Re: TI-H: USB Link
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Re: TI-H: USB Link
In a message dated 8/20/98 5:15:49 PM EDT, dknaack@hotmail.com writes:
> >Although I DEFINITLEY agree that the iMac
> >should have at LEAST a parallel port. Why? Because there are no
> <WORKING>
> >USB printers! This kind of thing would not even be useful for schools
> (who
> >use printers) except for internet connections and such.
>
> Most of the school networks that I have seen used network print
> servers anyway, that way they don't need a printer for every student.
> As long as the iMac has network connectivity, it has print capability.
In our school, each classroom has a computer that is >NOT< networked, in
addition to the Learning Media Center (library and computer lab) that has a
network. Each classroom 'puter has it's own printer (an HP inkjet). This
would pose a problem, no?
> >Although I think
> >schools would like to get rid of floppy drives (stops viruses from
> >being inserted into network).
>
> Sure makes it difficult to take files home tho. Oh, I forgot, we're
> supposed to stop using nearly-free floppies and start carring around
> $15 zip disks for everything.
Remember, there's always the network and e-mail. Have one G3 networked to the
iMacs and make this a disk computer, but have it have scads of AV software.
Rob