Apple IIe Card User Manual

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4. Fill in empty slots with any unused Option Panel cards you

think might be useful.

Unlike the accessory cards for your original Apple IIe, the Option
Panel cards are provided at no additional cost, so you should use as
many as you can. Use this chart to decide which Option Panel cards
would be the most useful; use your Apple IIe program manuals to
decide which slots to put them in.

Card name

Why you would want to use it

5.25 Drive

To use an Apple 5.25 Drive

AppleShare

To connect to file servers

Clock

To give Apple IIe programs access to the date and time

Memory Card

To increase the amount of memory your Apple IIe programs
can use

Mouse Card

To use the mouse for Apple IIe programs

Printer Card

To print

Serial Card

To connect a device to the modem port of your

(Modem Port)

Macintosh LC

Serial Card

To connect a device to the printer port of your

(Printer Port)

Macintosh LC

SmartPort

To use the built-in floppy disk drive, an Apple
UniDisk 3.5 Drive, or a hard disk

5. Skip ahead to “Arranging the Cards in the Option Panel”

in this chapter.

Chapter 4: Setting Up Cards and Slots