Apple IIe - Manual (Page 42)

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To save money, and to keep track of who's doing what at which computer, many computer
classrooms link a number of Apple IIe's into a computer network.
A network allows a class full
of students with Apple IIe's to share the disk drives and printer at the instructor's computer.
With many networks, the instructor can control which programs, lessons, and tests each student
receives, view any student's work, and send messages to individual students over the
wire.”
About Kids and Computers:
Most kids are fearless about computers and think nothing of popping the top of the Apple IIe
and rearranging the circuitry just to see what will happen.
To discourage these overzealous
hackers, there are screw holes on the Apple IIe cover so classroom computers can be bolted
shut.
Home Configuration
A typical home system might consist of an Apple IIe, a monitor or TV set, a DuoDisk, a mouse, a
thermal or dot matrix printer, and a joystick.
This gives you all the equipment you need to do word processing, home finance, and other
serious home applications.
By attaching an RF modulator to your color television, you can swap
your monitor for your TV when you want to play computer games or use educational programs that
are more fun and effective in color.
Add a modem to your system if you want to use your computer for home banking, and other
applications that involve communicating with other computers over the telephone lines.
Business Configuration
A typical office system might consist of an Apple IIe, a monitor, a DuoDisk, a ProFile, a daisy
wheel printer, a mouse, a modem, and one or more specialized cards.
Office applications, especially accounting and data base programs, involve a staggering amount
of data.
A mass-storage device, like the ProFile, can store the equivalent of dozens of floppy
disks and save you a lot of disk swapping.
If you plan on doing a lot of charts and graphs for reports and presentations, you might
consider an RGB monitor instead of, or in addition to, a monochrome monitor.
An RGB monitor
can give you color without sacrificing the resolution you need for word processing and other
business applications.
A daisy wheel printer is a must if you need professional-quality correspondence. If you don't
need that level of perfection, you could get by with the faster, more versatile dot matrix
printer, which can produce a variety of type fonts and graphics.
A modem enables you to tap into information services for stock quotes and business news, and to
exchange information with colleagues across the hall or across the country.
Peripheral Devices
This section describes the most popular Apple IIe peripheral devices. But it is not a
comprehensive list of the devices available for the Apple IIe. Flip through any computer
magazine, and you'll see ads for music synthesizers and articles about people who use Apples to