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Beyond 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 '''directlyto 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 version you will need to buy a Parallelinterface that plugs into the right side of your console; theprinter cord connects interface and printer. If you buy the regular (non-Plus) version of WORDWRITERData9ioTics will let you trade it in for the Plus version for afee. You will need the Plus version cable, too. Quite often a parallel interface is combined in one unit with 32Kmemory, disk controller, power supply, serial interface, and diskcontroller. It is in the long run cheaper and more convenient tobuy everything at once; however, you can also add bit by bit.ore More than likely you already own some sort of tape recorder. It
