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===Minimum Hardware Required===
* TI 99/4A Home Computer
* television set (or "composite" monitor)
* computer-to-TV cable
* computer-to-wall plLlg cable
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| IF YOU WISH TO PRINT . . . || IF YOU WISH TO USE A DISK . . .
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| * printer
* parallel interface
* computer -to-printer cable || * disk drive
* controller
* manager (a diskette)
|}
IF YOU ISH TO USE A DISK ...
- printer
- parallel interface
- computer -to-printer cable
IF YOU WISH TO BOOST MEMORY ...
- 32K RAM add-on
(512K available)
- disk drive
- controller
manager (a diskette)
IF YOU WISH TO USE A CASSETTE ••.
- Cassette tape recorder
- computer-to-cassette cable
This cartridge is your entry into word processing.
equipment as your budget allows.
You can add
Beynd the console and this cartridge your biggest expense will be
a printer. Almost any kind will do: thermal, daisy wheel, dot
matrix, ink jet, pen plotter, or laser. You will need a
connecting cord with a plug on one end that fits into the back of
your printer. The other end must have a plug which fits an
accessory called an interface; the interface plugs into the right
side of the console. Printers are either Parallel or Serial.
Many printers (even the least expensive) have both kinds of
inputs. If you have a choice I suggest using Parallel; this frees
your computer to also use a modem, which is serial. Buy the
correct cord when you buy your printer. Computer repair shops can
make you a cord; they need to know the wiring diagram, which you
can get from TI.
The Plus version of WORDWRITER lets you connect a printer directly
to the WORDWRITER cartridge. The cord goes from the cartridge
(not from the right side of the computer) to the printer.
If you do not buy the Plus \/ersion you will need to buy a Parallel
interface that plugs into the right side of your console; the
printer cord connects interface and printer.
If you buy the regular (non-Plus) version of WORDWRITER
Data9ioTics will let you trade it in for the Plus version for a
fee. You will need the Plus version cable, too.
Quite often a parallel interface is combined in one unit with 32K
memory, disk controller, power supply, serial interface, and disk
controller. It is in the long run cheaper and more convenient to
buy everything at once; however, you can also add bit by bit.
ore than likely you already own some sort of tape recorder. It
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