty good VT100. I have been offered aan Apple III with 5M hard disk, and have the following questions: 1. I bought on speculation a 65C02 chip and tried swapping it with the existing 6502 to see if it could resolve some compatibility problems with programs which run on a IIe but don't require 128K. I got garbage, although I recall being told once that the chip might be usable if a few other chips were upgraded. Is this possible? Or particularly deirable? I am really a software person so keep details down. 2. What software is available, preferably for nominal cost, for a III? Also has anyone ever tried running Softerm on a III? The CPU is being given to me free, so I don't want the software costs to skyrocket, but I will move my base of operations over to it if it can be made usable. 3. Failing the ability to make the III useful, is there a way to put its (Apple) hard disk on the II under Prodos. If so how cheaply can this be accomplished? Once again rememberthis is a II+ (not e or c...) and an old one at that. 4. What is the address (phone #) for getting a Beagle Bros. catalog and do any of the above-mentioned programs work on a II+? I know, for example, that the Appleworks extensions aren't of any use. Thanks for any help you can give, Lyman Hurd Lab for Plasma Research U of MD
fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (11/28/89)
In article <8911251502.AA07254@zappa.UMD.EDU>, lyman@ZAPPA.UMD.EDU (Lyman Hurd) writes: > I have been offered aan Apple III with 5M hard disk, and > have the following questions: > > 2. What software is available, preferably for nominal cost, for a III? > Also has anyone ever tried running Softerm on a III? The CPU is being > given to me free, so I don't want the software costs to skyrocket, but > I will move my base of operations over to it if it can be made usable. Contact Sun Remarketing of Logan, UT. (No relation to Sun Microsystems, btw.) They still sell and service the Apple///. Last time I heard (a few weeks ago) they were selling a /// system including computer, monitor, and software for around $300.) They carry most of the interesting commercial /// software, as well as some that never made it to market before the /// was discontinued. > 3. Failing the ability to make the III useful, is there a way to put > its (Apple) hard disk on the II under Prodos. If so how cheaply can > this be accomplished? Once again rememberthis is a II+ (not e or > c...) and an old one at that. Sure. You need an Apple][ ProFile interface card. You might have some problems running things, though, since it requires Prodos (though you *can* run it under Apple// Pascal). The problem is that DOS 3.3 don't know how to handle things bigger than a Disk][, roughly. Maybe someone knows a way around that. If you *do* get it working, you'll find the beast is *really* fast to boot from the hard disk. Better to run from the ///, if you don't have a //e. ------------ "...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." Plato, _Phaedrus_ 275d
dkl@pro-europa.cts.COM (David Leikam) (11/28/89)
In-Reply-To: message from lyman@zappa.umd.edu
In CS-ID: #8868.cortland/info-apple@pro-europa, lyman@zappa.umd.edu (Lyman
Hurd) asks
(a bunch of Apple /// and/or ProFile questions)
Your best bet for all of the above is Sun Remarketing, which has taken over
support of all Apple's discontinued products. They can tell you what you need
to to just about all of what you want, and probably sell you the bits and
pieces you may need to do it - Including EasyTerm /// or Access /// for
communications.
Sun Remarketing, Inc.
p.o. Box 4059
Locan, Utah 84321
Customer Service 801-752-7631
(Usual disclaimer -> I don't work with/for 'em, etc.)
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