Apple IIe Card Owner’s Guide
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Contents Radio and television interference ix Preface Before You Start xi About the Apple IIe Card xii About this guide xiii Before you begin xiv Some visual cues xv User groups xvi Chapter 1 Preparing the Equipment 1 Protecting the disks 2 Using a hard disk to store Apple IIe files 2 Deciding where to store your Apple IIe files 3 Why you might want to use the hard disk 3 Why you might not want to use the hard disk 3 Some suggestions 3 The advantage of making your decision right away 4 What to do next
Reserving hard disk space for Apple IIe files 4 Backing up your hard disk 5 Partitioning your hard disk 6 Restoring the contents of your hard disk 10 Rebuilding your system 11 What to do next 11 Connecting Apple IIe disk drives 12 Connecting the Apple 5.25 Drive 12 Connecting the UniDisk 3.
Running an Apple IIe Program 41 Method 1: Double-clicking a Macintosh icon 41 Can you do the double-click exercise? 41 The double-click exercise 42 Method 2: Restarting the Apple IIe Card 44 Using the Option Panel 46 Opening and closing the Option Panel 46 Exploring the Option Panel 48 Practicing moving the cards in the Option Panel 51 Managing Apple IIe files 54 Naming files on Apple IIe disks 56 Using Macintosh programs with Apple IIe files 56 Chapter 4 Setting Up Cards and Slots 57 Deciding how to arran
Using Apple IIe files with Macintosh programs 81 Copying Apple IIe pictures 83 Using network file servers 84 Starting up from the file server 84 Using files from the file server 85 Personalizing your Apple IIe work environment 86 Changing the processing speed setting 86 Choosing a startup beep sound 89 Setting the keys’ repeat rate 90 Setting the delay before keys repeat 92 Changing the Type Ahead setting 94 Changing the Display setting 95 Changing the character set 96 Changing or adding an Option Panel key
Navigating in the Apple IIe environment 116 Opening the Option Panel 116 A shortcut for opening the Option Panel from the Macintosh environment 116 Limiting access to the Option Panel 116 Locking the preferences file 116 Purchasing and installing an optional jumper cable 117 Hiding the preferences file 117 Returning to your work 118 Restarting the Apple IIe Card 120 Quitting the Apple IIe environment 122 Using the Apple IIe Card with other Macintosh programs 124 Getting help 125 Saving, printing, and displa
Appendix B Using a Hard Disk 146 Storing Apple IIe files on a hard disk 146 Where to put the software for the Apple IIe Card 147 Manipulating Apple IIe files on the Macintosh desktop 147 Which Apple IIe programs work on a hard disk 148 Appendix C Creating Custom Partitions 149 Preparations 150 The custom partition 151 Appendix D Parts of the Apple IIe Card Software 154 Appendix E Installing Printer Software for the IIe Startup Disk 156 Is your printer’s software already installed? 157 Printers connected t
Radio and television interference The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio-frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly—that is, in strict accordance with Apple’s instructions—it may cause interference with radio and television reception. This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules.
Preface Before You Start N ow you have the best of both worlds. With an Apple IIe Card installed in your Macintosh computer, you can take advantage of the newest Macintosh technology and still run the world’s largest collection of personal computer software—more than 10,000 Apple IIe programs. This guide tells you how.
About the Apple IIe Card The Apple IIe Card is an accessory card that lets you run Apple IIe programs on a Macintosh LC computer. Once you’ve set a few options in the card’s Option Panel, turning the Macintosh into an Apple IIe is as simple as double-clicking an icon on the Macintosh desktop. While your Macintosh LC is in the Apple IIe environment, it performs just like an Apple IIe computer.
About this guide This guide contains all the information you need to use the Apple IIe Card with your Macintosh LC. Here’s what you’ll find in this guide: ■ Chapter 1, “Preparing the Equipment,” tells you how to connect Apple IIe disk drives and other devices to your Macintosh LC computer. It also discusses how to prepare your hard disk so it can store Apple IIe files. ■ Chapter 2, “Preparing the Software,” tells you how to install the Apple IIe Card software.
You’ll find a glossary and an index at the end of the guide. The book also has a removable Quick Reference card, which you can detach and use to remind yourself of the most important hard-to-remember details concerning the Apple IIe Card. Before you begin This guide makes the following assumptions about your computer system and about your level of experience with Apple products. Before you begin, make sure the following are true: ■ The Apple IIe Card is installed in your Macintosh LC.
■ You are already familiar with running Apple IIe programs and utilities. If you lack Apple IIe experience, and you don’t have access to Apple IIe manuals, contact your authorized Apple dealer, who can suggest appropriate books and other instructional materials for you. Some visual cues This book uses some special text elements to help guide you. Use them as visual cues as you read: ❖ By the way: Text set off in this manner presents sidelights or interesting pieces of information.
User groups No matter what your level of computer experience, you can get lots of support by joining an Apple user group. Apple user groups are composed of people who work with Apple computers and who enjoy sharing what they know with others. Activities may include new product demonstrations, informal question-and-answer sessions, and regular classes on using popular software applications or learning to write your own programs. Many user groups have special beginners’ nights.
Chapter 1 Preparing the Equipment T he Apple IIe Card should already be installed in your Macintosh LC computer. You don’t need to assemble or connect anything else to run Apple IIe programs on your Macintosh LC. However, if you want to use a hard disk to store Apple IIe information or if you want to connect any Apple IIe disk drives or other devices, you’ll need to follow the instructions in this chapter. Otherwise, you can skip now to Chapter 2, “Preparing the Software.
Protecting the disks Before you do anything else, you should lock the two disks that came with the Apple IIe Card: the IIe Installer Disk and the IIe Startup Disk. Locking disks prevents you from accidentally changing or erasing the files. To lock a disk, slide the plastic tab on the back of the disk. When you can see through the hole, the disk is locked.
Deciding where to store your Apple IIe files If you have a hard disk, you need to decide whether you want to reserve part of it for Apple IIe files. The sooner you decide, the easier it will be to prepare the hard disk. Why you might want to use the hard disk The greatest advantage of storing Apple IIe information on a hard disk is ease of use: you can store all your ProDOS files in one place, so you don’t have to remember where a particular file is.
The advantage of making your decision right away You can’t store both Apple IIe files and Macintosh files on the same hard disk unless you reserve part of the hard disk for Apple IIe files. Unfortunately, the procedure that reserves the space requires you to erase all information stored on the hard disk. If you decide to reserve space for Apple IIe files when you’ve just gotten your computer, you won’t yet have any personal information on the hard disk, so erasing the hard disk won’t be too disruptive.
Backing up your hard disk To back up your hard disk, follow the steps in this section. (If you normally use another method of backing up your files, such as copying them to another hard disk or to a tape cartridge, you can use that method instead.) 1. Turn on your Macintosh LC computer. If your computer is already on, quit any programs you might be running. 2. Insert a blank 3.5-inch floppy disk into the built-in disk drive. If you see a message asking if you want to initialize the disk, click Initialize.
Partitioning your hard disk This section explains how to partition your hard disk using a program called Apple HD SC Setup. ❖ How much space do you need? The procedure described in this section sets aside 10 MB of space for Apple IIe files. If you need a different amount, turn now to Appendix C, “Creating Custom Partitions,” and read the section called “The Custom Partition.” When you finish, skip to the next section in this chapter, “Restoring the Contents of the Hard Disk.
3. Start up the Macintosh. Click the Restart button if your Macintosh is already on; otherwise, turn on the power. If you see a message telling you that the version of system software isn’t compatible with your computer, start this procedure again with step 1, but use the Disk Tools disk that came with your computer instead of the IIe Installer Disk. 4. If necessary, open the disk icon by double-clicking it. The disk’s window appears. 5. Double-click the Apple HD SC Setup icon. Double-click here.
7. Click the Partition button. A screen appears with all your partitioning options, as shown in the next step. 8. Click “10MB ProDOS, Maximum Macintosh,” then click OK. First, use the scroll bar to scroll to the bottom of the list. Second, click this option once to select it. Finally, click OK. A dialog box appears to confirm that you want to erase your hard disk. 9. Click OK in the dialog box.
10. Type a name and then click OK. The dialog box appears with a suggested name in it. As soon as you start typing, the suggested name is replaced by what you type. You can give the new partition any legal ProDOS name, and you can use lowercase letters and spaces. ProDOS names may have any combination of 15 numbers and letters. (The program will tell you if you type an illegal name.) Type a name here . . . . . . then click OK. 11. Finally, click Quit.
