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Important details for floppy disk startup people, Starting up from the iie startup disk – Apple IIe Card User Manual

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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.”

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Important: If you are a hard disk startup person, stop reading this
section now and skip to “Switching Between the Macintosh and
Apple IIe Environments.”

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If you’re a floppy disk startup person, you need to know a crucial
technique—starting up from the

IIe Startup Disk—because it’s the only

way to run Apple IIe programs and manipulate Apple IIe files. The
technique is described in the next section, “Starting Up From the
IIe Startup Disk.”

To start up from the

IIe Startup Disk, you must turn on your computer

with the disk in the disk drive, as shown in these steps.

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Important: If you are a hard disk startup person, stop reading this
section now and skip to “Switching Between the Macintosh and
Apple IIe Environments.”

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1. If your Macintosh LC is on, shut it down.

Quit any programs you might be running and choose Shut Down
from the Special menu. You don’t need to turn off the power.

Starting up from the

IIe Startup Disk

Important details for

floppy disk startup

people

Chapter 3: Learning to Use the Apple IIe Card

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