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Apple IIe Card User Manual

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If you do not have a hard disk

If you don't have a hard disk, this section tells you how to prepare a floppy

startup disk you can use instead.

!! IMPORTANT: If you installed the software on your hard disk in the

previous section, you should skip this section and move ahead to "What's

Next" at the end of this chapter. !!

Included with your Apple IIe Card is a disk called IIe Startup Disk, which

has the necessary Apple IIe Card software and the correct version of

Macintosh system software already installed. To use it, you need to make a

copy of the disk and make sure you have the correct software for your

printer, as described in the next two sections.

Once you finish this section, it's important to remember that you have your

Apple IIe Card software on a floppy disk. Many tasks in this book will have

special notes for floppy disk startup people. When you see one of these

notes, remember that it applies to you.

Making a copy of the floppy startup disk. To make sure you always have a

safe copy of the IIe Startup Disk, don't ever use the original. Instead, make

a copy and set the original aside for safekeeping.

You can find instructions for copying disks in the books that came with your

Macintosh.

When you are finished, put the original away and keep the copy ready for use.

Don't lock the copy.

Setting up the printer software. If you don't have a printer, skip this

section. If you do have a printer, follow these steps to set up your printer

software:

1. Shut down your Macintosh.

If your Macintosh is on, quit any programs you might be running, then choose

Shut Down from the Special menu.

2. Insert your copy of the IIe Startup Disk into the built-in floppy disk

drive.

3. Turn on the computer and the monitor.

If you see a Restart button on the screen, click it.

The computer starts up.

4. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu.

After a moment, the Chooser window appears.

5. Click the icon that represents the kind of printer you want to use.

Any LaserWriter or LaserWriter II, plus the PErsonal LaserWriter NT

Your printer isn't there? If the kind of printer you want to use isn't in

the Chooser, you need to install the printer software. Turn now to Appendix