Re: RFC : SOME IDEAS FOR THE APPLE II FPGA'ers

[bieling@terra.es (Jorge Chamorro Bieling)]

Simon D. Williams <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:

> 
> How about this: Make the FPGA board (or whatever) as compact as possible
> so that hobbyists can shove it inside a dead iPod or whatever mad scheme
> they can dream up. Then make an expeansion board that has all the standard
> slots and ports that the FPGA board fits into. The expansion board could
> be a drop-in replacement for a real A2 mother board. With this kind of
> arrangement you could even have a tablet style Apple II that could go
> anywhere, but has the advantage of being "dockable" with a fully
> compatible modern A2 clone.

And how about this: The board fits in an Apple II slot connector, but it
can be removed and used stand-alone too because it contains a video
output, alternative keyboard input, and maybe one slot connector "just
in case" (most likely for a MicroDrive IDE controller).

-- 
Jorge Chamorro Bieling