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Apple IIe Card User Manual

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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. If a specific slot is
designated as the startup slot, IIe Startup goes directly to that slot.
If the startup option is set to Scan, the program scans the slots in
descending order from 7 to 1. The first startup disk it encounters is
loaded into the computer’s main memory, and you see the opening
display for the program you’re running.

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
a BASIC prompt.

If IIe Startup finds no startup disk in any drive, it enters the BASIC
programming environment and presents a BASIC prompt.

From the BASIC programming environment, you can start up a
program disk by typing a BASIC instruction that directs IIe Startup
to the disk drive you indicate.

4. Type

pr#

followed by the number of the slot to which the

startup drive is assigned.

The most typical instructions are

pr#5

for 3.5-inch disk drives and

pr#6

for 5.25-inch disk drives.

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