12. Drag the BASIC.SYSTEM icon from the IIe Installer Disk to the new Apple IIe partition. If you started up from the Disk Tools disk, you must eject the Disk Tools disk and insert the IIe Installer Disk. 13. Drag the PRODOS icon to the new Apple IIe partition. The file is copied to the new partition. Restoring the contents of your hard disk If you backed up the contents of your hard disk, you should now copy the files back to the Macintosh portion of your hard disk.
5. Choose Restart from the Special menu. The Macintosh automatically ejects any disk in its disk drive and restarts. ❖ Why did the new Apple IIe ProDOS partition disappear? Your Macintosh can’t display ProDOS files until you’ve installed the Apple IIe Card software. In the next chapter, you will install the software for the Apple IIe Card. Meanwhile, even though you can’t see it, the ProDOS partition is still there. ❖ You can now use your Apple IIe partition to store any Apple IIe files and programs.
Connecting Apple IIe disk drives You need to read this section only if you have an Apple IIe floppy disk drive to connect to your Macintosh LC. If you have nothing else to connect to the Macintosh, you can go immediately to Chapter 2, “Preparing the Software.” If you have devices other than floppy disk drives to connect, you can skip ahead to the appropriate section in this chapter. You can use two types of Apple IIe floppy disk drives with the Macintosh LC—the gray Apple 5.
1. Plug the Y-shaped cable into the Apple IIe port on the computer’s back panel, as shown in the figure. The Y-shaped cable comes with the other Apple IIe Card materials. Be sure the connectors line up correctly. Tighten the connector screws to ensure a proper fit.
2. Connect the Apple 5.25 Drive cable to the larger of the two remaining connectors on the Y-shaped cable, as shown in the figure. Again, be sure the D-shaped connectors line up correctly, and tighten the connector screws to ensure a proper fit. ▲ Warning: If you want to swap drives or devices connected to the Y-shaped cable, be sure to turn off the computer first. If you change devices while the computer is on, you may damage the device or the computer, or both.
Connecting the UniDisk 3.5 Drive ▲ Follow these steps to connect a UniDisk 3.5 Drive to the Macintosh LC: Warning: Before connecting anything to your computer, make sure the power cord is plugged in and the power is turned off. The power cord acts as a ground for your computer, protecting you from electrical shock, even when the computer is turned off. ▲ 1. Plug the Y-shaped cable into the Apple IIe port on the computer’s back panel, as shown in the figure.
2. Connect the UniDisk 3.5 Drive cable to the larger of the two remaining connectors on the Y-shaped cable, as shown in the figure. Again, be sure the connectors line up correctly, and tighten the connector screws to ensure a proper fit. ▲ Warning: If you want to swap drives or devices connected to the Y-shaped cable, be sure to turn off the computer first. If you change devices while the computer is on, you may damage the device or the computer, or both.
Connecting more than one disk drive You can connect more than one Apple IIe disk drive to the Macintosh LC by daisy-chaining them. However, the drives must be connected in the correct order for them to work properly: ■ If you have two Apple 5.25 Drives, connect the first drive to the Y-shaped cable. Then connect the second drive to the first drive by plugging the connector from the second drive into the port on the back of the first drive. Apple 5.25 Drive Chapter 1: Preparing the Equipment Apple 5.
■ If you have a UniDisk 3.5 Drive and one Apple 5.25 Drive, first connect the UniDisk 3.5 Drive to the Y-shaped cable. Then connect the Apple 5.25 Drive to the UniDisk 3.5 Drive by plugging the connector from the Apple 5.25 Drive into the port on the back of the UniDisk 3.5 Drive. UniDisk 3.5 Drive 18 Chapter 1: Preparing the Equipment Apple 5.
■ If you have a UniDisk 3.5 Drive and two Apple 5.25 Drives, first connect the UniDisk 3.5 Drive to the Y-shaped cable. Then connect the first Apple 5.25 Drive to the UniDisk 3.5 Drive by plugging the connector from the 5.25 Drive into the port on the back of the UniDisk 3.5 Drive. Then connect the second 5.25 Drive to the first 5.25 Drive by plugging the connector from the second 5.25 Drive into the port on the back of the first 5.25 Drive. UniDisk 3.5 Drive Apple 5.25 Drive Apple 5.
Connecting other devices You may have an Apple IIe device—such as a joystick or hand controls—that you’d like to use with the Macintosh LC. (Note: The only joystick supported by the Apple IIe Card is the one with 9 pins in the connector.) Follow these instructions: ▲ Warning: Before connecting anything to your computer, make sure the power cord is plugged in and the power is turned off.
2. Connect the device’s cable connector to the smaller of the two connectors on the Y-shaped cable, as shown in the figure. Again, be sure the connectors line up correctly, and tighten the connector screws to ensure a proper fit. You can connect only one Apple IIe device at a time to the smaller connector on the Y-shaped cable. If you want to use more than one device, you’ll need to swap the devices.
Connecting your old Apple IIe hard disk If you have an Apple SCSI hard disk connected to your original Apple IIe computer, you can connect it to your Macintosh LC and use it just as you would any other hard disk. s ▲ Important: Only Apple SCSI hard disks can be connected to the Macintosh LC. If the hard disk was manufactured by Apple and its cable fits into the large SCSI port on the back of the Macintosh, you can s connect it.
Before you begin: Make sure the hard disk is still connected to your Apple IIe. 1. Turn on the hard disk and your Apple IIe. 2. Copy all the files on the hard disk to some other place. You can copy the files to a series of floppy disks or to a file server. 3. Turn off your Apple IIe and the hard disk. 4. Make sure your Macintosh LC is turned off. 5. Connect the hard disk to your Macintosh LC.
What’s next 24 You’ve successfully connected your Apple IIe disk drives and other devices to the Macintosh LC. Next, you must install the software that allows you to use the Apple IIe Card so you can start your work.
Chapter 2 Preparing the Software A ll your equipment should now be ready. Once you install the software, as described in this chapter, you’ll be ready to start using Apple IIe software on your Macintosh.
Checking for late-breaking news You can see if there were any last-minute changes to the instructions for the Apple IIe Card by checking the Read Me file, as described in this section. Before you begin: If your computer is off, turn it on. If your computer is on, quit any programs you might be running. 1. Insert the IIe Installer Disk into the disk drive. The disk’s icon appears. 2. If necessary, open the IIe Installer Disk by double-clicking its icon. The disk’s window appears. 3.
Preparing the startup disk for your Apple IIe Card If you have a hard disk To use your Apple IIe Card, you must have certain files on your Macintosh startup disk. (A startup disk is any disk—either a hard disk or a 3.5-inch floppy disk—that contains a System Folder.) This section explains how to install the new Apple IIe Card software on your startup disk and how to create a new startup disk, if necessary. If you have a hard disk, use it as your Apple IIe Card startup disk. This section explains how.
3. Once you’ve read the information, click OK. The Easy Install screen appears, as shown in the next step. 4. If you have more than one hard disk, click the Switch Disk button to select the hard disk where you want the software installed. Click this button . . . . . . until the name of the hard disk you want appears here. 5. Click Install. The Installer copies the files to your hard disk while displaying its progress. After it’s finished, it displays a dialog box, as shown in the next step.
6. Click Quit. 7. Notice the three new files installed on your hard disk. Open your hard disk by double-clicking its icon and notice these three new icons: There’s also a fourth new file in your System Folder. It’s called ProDOS File System.
8. Choose the Restart command from the Special menu. The computer ejects the IIe Installer Disk and restarts. If you created a ProDOS partition in Chapter 1, you see its icon on the desktop after the computer restarts. 9. Find the Quick Reference card in the back of this book and mark the blank that says you are a hard disk startup person.
If you do not have a hard disk If you don’t have a hard disk, this section tells you how to prepare a floppy startup disk you can use instead. s ▲ Important: If you installed the software on your hard disk in the previous section, you should skip this section and move ahead to s “What’s Next” at the end of this chapter.
Setting up the printer software If you don’t have a printer, skip this section. If you do have a printer, follow these steps to set up your printer software: 1. Shut down your Macintosh. If your Macintosh is on, quit any programs you might be running, then choose Shut Down from the Special menu. 2. Insert your copy of the IIe Startup Disk into the built-in floppy disk drive. 3. Turn on the computer and the monitor. If you see a Restart button on the screen, click it. The computer starts up. 4.
5. Click the icon that represents the kind of printer you want to use. If your Chooser window looks different, you may have to use the scroll bar to see all these choices.
