Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!LSUVM.BITNET!$CSD211 From: $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple III Message-ID: <9011110245.AA09054@apple.com> Date: 11 Nov 90 02:33:25 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 64 >I just inherited an Apple III computer to use in my speech therapy classroom. >At this point, the computer teacher and I have several questions. > >1. Is there any way that we can get a manual for the machine? Yes. The best source for Apple III related hardware and support is the company that Apple sold the rights to the III to. Its' called Sun Remarketing (no relation to the SUN Workstation family). They send me replacement part catalogs all the time. They are located at: Sun Remarketing, Inc. P.O. Box 4059 Logan, Utah 84321 1-800-821-3221 Another group it would profit you to locate (if they still exits - I haven't heard from them in a while) is ON THREE (a group dedicated to the Apple ///). Their phone number is 312-338-2202. You should contact both these sources if you plan to continue to use your ///. >2. If we put in an 80 column card, will it be able to run an old version of > Appleworks (when the machine is emulating an Apple II)? No. You can't put an Apple II 80 column card in an Apple III. Not only won't it work, it probably won't fit. The Apple III has 80-columns built in but can only be used in native III mode. A two card set, the Titan III plus IIe, also sold Sun Remarketing, will give the III all the capabilities of an Apple IIe, w/128k RAM (including 80 columns) this would be your best bet. This should allow you to run Appleworks. It would be a good idea to get this card. >3. Is the machine capable of telecommunications? What kind of modem should > we install? Yes. Any serial modem should work in a III through the built in serial port. Most telecommunications programs should recognize it...but I'd use ASCII Express...That's the one I use, and I know it supports the III. >4. We took the machine apart yesterday and took out the internal disk drive > and put in the separate drive thinking that was the machine's problem. > Before re-assembling the machine, we booted the Apple II emulation program > and let it run. Instead of crashing in less than five minutes, it took > about 15 minutes for it to crash. The problem seems to be related to too > much internal heat. The CR7 light in the back starts to flicker causing > the disk drive light to flicker which crashes whatever is working. Is > this a power supply problem? Can we still get a new power supply for a > machine as old as this? Where could I get it? How much would it cost? Sun Remarketing sells replacement motherboards, drives, power supplies, keyboards, etc. According to my last Sun catalog, an Apple /// power supply will cost you $100 ($50 of which will be given back when you return your old part). >Dixie Gustine, MS, CCC-SLP >Speech/Language Pathologist >Juneau Public Schools >907-586-3830 > >Email: jsdlg@alaska.bitnet ---------------------------- Mark Orr ! $CSD211@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU ! ----------------------------