Re: David Schmenk's QuickCam on an Apple parallel interface card

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>]

On Monday, 11 March 2013 10:56:51 UTC-7, pitz  wrote:
> http://www.callapple.org/2013/03/09/quickcam-on-the-apple-e/
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> I've been waiting for years for confirmation (with an actual application) that the parallel card can do bidirectional data.  I knew that the pinouts were different from the standard PC parallel pinouts and some wiring adapter is needed.
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> Could it be fast enough to support a Zip drive using the parallel port interface?  I think the Zip drive can be utilized through EPP, ECP, and even down to just standard half-duplex mode.  Another mass-storage device possibility?

Although it may be feasible to get something working with the Apple Parallel Interface Card, it can be a hassle trying to match whatever protocol iomega chose to use to the limited signals on the APIC.  A better solution may be something like Mike Willegal's 6522 proto card.  With it's built-in EEPROM, one could even write a SmartPort interface and have it just work with ProDOS.  Also, it's probably easier to find Mike's card than an APIC.

Dave...