6. If the printer is connected over a network, you need to click the name of your printer and perhaps also the zone it’s in. See the reference book that came with your Macintosh for more information on using the Chooser. 7. Choose Close from the File menu. 8. Find the Quick Reference card in the back of the book and mark the blank that says you are a floppy disk startup person.
Chapter 3 Learning to Use the Apple IIe Card T his chapter teaches you step by step how to run Apple IIe programs on your Macintosh LC.
Important details for floppy disk startup people In the last chapter, you installed special software for your Apple IIe Card, and you are now either a hard disk startup person or a floppy disk startup person. ( You recorded which you were on the Quick Reference card. See the previous chapter if you can’t remember which you are.) If you’re a hard disk person, this section does not pertain to you. Skip ahead to “Switching Between the Macintosh and Apple IIe Environments.
2. While the computer is shut down, insert your copy of the IIe Startup Disk into the built-in disk drive. Make sure the disk is not locked. 3. Turn on the Macintosh LC. If you see a Restart button on your screen, click it. You’ve just started up from the IIe Startup Disk, so you can run Apple IIe programs and manipulate Apple IIe files until you shut down or restart the Macintosh LC.
Switching between the Macintosh and Apple IIe environments Switching to the Apple IIe environment Having a Macintosh LC with an Apple IIe Card is like having two computers in one. You can easily have the computer switch between acting like a Macintosh and acting like an Apple IIe. The exercises in this section explain how. You enter the Apple IIe environment simply by double-clicking an icon, as shown in this exercise.
3. Double-click the IIe Startup icon. Double-click this icon to switch to the Apple IIe environment. In a few moments, you see an Apple IIe screen with a BASIC prompt and a blinking cursor. BASIC prompt Congratulations! You’ve turned your Macintosh LC into an Apple IIe. Once you double-click the IIe Startup program, your Macintosh LC is in the Apple IIe environment: Now the computer behaves as if it were an Apple IIe.
Switching back to the Macintosh environment Follow these steps to return to the Macintosh environment: 1. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. Press all three keys at once. If you have the standard keyboard, all three keys are on the same row as the Space bar. Do not press the Option key. ctrl esc The Option Panel opens, as shown in the next step. 2. Click the Quit IIe button. Click this button to return to the Macintosh environment. You return to the Macintosh environment.
Special note for floppy disk startup people If you are a floppy disk startup person, and if you are finished using Apple IIe programs and files for a while, you may want to return to using your usual startup disk. To do so, choose Restart from the Special menu. Summary Running an Apple IIe Program To enter the Apple IIe environment, just start up from the correct disk and double-click the IIe Startup icon.
The double-click exercise Follow these steps to launch an Apple IIe program by double-clicking its icon. Before you begin: You’ll need one of your own Apple IIe program disks to complete this exercise. Also, your Macintosh should be on, you should be in the Macintosh environment, and you should quit any programs you might be running. 1. If you’re a floppy disk startup person, make sure you’ve started up from the IIe Startup Disk.
5. Choose “by Icon” from the View menu. 6. Double-click the icon of the program you want to run. Look for an icon that has a name that ends with the word “SYSTEM.” Apple IIe programs have this icon. After a moment, the program appears on the screen. 7. Use the program as you wish. 8. When you’re ready to quit, save your work and return to the Macintosh environment. Press Control-x-Esc and click the Quit IIe button. In short, you can run Apple IIe programs by double-clicking their icons.
Method 2: Restarting the Apple IIe Card You can also run Apple IIe programs in any of the usual Apple IIe ways. This exercise demonstrates one of these methods. Before you begin: You’ll need one of your own Apple IIe program disks to complete this exercise. Also, your Macintosh should be on, you should be in the Macintosh environment, and you should quit any programs you might be running. Finally, if you have a floppy disk in a 5.25-inch disk drive, eject it. 1.
5. If there’s already a disk in your disk drive (or if you have two disk drives and both are full), press x-Shift-1 to eject a disk. Press all three keys at once. 6. Insert your Apple IIe program disk into the disk drive. 7. Reset the Apple IIe Card by pressing Control-x-Reset. Press all three keys at once. The Reset key on a typical Macintosh LC keyboard has a triangle on it and is above the top row of keys: Reset key Pressing these three keys resets the Apple IIe Card.
Using the Option Panel The next few sections introduce you to the Apple IIe Option Panel. The Option Panel allows you to set Apple IIe options and provides a means of switching between the Apple IIe and Macintosh environments. ❖ Opening and closing the Option Panel By the way: For more detailed information about the Option Panel, see “Personalizing Your Apple IIe Work Environment” and “Configuring Cards and Slots” in Chapter 5.
3. Click the Continue button. Click here to return to your Apple IIe work. The Option Panel closes and you return to your Apple IIe work. In short, to open the Option Panel, press Control-x-Esc; to return to your work, click Continue.
Exploring the Option Panel In this exercise you learn how the Option Panel works. Before you begin: Make sure you’re in the Apple IIe environment. 1. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. 2. Use the large scroll bar to view the different parts of the Apple IIe environment you can control. Click the up and down arrows of this scroll bar to see the different icons. 3. Click the Memory Card icon. You may have to use the scroll bar to see the icon. The Memory Card icon is toward the top of the list.
4. Click the General icon at the top of the list. You may have to use the scroll bar to see the General icon. When you click the icon you see the options associated with the General icon. 5. Click the Help button at the bottom of the Option Panel. Information about the General options appears. 6. Click OK to continue. 7. Click “Simple Beep” to change the Apple IIe Card’s beep sound. The computer plays the new sound. Now whenever an Apple IIe program beeps at you, you’ll hear this sound.
11. Click each setting in turn and move the mouse gently back and forth to see what effect it has. Experiment with these settings. Changing the setting controls how sensitive the pointer is to the mouse’s movements. When the setting is slow, a small mouse movement moves the pointer only a very little; when the setting is fast, a small movement moves the pointer much more. 12. Click the setting you like best.
Practicing moving the cards in the Option Panel In this section, you’ll practice moving cards. In the next chapter, you will use these skills to move the cards into the appropriate slots. On your Macintosh LC, you can install and move Apple IIe cards simply by dragging icons on the screen. Before you begin: Make sure the Apple IIe Option Panel is still displayed on your screen. 1. Scroll down the list of icons and click the Slots icon. The Slot Configuration panel appears.
2. Use the mouse to drag the Clock icon from slot 2 to slot 4. Click this icon and while holding . . . drag it here down the mouse and release the button . . . mouse button. When you release the mouse button, the two icons switch places and both become gray. (They become gray because the change isn’t complete until you restart the Apple IIe Card—but don’t worry about that because this is just practice.) 3. Drag the Mouse icon back to slot 4. The two icons switch back to their original positions.
4. Drag the Clock icon from slot 2 to any spare slot. Drag the Clock icon from here . . . . . . to here. The icon moves. 5. Drag the icon back to slot 2. 6. Return to the Macintosh environment by clicking Quit IIe. After you return to the Macintosh environment, you may notice that you have a new icon: The IIe Prefs file records the choices that you make in the Option Panel.
Managing Apple IIe files When you’re in the Macintosh environment, you can treat Apple IIe programs and other files as if they were ordinary Macintosh files, provided the files are on a hard disk or a 3.5-inch disk. To copy files to or from a 5.25-inch disk, you must use an Apple IIe copy program. Follow the steps in this section to see how similar manipulating Apple IIe files is to manipulating Macintosh files. Before you begin: Make sure you’re in the Macintosh environment.
4. Choose “by Icon” from the View menu. For example, the Utilities disk for the Apple IIe looks like this: Program files and system files look like this. Other files look like this. 5. Choose “by Size” from the View menu. The window changes to show a list of all the files. The biggest files are at the top of the list, the smallest at the bottom. 6. Click the file at the bottom of the list once to select it. You may have to use the scroll bar to find it. After you click it, the icon is highlighted. 7.
Naming files on Apple IIe disks Using Macintosh programs with Apple IIe files When you’re in the Macintosh environment, you can only give files on Apple IIe disks legal ProDOS names, with two exceptions: ■ You can use spaces in the names. When you view a filename that contains spaces in the Apple IIe environment, the spaces are automatically converted to periods. For example, the name “MY FILE” in the Macintosh environment would appear as “MY.FILE” in the Apple IIe environment.
Chapter 4 Setting Up Cards and Slots B efore you begin using your Apple IIe Card in earnest, you must go to the Option Panel and set up the cards and slots to reflect your own needs.
Deciding how to arrange the cards in the Option Panel In this section, you will plan which Option Panel cards to put in which Option Panel slots. To work properly, Apple IIe programs must know where various cards are installed. For example, in order to print, Apple IIe programs must know where the Printer Card is. Furthermore, some programs may require certain cards to be in certain slots.
