Re: iic boot from serial port?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3a8999e6.351050771@news1.on.sympatico.ca>,
Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
 
> On 13 Feb 2001 17:17:21 +0100, pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps someone could implement a SPOS (=Serial Port Operating System)
>> for the Apple II ????  :-))))
> 
> Check out the Apple II Oasis for Windows emulator package.  It comes
> with a program called the "Apple II Disk Server".  It is a PC program
> and a ProDOS driver to allow a PC to act as a file server.  It uses a
> connection between the IIgs' joystick port and the PC's parallel port.
> More information can be found at:
> 
>      http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/4414/A4W.HTM
> 
> This type of idea might get a performance benefit if someone were to
> redo it using the serial port instead of the joystick port.
 
Why bother with the serial port?  Why not instead use the parallell
port also on the Apple II side?  By using the various printer status
lines as input, one can transfer a whole nibble at a time, and not
just one bit at a time as on the serial port.
 
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