Help! For Apple IIEs

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Ms. Big Dog retrieved six or so working Apple IIEs and gazillions of pieces of software from a nearby school for .... six dollars.

The problem is, there didn't seem to be any ProDos disks (I have zilch Apple IIE experience but I get a "can't find ProDos msg" for much of the software, not all - some auto-loads).

Anybody know if I need a ProDos disk? Anybody have any? Know where I can find one?

Are they compliant? For six dollars, do I care? But it would be great fun for the little kids' home schooling if we could use all the software.

-- BigDog (BigDog@duffer.com), September 25, 1999

Answers

Apple's website says that Apple will not test that model for Y2K compliance.

I have a coworker with an Apple IIe at home. If you can't find disks closer to home, email me privately and we'll see what we can do.

-- Ron Southwick (southwick@a-znet.com), September 25, 1999.


Hey BigDog,

Here's the deal with Apple IIEs: They have no hard drive. If I am correct, there are two 5 1/4 disk drives, one for the software you want to run, and one for the work you want to save. I am a teacher and I know my school has a closetful of A-IIE leftovers. ProDos disk sounds very familiar, and I would be happy to dig around and send you what ever I find.

The e-mail is real (just for you) so send me a note with your mailing address.

-- semper paratus (llmcl@usa.net), September 25, 1999.


And by the way, every apple product (hardware) ever made is Y2K compliant.

-- semper paratus (llmcl@usa.net), September 25, 1999.

ProDos disks?!

ROFL!

I have a IIsi (somewhere in a box).

Do they have those itty bitty screens?

-- Stan Faryna (faryna@groupmail.com), September 29, 1999.


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