apple II - SCORE!

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Mon Jun 23 11:37:41 1997

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, J. Maynard Gelinas wrote:

> OK, I just got my first decent item since I stopped collecting
> several years ago. This is an original apple II, serial number 7833. It

Very nice.

> I'm guessing that some folks here may know a bit more about
> system restoration. Mind if I ask a few questions?
>
> How do I go about cleaning this without destroying the case? Does
> anyone know of some good solvents or cleaners for plastic?

Get yourself a stiff-bristled plastic brush and a good cleaner like
perhaps Formula 405. Again, I use an organic cleaner called L.O.C. (an
Amway product). Flood the case with the cleaner and brush it with the
brush. It may not take off all the goop, but it will do a good job
(depending on your cleaner, mine works fantastic).

> Can I pull a keytop off the keyboard without destroying the key?
> If it's really bad I guess I could change keyboards - but I'd really like
> to attempt to get this guy working, as it was the original.

Spray your cleaner on the keyboard and scrub with the brush. It'll work
very well. When you're done, lift each key off (yes you can, they come
right off and you pop them right back on) and clean each individual one
around the sides as needed, but the brushing should have done the trick.
Clean all the hair, fuzzballs, food and other misceallny from the bottom
of the keys. Replace all the keycaps. Of course rememberto note down
where they all go.

> And then there's stuff: I lack a floppy disk drive. Hmmm... how
> rare is hard disk technology that will work with this apple? Hahaha,
> here's a good one: does anyone know if ever there's been manufactured
> 10base-T cards, or am I just dreaming here? If so, guess I'll be looking
> for a SuperSerial card as well.

Yes and no. They have an Apple ][ Workstation Card but they only work on
the Apple //e.

> And basic 'dumb' (no time to RTFM quite yet!!) questions: How do
> I get out of the ROM monitor into BASIC? I guess I need some basic DOCS
> here as well as a good technical reference, huh?. I figure most of the

Press CTRL-C or CTRL-B and then RETURN.

> And the guy couldn't imagine why I'd want it!!!

What a fool! :)

Sam
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