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Chapter 1: Sethng Up the Apple lie
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Connecting a joystick or other hand control
Connecting an audio cassette recorder
To connect an audio cassette recorder, you need a double cable
with all four
ends terminating in miniature phone plugs. One cable
carries data from the computer to the recorder; the other carries
data from
the recorder to the computer. Most double cables have a
different color for each cable (the inslIUclions the follow refer to
black and
gray cables), so you can tell the input cable from the
output cable. See your authorized Apple dealer or local electronics
store for
such cables. To connect an audio cassette recorder to the
Apple lie, follow these four steps:
1. Insert one plug on the black cable into the MICROPIIONE jack
on the casselle recorder.
2. Insert the other plug on the black cable into the computer's
cassette output jack (marked with an icon that shows an arrow
pointing toward a cassette).
3. Insert one plug on the gray cable into the EARPHONE or
MONITOR jack on the casselte recorder.
4. Insert the other plug on the gray cable into the computer's
cassette input jack (marked with an icon that shows an arrow
pointing
awayjrom a cassette).
.:. Tips jor cassette users: Inexpensive, monophonic cassette
recorders work better than more sophisticated stereo
recorders. Buy cassettes that are certified for data use, if at all
possible. If you cannot find them in your area, use high-quality
audio cassettes. Never buy cheap audio cassettes for recording
data.
One bad spot on a tape can mess up an entire software
program.
If you have a joystick or other hand conlIOl device Oike game
paddles), press the device connector into the game port, located
just to the right of the video port. SCcure the connector by
tightening its thumbscrews. See Figure 1-15.
Figure 1-15
P1ugging a }oystlck
Into the game port
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