Re: Apple //c smartport compact flash adapter

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 2, 6:25 am, Robert Justice <rjust...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> You've given me a good laugh reading your posts Wholly, thanks :-)
>
> I'm enjoying reading all of the comments. I'd like to see a proper
> board made down the track, not sure if i'm going to do that or not.
> There's a few things that need to be sorted out to finalize the design
> first before the next step.
Out of curiosity, what license is the stuff that you've posted under?

> Matt, i agree with you comments about the second connector to allow
> the pass through on the iic+. I hadn't really thought about that. I
> believe that there is two lines that need to be controlled to the pass
> through connector. I'll have to get another drive and do some testing
> to verify my thoughts on this.
>
> Not sure about the CF or SD, gee it has sparked some discussion. My
> main thought was if you had a cffa, then you can just plug the CF from
> it into your smartport adapter. But i do agree that they are getting
> harder to find. Maybe we need to build something that has both on it,
> maybe that would keep every one happy. :-) The SD to CF adapters are
> around the 14-15 dollars on ebay, so maybe thats an easier option.
> (assuming they work ok)
The thing is, my main reason for wanting SD is actually related to
form factor, and both would be worse than CF. ;)

That said, while you could plug a CFFA's card into a CF-equipped card,
you could also plug this entire adapter into a Liron or a IIGS.