Re: Help Needed with //e

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5t3026$sln@camel12.mindspring.com>,
Terry L. Honn <honnt@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm an Apple illiterate with a COMPUTER illiterate friend, and this
>friend has a parallel printer that she wants to give to her dad, who has an
>Apple //e.

   Welcome to comp.sys.apple2. I invite you to read the
comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html as it has info that's
useful in this question and probably many more questions.

>Will it work the way it is, or is a parallel card / printer card necessary,
>and if so, where might I find one mail order?

   Apple //es do not have parallel cards as standard issue (they
didn't have disk drives or disk controller cards either, but included
a tape i/o port..  that's a rant for another thread). Therefore,
unless a parallel card has already been connected to this computer,
you'll need to add one.

   Alltech Electronics (http://www.allelec.com) sells parallel cards
mailorder; section 10.2 of the FAQ lists many more hardware and
software dealers.

Nathan Mates
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