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From: michal@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Apple ][+
Message-ID: <22245.25da947a@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 90 17:37:30 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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 I salvaged an Apple ][+ that has not been used for 5 years. I plugged it
in, it works! So I got into thinking that I could upgrade it to something
more contemporary. I know very little about the Apple ][+
 Here is what the apple ][+ has:
  1. 48 k ram
  2. floppy disk controller + 1 disk drive
  3. Applesoft Basic in ROM + Autostart ROM (Revision 1 board)
  4. DOS 3.3 

 So far, I have managed to figure that in order to make this apple a 
terminal I must do the following:
  a. Get an 80 col card (suggestions ?)
  b. Modify shift key to include lower case letters (how to do this ?)
  c. Get a SuperSerial Card (suggestions ?)
  d. Get an external modem (2400 - which)
  e. Terminal software ( I heard Kermit will run under dos 3.3)
  f. Optionally, substitue d,e with an internal modem (?)
 
Is this the correct minimum for turning the above apple into a vt100 terminal?

Lastly, I would like to find out what is exectly 'ProDOS' (short of
being a better DOS, I guess) , is it a comercial product, what is the
most recent version of it, and what are the hardware requiraments for
running it. What are the benefits of having it ? 

 Sorry if this is trivial, to me it is new.



 
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Merlin [The Magician] (AKA Michal Chmielewski) 
US Mail: Academic Computing Services, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
E-mail : michal@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, michal@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T (913)-864-0443