Basing the plan on your original Apple IIe If you already have an Apple IIe computer, you’ve probably taken care to arrange the cards so that they work well with all your programs. In this section, you will use paper and pencil to write down the way your Apple IIe accessory cards are currently installed and then modify this arrangement to work in your Macintosh LC. In this section, you only write down your plans. You’ll implement the plans later in this chapter. 1.
2. If you have a Super Serial Card connected to a printer, scratch it out and write “Printer Card” instead. The Printer Card is a special card that allows you to select the printer you want by using the Macintosh Chooser desk accessory. Sample User SLOT 1. Super Serial-Printer Printer Card SLOT 2. Super Serial-Modem SLOT 3. MONITOR (built-in) SLOT 4. Empty SLOT 5. Empty SLOT 6. Empty SLOT 7. Workstation Card 3. Scratch out the following Apple IIe names and replace them with the new Option Panel names.
For example, a user who had the Apple IIe Workstation Card in slot 7 would scratch it out and write in “AppleShare” instead: Sample User SLOT 1. Super Serial-Printer Printer Card SLOT 2. Super Serial-Modem SLOT 3. MONITOR (built-in) SLOT 4. Empty SLOT 5. Empty SLOT 6. Empty SLOT 7. Workstation Card AppleShare s ▲ Important: Your new Apple IIe Card can provide the functions of almost all the standard Apple IIe accessory cards.
4. Fill in empty slots with any unused Option Panel cards you think might be useful. Unlike the accessory cards for your original Apple IIe, the Option Panel cards are provided at no additional cost, so you should use as many as you can. Use this chart to decide which Option Panel cards would be the most useful; use your Apple IIe program manuals to decide which slots to put them in. Card name Why you would want to use it 5.25 Drive To use an Apple 5.
Basing the plan on a typical Apple IIe When you first install the Apple IIe Card software, the cards are already installed in one of the most typical arrangements. You should use this arrangement as the basis of your plans. Write it down on a piece of paper (as shown in the figure), and then change it according to the instructions that follow. Typical IIe SLOT 1. Printer Card SLOT 2. Clock Card SLOT 3. MONITOR (built-in) SLOT 4. Mouse Card SLOT 5. SmartPort SLOT 6. 5.25 Card SLOT 7.
File servers If you want to use a file server, you need the AppleShare card. The AppleShare card is usually installed in slot 7. (See your Apple IIe program manuals to determine whether your programs have different requirements.) To install the AppleShare card, you’ll have to remove one of the others. Since the AppleShare card typically goes in slot 7, the most tempting card to remove is the Memory Card, which is already there.
To support a non-printing serial device, you need either of the two serial cards: ■ If you have a non-printing device plugged into the modem port, you need the Serial Card with a phone icon on it. ■ If you have a non-printing device plugged into the printer port, you need the Serial Card with a printer icon on it. ( You’ll have to make sure AppleTalk is turned off in the Macintosh Chooser to use your device.) Serial Cards are most commonly placed in slot 2.
4. Use the big scroll bar to scroll down until you see the Slots icon. 5. Click the Slots icon. The slots and cards are displayed. 6. Drag the card icons to the slots where they belong. If you don’t know how to move the card icons, see “Practicing Moving the Cards in the Option Panel” in Chapter 3.
7. Click Restart IIe. Your changes don’t go into effect until you restart the Apple IIe. Your cards are now installed. However, some of the cards you’ve installed may not work until you adjust some of their settings, as explained in the next section. Setting the options for your cards Some cards have settings you can adjust. The two Serial Cards require special attention: They won’t work until you declare what sort of device is connected to them. This chapter does not explain how to adjust the settings.
Card Adjustments you can make in the Option Panel Other adjustments you can make 5.25 Drive None None AppleShare None Select file servers using the Apple IIe program Chooser.
Chapter 5 Reference T his chapter provides instructions for using all the features of the Apple IIe Card and the IIe Startup program. This is a task-oriented reference chapter. That is, you don’t need to read its sections consecutively. When you need some specific information about using the Apple IIe Card or the IIe Startup program, just look up the task you want to accomplish and follow the step-by-step instructions you find there.
Starting up the IIe Startup program You must start up the IIe Startup program before you can run Apple IIe programs on the Macintosh LC. To start up the IIe Startup program, follow these steps: Before you begin: Turn on your Macintosh LC. If your Macintosh is already on, return to the Finder (either by quitting any programs you might be running or by choosing Finder from the Application menu or the Apple menu). 1. Determine whether you are a floppy disk startup person or a hard disk startup person.
3. Open your startup disk by double-clicking its icon. The startup disk is the top icon on the right side of the screen. Double-click whatever icon is in this corner. ( Yours may look different.) 4. Double-click the IIe Startup icon to start the program. Double-click this icon to switch to the Apple IIe environment. The IIe Startup program uses the startup setting in the Slot Configuration panel to locate a program disk.
If IIe Startup encounters a non-startup disk in the startup drive, you see the message “UNABLE TO BOOT FROM STARTUP SLOT.” The program enters the BASIC programming environment and presents the BASIC prompt. If IIe Startup finds no startup disk in any drive, it enters the BASIC programming environment and presents the BASIC prompt. See the section “Changing the Startup Device” later in this chapter for more information on designating a startup drive.
Going directly to the Apple IIe Option Panel If you want the Option Panel to open as soon as the IIe Startup program launches, hold down the Option key just after you double-click the IIe Startup icon. Keep the Option key held down until the Option Panel opens. Double-clicking the IIe Prefs file The IIe Startup program creates and maintains a file called the IIe Prefs file, which records all the choices you make in the Option Panel.
Using more than one preferences file The IIe Prefs file created by the IIe Startup program keeps track of the settings you make in the Apple IIe Option Panel. You choose settings to match the requirements of the Apple IIe programs you run. Normally, one configuration of card and slot settings is sufficient for performing your work. However, if you use two or more programs that require different slot configurations, you can create a separate preferences file for each program.
Each time IIe Startup restarts the Apple IIe Card, it creates a new IIe Prefs file, unless there is already a file named “IIe Prefs” on the disk. You can create as many different preferences files as you want, as long as you keep renaming the most recently created IIe Prefs file. Once you’ve made as many preferences files as you need, you can choose the IIe Prefs file you want to work with by double-clicking its icon to start the Apple IIe Card.
Before you begin: Your Macintosh should be on. If you’re a floppy disk startup person you should start up from the IIe Startup Disk, as explained in “Starting Up From the IIe Startup Disk” in Chapter 3. 1. Find your Apple IIe program. If the program is on your hard disk, open the hard disk and folders so you can see the program’s icon. If the program is on a floppy disk, insert the disk into an empty disk drive and open the disk so you can see the program’s icon. 2. Double-click the program’s icon.
2. Insert the disk containing the Apple IIe program you want to run into a disk drive. If a particular slot has already been designated as the startup slot in the Slot Configuration panel, insert the disk into a drive controlled through that slot. 3. Press x-Control-Reset. Pressing x-Control-Reset resets the Apple IIe Card and restarts the IIe Startup program. IIe Startup uses the startup setting in the Slot Configuration panel to locate a program disk.
Printing from Apple IIe programs To print Apple IIe files, use the programs’ print commands just as you would if you were using an Apple IIe. When you print through the Printer Card, you should set your Apple IIe program to treat the printer as if it’s an ImageWriter II, even if it’s not. You may notice a pause before printing begins. If the program has a command that you can use to stop the printer from printing, it may not stop printing the instant you issue the command.
2. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu. 3. Click the icon that represents the kind of printer you want to use. If your Chooser window looks different, you may have to use the scroll bar to see all these choices.
4. If the printer is connected over a network, you’ll have to select the printer you want and perhaps also the zone it’s in. See the reference book that came with your Macintosh for more information on using the Chooser. 5. Choose Close from the File menu. 6. If you’re in the Option Panel, click the Continue button. ❖ 80 Note: In most cases, you should print using the Printer Card. However, some Apple IIe programs may require you to print using the AppleShare card.
Using Apple IIe files with Macintosh programs Sometimes you may wish to transfer information from Apple IIe programs to Macintosh programs. You can do so, provided you can find a file format that both programs understand or you have a Macintosh program that can read Apple IIe files directly. For example, say you typed a long text passage using an Apple IIe program and now you want to use the same text in a speech you’re writing using a powerful Macintosh word processor.
