I just got an Apple ][ Plus, but the monitor doesn't work - I need to hold the v-sync dial further than it actually goes in order to see a picture (Comrex video monitor). So I connected it to a projector and got it to show Apple ][, but nothing else. I also couldn't get the disk drive to work - it just showed that it was in use and nothing else. And then the computer died on me, and it no longer shows a picture with the projector (but it does beep and show a light - the projector just shows a no source found message).
Having no experience whatsoever with these machines, I don't know what to do. Tips? Why would the computer be working one minute and then dead another? Is the monitor dial just broken and there's nothing I can do about it? I read somewhere that orienting the disk drive connector wrong can break it - what is the right way to orient it (I'm worrying that I broke it already)? And how would I boot into BASIC once I get it working again? Thank you for bothering to answer what are probably obvious questions!
Having no experience whatsoever with these machines, I don't know what to do. Tips? Why would the computer be working one minute and then dead another? Is the monitor dial just broken and there's nothing I can do about it? I read somewhere that orienting the disk drive connector wrong can break it - what is the right way to orient it (I'm worrying that I broke it already)? And how would I boot into BASIC once I get it working again? Thank you for bothering to answer what are probably obvious questions!