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Apple IIgs User Manual

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BASIC
Logo
Pascal
Assembler

Religion

Bible
Jewish history

How-To's

play bridge
draw a floor plan
play the guitar
grow vegetables
repair your car
take photographs
redecorate your home
touch type
landscape your yard

Hobbies

catalog your stamp collection
classify your coin collection
chart your horoscope
design your own needlework
study I-Ching or numerology
write your own crossword puzzles
monitor your biorhythms
trace your roots (genealogy)
keep track of running times and distances

Home

recipes
checkbook balancing
address book
security-system control

Self-Help

build negotiation skills
improve self-esteem
lose weight

Chapter 6: Peripheral Devices

Wouldn't it be nice if the Apple IIgs had a built-in printer, plotter, monitor, modem, 3.5-inch
disk drive, 5.25-inch disk drive, hard disk drive, joystick, hand controls, graphics tablet,
digitizer, and assorted home control devices?

Wouldn't it be nice if you had a desk big enough to hold such a machine?

Even if size and cost weren't factors, the problem with built-in peripheral devices is that