2. Open the Apple IIe file using an Apple IIe program. Switch to the Apple IIe environment and use your Apple IIe program to open the file. 3. Save the file in the shared format, giving it a new name. See the program’s instructions for information on how to save files in different formats. 4. Return to the Macintosh environment. Press Control-x-Esc and click the Quit IIe button. 5. Open the Macintosh program you want to use. 6. Choose the Open command from the File menu. 7.
Copying Apple IIe pictures If you want to transfer an Apple IIe picture to a Macintosh program, you can copy and paste the picture as described in these steps: 1. Use your Apple IIe program to display the picture on your screen. 2. Save your work, if necessary. 3. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. The Option Panel opens. 4. Choose the Copy IIe Screen command from the Edit menu. 5. Click the Quit IIe button. When asked if you really want to quit, click Quit IIe again. 6.
Using network file servers If your Macintosh LC is connected to a file server over a network, you can use it just as you did with your original Apple IIe: you can start up from the file server and access files on it, as the next two sections explain. Note, however, that you cannot start up from a private Macintosh computer, even if it is sharing its files. (File sharing is a new feature in version 7 of Macintosh system software.
The AppleShare card should be installed (usually in slot 7). Startup should be set either to Scan or to the slot in which AppleShare is installed (usually slot 7). From now on, whenever you start or restart the Apple IIe, you’ll follow the usual network log-on procedure, as described in the instructions that come with the AppleShare Workstation Card and the AppleShare File Server software.
Personalizing your Apple IIe work environment You use the Apple IIe Option Panel to adjust some aspects of the Apple IIe Card’s operation. Most of the adjustments are made in the General Controls panel, the panel that appears automatically whenever you open the Option Panel. Most of the settings in the General Controls panel take effect immediately and remain active whenever you start up the IIe Startup program, until you change them again.
To change processing speed, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the General Controls panel. Choose a processing speed here.
2. Click the button for the speed you want. When you close the Apple IIe Option Panel, you see a message indicating that the changes you made in the General Controls panel will not take effect until you restart the Apple IIe Card. 3. Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new Speed setting in effect. If you don’t want the new setting to take effect yet, click the Continue button.
Choosing a startup beep sound Your computer beeps when you start up the Apple IIe Card. Also, many programs are designed to play a sound when an alert message is displayed, or when you give a command that the computer cannot recognize. You can choose one of several options for the beep sound. You can choose the same beep sound you hear on an Apple IIe computer, the standard Macintosh beep, or any other sound that appears in the Startup Beep Sound box.
2. Scroll if necessary to find the name of the beep sound you want, then click the name. The sounds displayed in the box represent the sound files contained in the Macintosh System file. Any sound you add to your Macintosh System file is available as an Apple IIe beep. When you release the mouse button, the selected sound plays. After you close the Option Panel, your choice remains in effect until you choose a different beep sound.
To set the key repeat rate, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the General Controls panel. Choose a key repeat rate here. 2. Click the button for the repeat rate you want. After you close the Option Panel, your choice remains in effect until you change the setting again.
Setting the delay before keys repeat You can adjust the keyboard’s operation to your “touch” by setting the delay before a character begins repeating when a key is held down. You can also turn off the key repeat feature entirely. The delay setting you choose in the Apple IIe Option Panel is in effect only while the computer is in the Apple IIe environment. When you switch to the Macintosh environment, the delay is determined by the delay setting in the Macintosh Keyboard control panel.
Choose a delay setting here. 2. Click the button for the repeat delay you want. Clicking the Off button turns off the key repeat feature. After you close the Option Panel, your choice remains in effect until you change the setting again.
Changing the Type Ahead setting You use the Type Ahead feature to type text and commands while the Apple IIe program is busy with some other activity. Even though you may not see the text immediately on the screen, what you type is stored in a type-ahead buffer, an area of memory reserved for keeping track of what you type. Some programs do not perform correctly when the Type Ahead feature is on.
Changing the Display setting If you have a color monitor, you can choose between a color or monochrome display. Even with a color monitor, however, there are times when working in monochrome is an advantage. First, because of the manner in which the Apple IIe produces color, you may see “color fringing”—a slight color cast around the edges of text characters. If so, switching to monochrome avoids the problem.
Changing the character set Apple IIe programs normally display text with a light character set on a dark background. You can change this to dark text on a light background by choosing the inverse character set. To change the character set, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the General Controls panel. Choose a character set here. 2.
Changing or adding an Option Panel key You can always open the Option Panel by pressing the combination keystroke Control-x-Esc. If you like, you can add a second key or combination of keys to open the Option Panel. To add a second way of opening the Option Panel, follow these steps: 1. Open the Option Panel by pressing Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the General Controls panel.
Changing the mouse tracking rate You can adjust the correlation between mouse and pointer movement, called mouse tracking, so that the pointer moves the same distance on the screen as the mouse moves, or so that the pointer moves up to two times as far on the screen as the mouse moves, depending on how fast you move the mouse. The mouse tracking rate you choose in the Apple IIe Option Panel is in effect only while the computer is in the Apple IIe environment.
2. Scroll if necessary to locate the Mouse Card icon, then click it to display the Mouse Card panel. The Mouse Card panel appears. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the panel. Mouse Card icon 3. Click the button for the tracking speed you want. The new tracking speed takes effect immediately; you can test it by moving the mouse. After you close the Option Panel, your choice remains in effect until you choose a different tracking speed.
Configuring cards and slots Many Apple IIe programs are designed to look for certain kinds of hardware, or cards, in specific locations, or slots, in the computer. Since the Macintosh LC isn’t an actual Apple IIe, it doesn’t provide these slots, nor does it contain the cards. Instead, the Macintosh LC uses software representations of the slots and cards to simulate the hardware configurations of an Apple IIe.
1. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. 2. Click the Memory Card icon to display the Memory Expansion Card panel. The Memory Expansion Card panel appears. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the panel. ❖ Warning message? If you get a message telling you the Memory Card is not installed, you can continue with this section, but changing the memory will not have any effect until you install the Memory Card, as explained in “Changing the Slot Settings,” later in this chapter.
3. Click the small up and down arrows to change the size of the card. 4. Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new Memory Expansion Card setting in effect.
Setting the Serial Cards The Macintosh LC has two serial ports on the back of the computer, one marked with a picture of a printer and one marked with a picture of a telephone. They are called the printer port and the modem port. Modem port Printer port Despite the names, you can plug any serial device into either port.
To change the settings, follow these steps: 1. To open the Option Panel, press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. 2. Scroll if necessary to locate the Serial Card icon representing the port your device is plugged into. If the device you want to configure is plugged into the modem port, click the modem port icon; if the device is plugged into the printer port, click the printer port icon.
3. Click the button for the device you want to assign to this Serial Card. Clicking either of the top two buttons—Apple Data Modem 2400 or Apple Personal Modem 1200—automatically sets the Serial Card parameters. If you click the Other Device button, the Port Characteristics box in the lower portion of the panel becomes active. Use this part of the panel to select the settings required by the device you’re connecting. (See the manual that came with the device for the appropriate settings.) 4.
5. Drag through the menu until the setting you want is highlighted, then release the mouse button. The setting you choose appears in the box. 6. Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new slot settings in effect. If you don’t want the new settings to take effect yet, click the Continue button. ▲ Warning: Be sure to save your work on a floppy disk before clicking the Restart IIe button. Any work that has not been saved on a disk will be lost.
Extending printer timeout To extend printer timeout, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. 2. Click the Printer Card. The Printer Card panel appears. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the panel. This section tells you which printer you’ve selected. Printer Card icon 3. Click the Extend Printer Timeout checkbox so that an X appears in the box. Choosing a printer You do not use the Printer Card to choose your printer.
Changing the slot settings The Slot Configuration panel is where you indicate the location of Apple IIe cards. These are not real cards installed in the Macintosh LC. They are software representations of cards that are commonly installed in Apple IIe computers. The settings you make in this panel provide the information necessary for most Apple IIe programs to run correctly on the Macintosh LC. The slot settings are preset to the most common slot configurations recommended in Apple II documentation.
These icons represent Apple IIe accessory cards. These bins represent Apple IIe slots. These bins hold spare cards. 3. Drag the icon of the card you want to move to its new location. When you release the mouse button, the icon appears in the new slot. If another icon is already in that slot, it exchanges places with the first icon when you release the mouse button. 4. Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new slot settings in effect.
Changing the startup device Whenever you start or restart the Apple IIe Card, it scans all the available disk drives for a program disk, if you’ve set it to do so. If you’ve designated a particular disk drive as the startup drive, the Apple IIe Card goes directly to that drive. When the Apple IIe Card is set to scan all available disk drives, it scans the slots—in descending order from slot 7 to slot 1—for a disk drive containing a startup disk.
