Re: suggestions for small school computer lab?

["Geoff Kaiser" <superkais@macconnect!!!.com>]

In article <5rfnkp$hjs@umbc9.umbc.edu>, fuy1@umbc.edu (Francis A Uy) wrote:

>I've been roped into administering a tiny computer lab in
> an elementary/middle school, with a few PCs (which I will
> be required to install Win95 on) and several Apple 2's
> (including //e, GS, possibly others).
>
>They want to keep using their Apple 2 software library.
> I know some businesses willing to donate 68030 Macs and
> 386 PC's.  My question: will emulators running on such
> machines be equivalent to actual Apple 2's?  There isn't
> enough room in the building for both sets of computers.
>
>I'm partial to Macs, but can deal with PC's and A2's.

You could get an LC Mac (LC II, III, also Performa 550 and 570 series) and
then get a hold of Apple's IIe card (used, of course); it fits into the PDS
slot of those Macs; it lets you boot up in the IIe mode and use the Mac's
keyboard, monitor, mouse. It has a port for a 5.25 disk drive, but you need
a special adapter...it's faster than emulation.