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Re: Remote triggering an Apple II

What purpose does the resistor serve? I know I've shorted those switch and +5V pins with a wire for testing and I seem to remember it worked fine without damaging anything that I noticed (this was on a II+). 



Michael J. Mahon wrote:


You can do it without the battery, since +5 is available on the
game connector:

+5v >----------+
               |
               o |
                 |-  Switch
               o |
               |
PB0 >----------+
               |
               /
               \  220 ohms
               /
               \
               |
Gnd >----------+

If you're triggering more than one Apple, you only need to connect
to the +5 of one of them, and will only need one 220 ohm resistor.
In other words, just run the "PB0" and "Gnd" lines to the other
computers.

-michael