3. Position the pointer over the small triangle to the right of the Startup setting, and then press the mouse button. A pop-up menu of settings appears with the current setting highlighted. 4. Drag through the menu until the slot you want is highlighted, then release the mouse button. The setting you choose appears in the box. 5. Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new slot settings in effect.
Saving time by making 5.25 Drives inactive Some Apple IIe programs scan all the disk drives connected to your computer whenever they need to write information on a disk. If you have one or more 5.25 Drives connected to your computer, these programs will start up each 5.25 Drive, even when the drives are empty. When you are not working with 5.25-inch disks, you can speed up your work by temporarily disabling your 5.25 Drives.
To change the SmartPort drive and slot assignments, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. 2. Scroll if necessary to locate the SmartPort icon, then click it to display the SmartPort panel. The SmartPort panel appears. The pointer changes to a crosshair when you place it in the panel.
3. Drag the icon of the device you want to move to its new location. If another icon is already in that location, it exchanges places with the first icon when you release the mouse button. When you release the mouse button, the icon appears in the new slot/drive location. 4. Click the Restart IIe button. The Apple IIe Card restarts, with the new SmartPort settings in effect. ▲ Warning: Be sure to save any work on floppy disks before clicking the Restart IIe button.
To eject a disk from a built-in disk drive, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. Eject buttons. (A dimmed button means you have only one disk drive.) 2. Click the Eject button for the disk drive that contains the disk you want to eject. Click the right Eject button to eject a disk from the first (rightmost) built-in drive; click the left Eject button for the second (leftmost) drive. The disk is ejected.
Navigating in the Apple IIe environment You use the Apple IIe Option Panel to navigate through the Apple IIe environment, and between the Apple IIe environment and the Macintosh desktop. Opening the Option Panel To open the Option Panel from the Apple IIe environment, you must press three keys at once: the Control key, the x (Command) key, and the Escape key. This key combination is usually written Control-x-Esc. On typical Macintosh keyboards, all three keys are on the bottom row.
To lock the IIe Prefs file, follow these steps: Before you begin: Make sure you’re in the Macintosh environment. 1. Select the IIe Prefs file by clicking its icon once. 2. Choose Get Info from the File menu. 3. Click the Locked checkbox until an X appears in it. 4. Close the Info window. Click the close box. Purchasing and installing an optional jumper cable To protect the Option Panel settings more permanently, you can purchase an optional jumper to use with the Apple IIe Card.
Returning to your work After you’re finished with the Apple IIe Option Panel, you can return to what you were doing before you opened the Option Panel—running a program or utility, writing a program, and so on—by clicking the Continue button. Some Option Panel settings take effect only after you restart the Apple IIe Card. If you changed any such settings, you see a message after clicking Continue. The message reminds you to restart the Apple IIe Card if you want the new settings to take effect.
1. From the Option Panel, click the Continue button. You return to where you were before opening the Apple IIe Option Panel. or You see a message indicating that the Option Panel settings you made will not take effect until you restart the Apple IIe Card. 2. If you see a message, click the button for the action you want to take. Clicking the Restart IIe button restarts the Apple IIe Card.
Restarting the Apple IIe Card Clicking the Restart IIe button performs a “cold” reset of the Apple IIe Card. Clicking the Restart IIe button has the same effect as pressing KK-Control-Reset on the original Apple IIe keyboard, except that clicking the Restart IIe button also causes any changes you made in the Option Panel to take effect. Clicking the Restart IIe button is only one way to restart the Apple IIe Card.
To restart the Apple IIe Card, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. Click this button to restart the Apple IIe Card. 2. Click the Restart IIe button. The Apple IIe Card restarts.
Quitting the Apple IIe environment At any time while you’re in the Apple IIe environment, you can quit the Apple IIe environment and return to the Macintosh desktop by opening the Option Panel and clicking the Quit IIe button. To quit the Apple IIe environment, follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc. The Option Panel appears, with the General Controls panel displayed. ▲ Warning: The Apple IIe RAM disk is erased when you leave the Apple IIe environment.
2. Click the Quit IIe button. You see a dialog box reminding you that any work you haven’t saved will be lost. 3. Click the Quit IIe button. You return to the Macintosh desktop. Clicking the Cancel button cancels the quitting and returns you to the Apple IIe Option Panel. It does not cancel any changes you may have made in the Option Panel. ❖ By the way: You can also quit the Apple IIe environment while using the Option Panel by pressing x-Q.
Using the Apple IIe Card with other Macintosh programs This section explains how to switch to other programs while using the Apple IIe Card. Follow these steps: 1. Press Control-x-Esc to open the Option Panel. The Option Panel is displayed. 2. How you switch between programs depends on which version of system software you use. If you are using version 7 of system software, pull down the Application menu at the right side of the menu bar and choose the program you want to switch to.
Getting help If you need help while using the Option Panel, use the Help button. Clicking the Help button displays a window that explains the purpose of the active panel and tells you how to choose the settings in that panel. To get help while using the Apple IIe Option Panel, follow these steps: 1. From the Option Panel, click the Help button. The Help window for the active panel appears. Click Help for more information about the panel you are viewing. 2.
Saving, printing, and displaying Apple IIe screens Sometimes you may wish to have a “snapshot” of something that’s on your Apple IIe screen. You might want to save an image to use in a Macintosh program, to illustrate an instructional manual you are writing, or to show someone a problem you’re having with an Apple II program. The Option Panel has several commands in the File and Edit menus that allow you take snapshots of your Apple II screens, as explained in the next three sections.
Printing a picture of an Apple IIe screen To print a snapshot of what’s currently on your Apple IIe screen, follow the steps in this section. Before you begin: If necessary, adjust the page settings as described in the next section, “Adjusting Page Setup for Printing Apple IIe Screens.” 1. Open the Option Panel by pressing Control-x-Esc. 2. Choose the Print IIe Screen command from the File menu. The print dialog box for your printer is displayed. Make any adjustments you like. 3. Click OK. 4.
3. Click OK. Your screen snapshots should now fit on a page. ❖ Copying a picture of an Apple IIe screen Have a LaserWriter? If you have an Apple LaserWriter, you can fit the image on a single sheet without printing sideways. Choose Page Setup from the File menu and click the Options button to display more printing options. Then click the Larger Print Area checkbox until an X appears and click the OK button in each of the two dialog boxes.
Formatting ProDOS floppy disks Formatting ProDOS floppy disks in the Macintosh environment Apple IIe programs can read files from 3.5-inch floppy disks only if the disks are formatted as ProDOS disks. You can format ProDOS floppy disks by using the Apple IIe programs on the System Utilities disk. See the instructions that came with the System Utilities disk for details. If you have version 7 of system software, you can also format ProDOS floppy disks in the Macintosh environment. Follow these steps: 1.
5. Select ProDOS from the Format pop-up menu. Pull down this menu and choose ProDOS. 6. Click the Erase button.
Appendix A Troubleshooting I f you have problems running Apple IIe programs on your Macintosh LC, look in this appendix for a description of your problem. You will find more than one suggested solution for the problems outlined in this appendix. Try each solution one at a time until the problem is solved. ▲ Warning: If you have a problem with your Apple IIe Card and nothing presented in this chapter solves it, take the Apple IIe Card to your authorized Apple dealer or service provider.
Problems with I can’t see the Apple IIe partition I created on my hard disk Apple IIe files and disks If you’re a floppy disk startup person, make sure you started up from ■ the IIe Startup Disk. ■ If you’re a hard disk startup person, make sure that you still have the ProDOS File System document in your System Folder. (It should have been installed automatically when you followed the instructions in Chapter 2.
The Macintosh says my ProDOS floppy disk is unreadable or the disk does not appear on the Macintosh desktop ■ Eject the disk and make sure it’s unlocked. ■ Eject the disk and make sure it has at least 2K of free space on it. You can see how much free space it has by entering the Apple IIe environment, inserting the disk again, and checking the disk’s directory. ■ If you’re a floppy disk startup person, make sure you started up from the IIe Startup Disk.
Problems with IIe Startup The settings I make in the Option Panel don’t take effect ■ Make sure the settings you’ve made in the Option Panel apply to cards installed in active slots. If the cards are not in active slots, reassign them to active slots. ■ Click the Restart IIe button to restart the Apple IIe Card. (Be sure to save your work on a floppy disk before restarting.
