Apple IIe - programming Apple Basic on a 1984 computer!

[6052Fan]

I got a machine routine for CATALOG cmd = Linux LS

LDA #$06

JSR $A2AA

LDA $B5BF

STA $AA66

RTS

[jhinthepen]

May I know how this computer was used in companies? This computer neither has a mouse nor internet browsing programs, so what was the purpose of having this computer?

[dashwarts]

@jhinthepen A lot of business programs made good use of the keyboard. Text editors, spreadsheets, AppleWorks, and even Apple II Business Graphics are all prime examples of how useful an Apple II is; especially with a printer.

The internet did exist back then, but in a much cruder, divided form. A modem could dial into another system, such as a bulletin board.

[MrAltoman1]

Its with pride i sit here with my macbook pro running on lion when watching this ;)

[jgrab1]

Where's the mouse? ;-)

[ro25632563]

@jgrab1 apple II doesnt has mouse

[jtrujillo11908]

CONTROL + "open apple" + DELETE

[KevinTheAppleGuy]

Dude my names kevin gurdon and i have the same computer....weird!

[leeson44]

Wow... great video.. brings back old memories ...

[pacedi4001]

this was my first computer,, while all my mates were on sinclare

[Pinwormx]

Memories

[Slayerfreek27]

Hi, I have one of these computers and was just wondering where can you get floppy disks for it? Can anybody help me out?

[moxie96]

You accidentally typed 1992 buddy...

[lazarit]

who remembers "LOGO" ?

[BlindMind3]

@lazarit I do

[localhits]

Thanks for the video. Gives me goosebumps! Crazy a machine should do that to me.

[ifilmhackersdotcom]

Oh my god the sound of the keyboard came back crushing me. Sweet memories.

[HowToEatWaffles]

You have very creepy hands

[er10b]

I LOLded when I saw one of those monochrome monitors connected to a VCR connected to a security camera in the back of our old IT classroom

[MrAcme15]

"if you decide to bid on this piece of... ..."

[Lorden1516]

Exactly . You should've just typed PR#6 . And , I don't think that was programming . Pretty much every Applesoft BASIC user knew how to do what you did . There is much more in programming . Let's try this :

10 HOME

20 VTAB 1 : HTAB 1 : PRINT " [JUST SKIP THREE LINES] ______________________________­__________"

30 VTAB 1 : HTAB 1 : PRINT {TYPE [1] ADDITION , skip a line , [2] SUBTRACTION}

40 VTAB 3 : INPUT "NUMBER? : ";M$

50 IF M$="1" THEN GOTO 100

60 IF M$="2" THEN GOTO 200

70 GOTO 0

[Lorden1516]

@Lorden1516 100 HOME : INPUT "FIRST NUMBER : ";D1 105 INPUT "SECOND NUMBER : ";D2 110 PRINT "FINAL ANSWER : ";D1+D2 115 GET O$ 120 GOTO 0 200 HOME : INPUT "FIRST NUMBER : ";D1 205 INPUT "SECOND NUMBER : ";D2 210 PRINT "FINAL ANSWER : ";D1-D2 215 GET O$ 220 GOTO 0 65 IF M$="3" THEN END

[conol77]

Thumb up if LOST send you here :D

[asgerms]

@muskypucker That's how I remember it too :) Just as slot 6 was the "de-facto standard" slot to put your diskdrive-card into, slot 3 was the "de-facto standard" for the 80-col card (the //c even had it hardwired here, I think). And, switching to 80-col would solve the problem, as I see it : making an otherwise too wide string (for 40-column) fit on the screen. Cheers! :)

[asgerms]

@muskypucker I said TRUE geeks; they don't give up on a problem and reboot (PR#6), but solve it instead (PR#3) ...

[KartSeven1]

@1xWertzui Syntax error.

[Bastiest]

Ahh... Reminds me of the beautiful days when I was making games with Quick Basic.

[Hellhelium11231995]

only if there was a GUI

[asgerms]

At 1:50 true geeks are thinking "PR#3" :-)

[omg122448]

Brings back some old memories :-). I used one of those in school in the first grade, learned off a performa and writing this comment on a macbook. Watching this makes me want to break out my apple 2 E.

[CattButt]

Rad video

[1xWertzui]

Type in "4 8 15 16 23 42". What will happen? :)

[1xWertzui]

I want one too!

Or if not, then a TV or a monitor for my C64.

[lemonlimestiv]

got this xmas of 84'

what a year!!!!

[SidsRetroMacs]

i jut bought one of these:)

[Fender7083]

I'm getting an apple 2c soon!

[OBSysteme]

they should start remaking old computer models, they are the most fun.

[mankyman6]

@OBSysteme

There are some third parties that well kits for some of the old computers. I remember passing a site that was selling Apple I kits. The same people were also selling Altair kits as well.

[OBSysteme]

@mankyman6 Yes I saw the Altair kits!

however, I am dissapointed in the C64 joystick hack kit... to me, the architechture is too far from the actualy breadbind computer.

[OBSysteme]

@OBSysteme oopps. breadbind = breadbin

[MarkMphonoman]

Nice, thanks for the quick show.

[hiruleshouse]

Hey please reply. Is it possible to hook up this old apple II to a modem and surf the web? How slow would it be? Would it work at all?

[SuperAccordionDude]

Do you need a disk to start up the computer? Or can you just use it without one?

[psyjax]

@SuperAccordionDude If you boot it without a disk, it will drop you to a command prompt from where you can program BASIC etc. You could also have a hard drive installed with ProDOS in which case you would boot into that.

[mikeusat]

The IIe wasn't from the 80s?

[chrishooper68]

@mikeusat --- Of course it was fom the 80's. It was released January of 1983. I used it in computer science class in 1985. Just look it up on Wikipedia and you'll see.

[1xWertzui]

@mikeusat Yes, but maybe his own one was manufactured or purchased in 1992... !(?)

[OBSysteme]

now that is a computer, i'd like to write manuscripts on that... it helps having a computer with no multi-tasking.

[ginkelvanmichiel]

@OBSysteme

Indeed! I use an old Macintosh Plus for that kind of things.

[estimablesir]

My First Computer. This brings back wonderful memories. How much fun was zork?

[MacintoshPlus1MB]

fixed it :)

[HalonProductions]

I love how the keyboards on these things sound

[rwagoner]

i got one for free. broken power supply tho :( i see like a bunch on ebay :)

[petrarchian]

I remember when these were the cutting edge. A huge jump from my vic20, I helped install and run the first "pc lab" network in my jrhs in 7th grade. Good times. I was trying to find the Tarzan game we used to play off floppy remember that?

[thomas997]

I remember this, wasn't there a way to get to the prompt without a disk? Something like pressing control+reset to get the "]" prompt.

I recall doing graphics programming using one of these, it was a 39x39 grid, if I remember correctly.

Type "BILL" at the prompt - do you see anything?

[psyjax]

You just boot the machine with no disk in it. If it fails to find any boot media, it will just drop in to a "]" prompt. From there, just start typing in your program and your good to go. You can use PEEK and POKE commands to do more low-level stuff as well.

[TLucretiusCarus]

@thomas997 - You're correct, BASIC was built into ROM on all Apple II computers. As far as BILL, that generates a syntax error. There are easter eggs but only on a couple models. Apple //c (Original ROM) and the Apple IIgs. - There were a couple of video modes on 64K Apple IIs and two more on 128K models. The IIgs had the best of all.

[TheMuffin100]

I have one of these. So freaking awesome.

[ChoclateSailor]

man those things are awesome...