Re: HELP for a novice

[behrenss@hphalle6.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Soenke Behrens)]

alice heckman (aheckman@nde.unl.edu) wrote:
: HELP, I'm a novice at this stuff.  I want to set up a bunch of older Apple 
: ][e computers so that elementary kids can use them for telecommunications. 
: I need to know some stuff to do this.
: 1.  These computers don't have com ports so I need a serial board?  Or what?
: 2.  Do I want internal modems or external?  (cost is a factor here, school 
: boards aren't notoriously generous)
: 3.  What kind of communication software do I want for kids to use?  Is 
: anything available through shareware?
: 4.  Can the average low-tech person install this stuff herself?
: 5.  Where do you recommend getting the hardware that I need.  I had one guy
: quote me $300 per modem.  This seemed about $220 higher than I could get 
: the stuff at Walmart!
: 
: Thanks for any help you can give me.  (The kids are going to love this 
: project!!  The teachers are a bit nervous!!)
: 
: Alice Heckman
: aheckman@nde.unl.edu
: 

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