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Apple IIe Card User Manual

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3. Select the settings you want to maintain in the first IIe Prefs file.

4. Quit the IIe Startup program (by clicking the Quit IIe button).

5. Rename the first IIe Prefs file.

The name you give the file can be anything but "IIe Prefs." Rename the file

in a way that will help you remember its purpose -- "Graphics Prefs," "Charts

Prefs," or "Games Prefs," for instance.

6. Start up the IIe Startup program and open the Option Panel again.

7. Select the settings you want to maintain in the second IIe Prefs file.

8. Quit the IIe Startup program (by clicking the Quit IIe button).

Each time IIe Startup restarts the Apple IIe Card, it creates a new IIe Prefs

file, unless there is already a file named "IIe Prefs" on the disk. You can

create as many different preferences files as you want, as long as you keep

renaming the most recently created IIe Prefs file. Once you've made as many

preferences files as you need, you can choose the IIe Prefs file you want to

work with by double-clicking its icon to start the Apple IIe Card. As long as

you don't change any settings, the file you start from will remain unchanged

when you quit the IIe Startup program.

You can store the IIe Prefs file in one of three places. The IIe Startup

program searches for the IIe Prefs file in this order: in the System Folder;

in the Preferences folder, which is itself in the System Folder; then in the

folder where the IIe Startup program is.

Starting Up an Apple IIe Program

You can start up an Apple IIe program either in a standard Macintosh way or

in a standard Apple IIe way, whichever is easier for you.

The Macintosh way

When you're in the Macintosh environment, you can start up Apple IIe programs

by double-clicking their icons, though this method works only for ProDOS

programs.

!! IMPORTANT: You can use this method of starting Apple IIe programs only

if you have an empty disk drive while the IIe Startup program is running. In

other words, floppy disk startup people who have only one internal disk drive

cannot use this method. All others can. !!

Before you begin: Your Macintosh should be on. If you're a floppy disk

startup person you should start up from the IIe Startup Disk, as explained in

"Starting Up From the IIe Startup Disk" in Chapter 3.

1. Find your Apple IIe program.

If the program is on your hard disk, open the hard disk and folders so you

can see the program's icon. If the program is on a floppy disk, insert the

disk into an empty disk drive and open the disk so you can see the program's

icon.

2. Double-click the program's icon.