--- Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> wrote:
> On Jul 18, 22:51, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > Say ... Which Apple OS is the ][e supposed to run? I have checked out
> > that IIe and it appears to work OK, but I've not yet found a bootable
> > diskette. Does it run the same DOS as the ][+?
>
> Yes. The ones I've seen were supplied with Apple DOS 3.3, but they will of
> course run ProDOS if you have the disks.
ISTR this came up a while back - did we establish there *was* a way to take
AppleDOS disk images and cut 5.25" diskettes on some flavor of Mac, or is
a IIGS required? (I forget if you could hang any external 5.25" disks off
the Mac (voltage issues) or even of you could, would the IWM know what to
do with it or not).
> > Apparently the ][e uses a serial printer. Perhaps I should have looked
> > around for that. It uses a wierd PS/2-like connector to communicate with
> > the thing.
LocalTalk? Looks a little like an S-Video connector?
> Out of the box, an Apple //e didn't have a printer port fitted. That would
> be an add-on. Most common option in my experience is a parallel card,
> usually fitted to slot #1, but there's no reason you could use a serial
> card (typically in slot #2) instead.
When I used to develop Apple software, we had both in the same machine - a
parallel dot matrix printer for some stuff, a serial daisywheel for other
stuff.
-ethan
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Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 11:47:01 BST