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From: melmoy@NPRDC.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Expansion of early model ][e
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Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 16:40:00 EST
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In response to the request for suggestions regarding the
expansion of an Apple IIe, let me pass on a word of advice.
Always buy products with a view toward using them in with some
system you might move to later on.  If you buy Apple peripherals,
there is less likelihood that you will be able to that.  Get an
external modem that adheres closely to the Hayes standard.  As
far as the connection through the serial card, you will have to
use something like the Super Serial or the CCS 7710 Asynch.
There are a few companies around that sell Taiwan produced cards
at a considerable savings.  These have been quite reliable.
Documentation is terrible, but the boards are close "rip offs" of
established products--and one can use the real documentation if
they are available.  As far as printers go, you have to judge
the quality for yourself.  In dot matrix printers, the IBM
graphics or Epson standard predominates.  In daisy wheels, look
for Xerox 630/Diablo 630 or Qume emulation.

Go to a computer swap meet somewhere in your vicinity.  Companies
are usually stumbling over each other to sell things at a cheap
price.  The problem is that there are only a few sources left
that sell Apple things that way.  Try a company called Nexo in
National City, CA (south of San Diego) for Apple II peripherals
and accessories.

Mel Moy
melmoy@nprdc