Xc60039@Portland.BITNET.UUCP (01/24/87)
Lately, I've been trying to expand my ][e. What I plan on doing is add a printer, upgrade my memory, and possibly purchase a modem. I presenly own a Super Serial Card and have been told that I now need a second card to run both the printer and modem at one time. I've been in contact with a couple of Apple computer dealers, and they have told me that I should buy a PERSONAL modem. Are there any other 1200 or 2400 baud modems that might be as reliable or be on the same quality level as the PERSONAL modem? Also, my father wants a 15" carriage return Imagewriter. Since we've been looking around we've come across many other printers, but the prices range from about $325 for a Brother (not my first choice) to $650 for some of the better brands. Anyone got any information or reviews on Imagewriter, or could you tell me which wide-carriage printer they prefer and why. As far as the memory expansion goes, I was thinking of upgrading from 128k to 256k. Do you find that 256k is too little memory? I do a lot of wordprocessiing and have the tendancy to write programs which exceed present memory limitations. One of my problems may be that I don't know how to tap into reserved memory locations, worring about blowing up my programs. I've been told that if I wish to user Appleworks I'll need a Ramworks expansion card. I'll admit that I do use Appleworks quite a lot, but if I buy the Ramworks card wil I still be able to write extensive programs? One last note, at work we have a few Apple ][e's which except lower case commands. The Apples have the apple 80 col card w/64k, super serial card, and apple disk drive controller card. Is there any way that I could make my apple accept lower case commands? My ][e is not enhanced, would that make any difference?
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU.UUCP (01/28/87)
If you're going to upgrade memory, don't stop at 256k. Go to at least 512, or better 1 meg (prices not bad at sales). RamWorks III, Appleworks 2.0, and SuperMacroworks is a powerful combination (you'll probably want to add a mouse to may use of the mouse option that MacroWorks/SuperMacroworks adds to appleWorks). If a add a AE transwarp card, you will not only increase speed by about 3.5, but also add in a 65C02 processor. You will therefore have all the commands of an enhanced //e.