u/compgenius

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New Apple IIc owner - Questions and concerns

I've recently got my first Apple II in the form of an Apple IIc. I was delighted to find out it has the Alps keyboard. I don't have any software to test on it yet as my floppy emu is giving me grief over my off brand SD card. (waiting for a new one)

It seemingly boots fine and lands on the normal check disk drive screen.

I've dropped into Basic but it seems it's stuck in Dvorak mode and I can't seem to switch it back to Qwerty. It also seems like some of the keys may not be working. I don't know if that last bit has to do with Dvorak as this is my first experience with it.

I've run the diagnostic mode. but this appears to be one of those early ROMs where it just runs endlessly and doesn't tell me anything. I don't know if there's a way to exit the diagnostic.

I've looked through a few different sources, the original manual and online and I'm seeing conflicting info on they keyboard switch. Some indicate it's a momentary switch and other say it's a toggle like the caps lock.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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u/compgenius — 5 days ago