The IIe Startup Disk complains that it can’t create the IIe Prefs file ■ If you started up from the IIe Startup Disk, make sure the disk is unlocked. After launching IIe Startup, my screen displays blocks of different colors or shades ■ This display of colors or shades is the Apple IIe Self-Test. To quit the self-test and enter the Apple IIe environment, press x-Control-Reset.
Problems starting up I can’t start up my Apple IIe program an Apple IIe program Make sure the disk you’re using is the correct program disk. ■ ■ Make sure the Apple IIe disk you want to start up from is an Apple IIe startup disk. The disk should contain the appropriate operating system files to allow the program to start. (See the manual that came with the program you want to run for more information.) ■ Make sure you’ve set the startup slot correctly in the Slots portion of the Option Panel.
My Apple IIe program won’t start up from the built-in 3.5-inch disk drive ■ Make sure you’ve designated the built-in drive as the startup drive. Use the SmartPort panel and the “Changing the SmartPort Settings” section in Chapter 5 to confirm or change 3.5-inch drive configurations. ■ Make sure you’ve set the SmartPort panel correctly so that the drive you’ve chosen as your startup drive is slot 5 drive 1. ■ Make sure the Startup option in the Slot Configuration panel is set to Scan or to slot 5.
My Apple IIe program won’t start up from an Apple 5.25 Drive 138 ■ Make sure the disk drive is a gray Apple 5.25 Drive. (The earlier beige models are not compatible with the Apple IIe Card.) ■ Make sure the disk drive is connected correctly to the Macintosh LC. (See Chapter 1 for instructions.) ■ If you are using a UniDisk 3.5 Drive and an Apple 5.25 Drive, make sure the disk drives are correctly daisy-chained together, with the UniDisk 3.5 Drive first in the chain. (See Chapter 1 for instructions.
Problems running an My Apple IIe program won’t work correctly Apple IIe program If the program is on a hard disk, try running it from its original floppy ■ disk instead. ■ Consult the program’s manual for any required slot assignments, and then change the appropriate slot settings in the Option Panel to correspond to the required slot assignments. (Some programs require Apple IIe cards to be in specific slots and will not work if those cards are not installed in the appropriate slots.
My keyboard doesn’t work properly ■ Make sure the keyboard and mouse are correctly connected to the Apple Desktop Bus port on the back panel of the Macintosh LC. (See the instructions that came with your computer.) Make sure the computer is turned off before you connect or disconnect any cables. ■ If you changed the keyboard and mouse configuration after starting the computer, turn off the computer and then restart it. ■ Change the Type Ahead setting to Off in the General Controls panel.
My Apple IIe program runs too fast ■ Change the Speed setting to Normal in the General Controls panel. ■ If the program uses color graphics, make sure the Display option is set to Color in the General Controls panel. ■ Change the Key Repeat Rate in the General Controls panel to a slower setting. ■ Change the Type Ahead setting to Off in the General Controls panel.
Problems with the The Option Panel opens unexpectedly Option Panel Someone may have set a new keyboard shortcut for opening the ■ Option Panel. Use the Additional Option Panel Key feature (in the General Controls portion of the Option Panel) to remove or change the key. When I try to open the Option Panel, the Apple IIe environment quits ■ Instead of pressing Control-x-Esc, which opens the Option Panel, you may have accidentally pressed Option-x-Esc, which causes the Apple IIe environment to quit.
Problems with the modem My Apple IIe program won’t recognize my modem ■ Make sure the modem is connected correctly to its power source and that the modem is turned on. ■ Make sure the modem cable is connected to the correct port. The modem can be connected to either the modem or printer port, but make sure the panel for that port’s Serial Card is set to Modem in the Option Panel.
Problems with printing I can’t print a document ■ Make sure the printer’s power cord is plugged in and the printer’s power switch is turned on. ■ Make sure the printer cable is connected to the correct port. ■ Make sure the AppleTalk option is turned off in the Macintosh Chooser if the printer is directly connected to the Macintosh LC (that is, if it is not connected via a network). ■ Make sure the Printer Card is in a slot that your program can print to, usually slot 1 (and sometimes slot 7).
Problems ejecting disks I can’t eject the disk from the built-in disk drive ■ ■ Use the Eject buttons in the Option Panel, or press x-Shift-1. (Press x-Shift-2 to eject a disk from a second built-in disk drive.) The disk label may be sticking, or the disk may be in backward. Call your authorized Apple dealer to help fix these problems. I can’t eject the disk from an external disk drive ■ If the drive is a UniDisk 3.5 Drive, make sure the drive is properly connected and that the Macintosh is turned on.
Appendix B Using a Hard Disk Y ou can use your hard disk to store Apple IIe files and programs, but only if you create a ProDOS partition, as explained in “Reserving Hard Disk Space for Apple IIe Files” in Chapter 1. This appendix explains how to use the partition once you’ve created it. Storing Apple IIe files on a hard disk If you’ve partitioned your hard disk as described in Chapter 1, storing Apple IIe files on a hard disk is much like storing regular Macintosh files on a hard disk.
Technically, the Macintosh will let you store either sort of file on either sort of partition, but Apple IIe programs can’t see anything stored on a Macintosh partition and Macintosh programs may not work well if they’re stored on an Apple IIe partition. In short, you’ll always be safe if you store Macintosh files on Macintosh partitions and Apple IIe files on Apple IIe partitions.
Which Apple IIe programs work on a hard disk Not every Apple IIe program works well on a hard disk. The best way to find out if a particular program works on your hard disk is to copy it (and all of its accompanying files) to a folder on your Apple IIe partition and try it.
Appendix C Creating Custom Partitions T he section “Reserving Hard Disk Space for Apple IIe Files” in Chapter 1 explains the easiest way to partition hard disks to store Apple IIe files. However, that way creates a 10 MB Apple IIe partition. If you need a larger or smaller partition, use the Custom feature of Apple HD SC Setup, explained in this appendix. These instructions work only for hard disks manufactured by Apple.
Preparations Before you can create a custom partition, you must back up your hard disk and then start up the program called Apple HD SC Setup, as follows: 1. Back up your hard disk, as described in “Backing Up Your Hard Disk” in Chapter 1. 2. Turn off your Macintosh. 3. Insert the IIe Installer Disk. 4. Turn on the Macintosh. 5. Open the IIe Installer Disk. 6. Double-click the Apple HD SC Setup icon. 7. Click the Drive button until you see the name of the hard disk you want to partition. 8. Click Update.
The custom partition You should now be looking at the partitioning window in Apple HD SC Setup. To create a custom Apple IIe partition, follow these steps: 1. Click Custom. 2. Select the main partition. Click once here to select the partition. 3. Click Remove, and when asked for confirmation, click OK. 4. Create a new partition by dragging, as shown in the figure. Hold down the mouse button here and . . . . . . drag to about here.
5. Click “Macintosh Volume.” 6. Type a number to indicate the size you want your Macintosh partition to be. For example, if you wanted to split a 40 MB hard disk into two equal partitions, you would type 20000. 7. Click OK. 8. Create a second new partition by dragging. Hold down the mouse button here and . . . . . . drag all the way to the bottom.
9. Click “ProDOS Volume,” then click OK. 10. When prompted, type a name for the partition. ProDOS names can contain only numbers and letters. If you want to create a second ProDOS partition, repeat steps 8 through 10. You can have up to four separate ProDOS partitions. You must always have one Macintosh partition. (If you don’t have a Macintosh partition, you won’t be able to see the the hard disk’s icon when you’re in the Macintosh environment.) 11. Click Done. 12. Click Quit.
Appendix D Parts of the Apple IIe Card Software W hether you’re a hard disk startup person or a floppy disk startup person, your Apple IIe Card software is made up of the five files shown in this appendix.
The program that starts up the Apple IIe environment The file that stores the choices you make in the Option Panel. (The IIe Prefs file is created the first time you run the IIe Startup program.
Appendix E Installing Printer Software for the IIe Startup Disk I f you are a floppy disk startup person, you must have the correct printer software installed on the IIe Startup Disk. The disk has the software for many Apple printers already installed. If your printer’s software is not on the disk, you need to install it according to the instructions in this appendix.
Is your printer’s software already installed? The IIe Startup Disk comes with software for the following printers: ■ ImageWriter II (with or without AppleTalk) ■ All LaserWriter and LaserWriter II printers (except the LaserWriter SC and the Personal LaserWriter printers) If you have any of these printers, you do not have to continue with this appendix. If your printer is not in this list, continue with the next section.
