Apple IIe Card - Manual (Page 27)

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.
Basing the plan on a typical Apple IIe
When you first install the Apple IIe Card software, the cards are already
installed in one of the most typical arrangements. You should use this
arrangement as the basis of your plans. Write it down on a piece of paper (as
shown in the figure), and then change it according to the instructions that
follow.
Many people can use this basic arrangement just as it is. However, if you
have any of the following special requirements, you may have to shuffle the
cards, as explained in the next two sections:
- File servers. The "File Servers" section explains how to rearrange your
cards if you're connected to a file server.
- Modems and other serial devices except for printers. The "Modems and Other
Serial Devices Except for Printers" section explains how to rearrange your
cards if you're connected to any non-printer serial device.
If you don't have either of these special needs, skip to "Setting the Options
for Your Cards," later in this chapter.
File servers. If you want to use a file server, you need the AppleShare
card. The AppleShare card is usually installed in slot 7. (See your Apple IIe
program manuals to determine whether your programs have different
requirements.)
To install the AppleShare card, you'll have to remove one of the others.
Since the AppleShare card typically goes in slot 7, the most tempting card to
remove is the Memory Card, which is already there. If you want to move it,
here are some suggestions where you might move the Memory Card:
- Slot 2, replacing the Clock Card. If none of your programs uses it, you can
remove the Clock Card. However, if you have a modem, you'll probably need
slot 2 for the modem port Serial Card.
- Slot 4, replacing the Mouse Card. If none of your programs uses a mouse,
you can remove the Mouse Card.
Use this information to change the plans you wrote down earlier.
Modems and other serial devices except for printers. Serial devices are
devices, such as a modem, that plug into the printer port or the modem port
on the back of the Macintosh.
Why not printers? The most common serial device plugged into the back of the
Macintosh is a printer. However, printers require the special Printer Card,
which is already installed into slot 1 -- so you don't need to do anything
special to arrange to print. The only exception to this rule is old non-Apple
serial printers that are commonly used with Apple IIe computers. These