heacock@UKANVAX.BITNET (03/04/88)
I have an older, unenhanced //e, and I'm having a lot of trouble getting anything I have downloaded from APPLE2-L to work. It's possible I'm doing something stupid (or failing to do something obvious), but I am inclined to think it is simply that I need to upgrade my machine. My dealer says this costs $60 (if I do the work), and I have to trade in my old ROMs. Is this reasonable? Are the new ROMs all that different? Could this be my problem in the first place? I will appreciate any information or suggestions that might help. Thanks in advance. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Doug Heacock, ACS User Services ! Disclaimer: My opinions are ! ! University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS ! shaky enough, never mind my ! ! BITNET: HEACOCK@UKANVAX.BITNET ! facts... ! +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
jon@cisunx.UUCP (Jon M. Pearsall) (03/06/88)
In article <8803021650.aa14255@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> heacock@UKANVAX.BITNET writes: >I have an older, unenhanced //e, and I'm having a lot of trouble >getting anything I have downloaded from APPLE2-L to work. It's >possible I'm doing something stupid (or failing to do something >obvious), but I am inclined to think it is simply that I need to >upgrade my machine. Do you mean that when you try to BRUN the execed file that it often times loads into the machine and then drops you into monitor mode or freezes up? I have alotof trouble with those kind of things happening with software I get from APPL2-L too. What the problem usually is (90% of the time) is that the new file created when you execed the executioner text was either saved as a BIN file when it should have be a SYS or else its the other way around (should be a SYS but was saved as a BIN). I don't know why this happens but it does. What you need is a program from APPLE2-L called CFT (Change File Type). You shouldn't have any trouble getting this program to run when you exec it. Just brun it and it asks you for the file name that you want to change and the new type for it (BIN, SYS, BAS, TXT, etc.). Just choose the type and most of the time take the default starting address it then prompts you for ($1000, $2000). Some times this has to be changed too if the file is a BIN. For example: the starting address for Kermit 3.79 is 4096. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jon Pearsall, University of Pittsburgh =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = !pitt!cisunx!jon As the Zorg closes in, Spaceman Spiff = = jon@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu cooly draws his death ray blaster. = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
heacock@UKANVAX.BITNET (03/09/88)
To all who responded to my questions about enhancing my older //e, thanks. I probably will get the enhancement, eventually, though it has been suggested that perhaps our VAX is not doing EBCDIC/ASCII conversion correctly. In any case, I appreciate your input and your generosity with information. If anyone out there has had similar problems, please let me know. Thanks again. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Doug Heacock, ACS User Services ! Disclaimer: My opinions are ! ! University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS ! shaky enough, let alone my ! ! BITNET: HEACOCK@UKANVAX.BITNET ! facts... ! +------------------------------------------------------------------+
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (03/20/88)
I installed the ][e enhancement kit myself this morning. Since it was the first time I have removed chips, I was very slow. Took about 40 min. Directions were adequate. A chip extractor was very helpful. There is often a big spread in prices. My kit came thru an ad in _A+_ (Programs PLUS, <$50 + $4 shipping) tel:800-832-3201) ****DISCLAMER: My comments, etc., are my own shakey opinions ******** | Bruce P. Halpern Psychology & Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell Ithaca | | INTERNET:halp@tcgould.tn.cornell. BITNET:D57J@CORNELLA D57J@CRNLVAX5| | UUCP:{vax135,rochester,decvax}!cornell!batcomputer!halp | | PHONE: 607-255-6433 Uris Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 |