Installing the software for your printer To install the software for your printer, you must first make room on the IIe Startup Disk and then follow the software installation instructions that came with your printer, as described in these steps: Before you begin: Turn your Macintosh LC off. 1. Insert the IIe Startup Disk. 2. Turn on your Macintosh. 3. Open the IIe Startup Disk by double-clicking its icon. 4. Open the System Folder by double-clicking its icon.
6. If you have an Apple StyleWriter, see the section that follows, “Special Instructions for the StyleWriter.” Otherwise, see the instructions that came with your printer to install the software. Some manuals might call this “installing the print driver.” Usually it involves dragging one or two icons from the disk supplied with the printer into the System Folder. Many Apple printers use the Installer program to do the copying.
2. Find the StyleWriter printer file on the StyleWriter disks. The StyleWriter printer file icon looks like this: 3. Eject the StyleWriter disk by choosing the Eject command from the File menu. (If you have System 7, the Eject command is in the Special menu.) The disk is ejected and its icon and windows are dimmed. 4. Insert your copy of the IIe Startup Disk. 5. Open the IIe Startup Disk by double-clicking its icon. 6.
Glossary Apple IIe Option Panel An important feature A of IIe Startup that you use to personalize your Apple IIe work environment, configure slot settings, and navigate through the Apple IIe environment. To open the Option Panel, you press Control-x-Esc. accessory card A card that, when installed in the computer, lets you perform specialized functions not built into the computer. The Apple IIe Card is an accessory card. Apple HD SC Setup A Macintosh program that formats hard disks.
C D cards See accessory card. daisy-chain To link together sequentially. Character Set setting A setting in the General Delay Until Key Repeat setting A setting in the Controls panel that you use to choose between normal text (light characters on a dark background) and inverse text (dark characters on a light background). x key The Command key. A key on the bottom row of the Macintosh keyboard that, when held down while another key is pressed, causes a command to take K (Open effect.
G M, N General Controls panel A panel in the Apple IIe Option Panel that you use to set preferences for personalizing your Apple IIe work environment. The General Controls panel appears whenever you open the Apple IIe Option Panel. H, I, J hard disk startup people People who can use the Apple IIe Card without restarting from a special floppy disk. Hard disk startup people install the Apple IIe Card software directly on their hard disk. Compare floppy disk startup people.
ProDOS An Apple II operating system used by many O Apple II programs. Option key A key on the Macintosh keyboard that gives an alternate interpretation to another key you press. You use it to type international characters or special symbols. The Option key is equivalent to the K (Solid Apple) key on the Apple IIe keyboard. ProDOS File System A startup document that allows you to see Apple IIe files and disks on your Macintosh desktop. The ProDOS File System document goes in your System Folder.
S T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Slot Configuration panel A panel in the Apple IIe Option Panel that you use to configure the Apple IIe slot settings for the Apple IIe programs you run on the Macintosh LC. The slot settings you choose in the Slot Configuration panel are software representations of the actual Apple IIe slots and cards. IIe Prefs A file created automatically the first time you run IIe Startup. The IIe Prefs file maintains the settings in the Apple IIe Option Panel.
Index x (Command key) xv x-Control-Reset, caution about, 120 x-Q, for quitting Apple IIe environment 123 x-Shift-1, for ejecting a disk 45, 76, 115 x-Shift-2, for ejecting a disk 76, 115 KK (Open Apple key) xv K (Solid Apple key) xv A accessory cards xii. See also cards, in Option Panel Additional Option Panel Key setting, in Option Panel 97 Apple 5.
Apple IIe devices, connecting 20–22 Apple IIe disk drives configuring for startup 110–112 connecting 12–19 daisy-chaining 17–19 startup problems 137–138 Apple IIe environment xii. See also Apple IIe Card changing startup device for 110–112 closing Option Panel in 47, 118–119 configuring for. See configuring cards and slots customizing.
B C backing up a hard disk 5 backing up the IIe Startup Disk 31 backup disks, restoring from 10–11 BASIC prompt 39, 72 opening Option Panel from 46 starting up a program disk from 77 BASIC.
connecting devices 12–22 Apple 5.25 Drive 12–14, 17–19 Apple SCSI hard disk 22–23 Apple IIe disk drives 12–19 file servers 64 hand controls 20–22 joysticks 20–22 modems 64–65, 103–106 multiple disk drives 17–19 other types of 20–22 power cord warning 1 problems with 134 serial devices 64–65, 103–106 UniDisk 3.
Disk Tools disk, IIe Installer Disk vs. 7, 10 Display setting, in Option Panel 95 problems with 141 double-click exercise 40–43 drawing mouse tracking rate for 98–99 problems with 141 duplicating files 55 E Easy Install screen 28 Edit menu, Copy IIe Screen command 128 Eject buttons, in Option Panel 114, 115 ejecting disks 45, 76, 114–115 environments, switching between 38–41, 122–123. See also Apple IIe environment; Macintosh environment error messages.
H hand controls, connecting 20–22 hard disk. See disks, hard hard disk startup people 27, 30, 70 hardware. See connecting devices; modem; printer Help button, in Option Panel 125 hiding the preferences file 117 I icons Apple HDSC Setup 7 Apple IIe partition 9 Apple IIe program 76 BASIC.SYSTEM 29, 155 double-clicking 41–43 Installer 27 in Option Panel 66 AppleShare Card 66, 85 changing position of 52–53 Clock Card 66 5.
L locking floppy disks 2 locking IIe Prefs file 116–117 M Macintosh Chooser, selecting printer in 78–80 Macintosh desktop, moving back to 40–41, 122–123 Macintosh environment filenames in 56 formatting ProDOS floppy disks in 129–130 Memory Expansion Card size and 134 running Apple IIe programs in 41–43, 75–76 screen saver problems 78 switching from and to 38–41 turning off file sharing in 135 turning off 32-bit addressing in 135 using Apple IIe files in 81–82 Macintosh General Controls panel, beep sound an
O Open Apple (K K) key xv Option key xv Option Panel 46–53, 116 buttons in Continue 118–119 Eject 115 Help 125 Quit IIe 122, 123 Restart IIe 67, 121 cards in Apple IIe names 60 arranging 51–53, 65–67, 108–109 making adjustments to 67–68 planning arrangement of 59–65 setting options for 67–68 uses for 62 closing 47, 118–119 customizing work environment with 86–99. See also customizing icons in 66 AppleShare Card 66, 85 Clock Card 66 5.
pointer crosshair 87 mouse tracking rate and 98 ports, on Macintosh LC computer modem 103 printer 103 preferences file. See IIe Prefs file printer choosing in the Chooser 78–80 serial 64 setting up software for 32–34, 156–160 Printer Card 64 adjustments to 68 AppleShare Workstation Card vs.
Serial Cards adjustments to 68 configuring 65, 103–106 installing 64–65 serial devices, connecting 64–65, 103–106 servers. See file servers setup. See installing; partition, hard disk shared file formats 81–82 Show IIe Screen command (File menu) 128 size, viewing Apple IIe file list by 55 Slot Configuration Panel, in Option Panel 51–53, 108–109 slots.
troubleshooting 131–145 Apple IIe partition 11, 132, 133 Apple IIe programs running 139–141 running by double-clicking 43 starting 136–138 beep sound 90, 140 card not installed 68 disk drive compatibility 12 disks, Apple IIe ejecting 145 recognizing 37, 133 files, copying 145 file server 132 finding Apple IIe files in Macintosh programs 82 keyboard 94, 140 Memory Expansion Card, 101, 134 messages “File couldn’t be written and was skipped” 145 “UNABLE TO BOOT FROM STARTUP SLOT” 72, 77 modem 106, 143 mouse 14
W, X warranty problems 131 work environment, customizing. See customizing write-protecting disks.
Apple IIe Card Quick Reference Startup Method How you install the Apple IIe Card software determines how you start up the Macintosh. Check the box that describes how you installed the software. (The installation instructions are in Chapter 2 of the Apple IIe Card Owner’s Guide.) ■ Floppy Disk Startup n 1. 2. 3. 4. Turn off the Macintosh LC. Insert your copy of the IIe Startup Disk. Turn on the Macintosh LC. Find and double-click the IIe Startup icon. ■ Hard Disk Startup n 1. Turn on the Macintosh LC. 2.
Option Panel Cards Icon Name Replaces old Apple IIe Accessory Card Comments 5.25-inch Drive Card Apple 5.25 Drive Interface Card Only needs to be installed if you have a 5.25-inch disk drive connected to your Macintosh LC. AppleShare Card Apple IIe Workstation Card Only needs to be installed if you are connected to a file server. Then it’s usually installed in slot 7. Clock Card Any clock card Only needs to be installed if you have Apple IIe programs that use a clock card.
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