Re: musing about building a minimalist Apple ][+ clone

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

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: Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
:
: > Then you'll be happy to know that this is just that.
: > It's a CF card controller.
:
: I'm quite happy :)

I'm so glad. I was afraid no one would want them. 8o)

: > We were thinking it should
: > also do hard drives, but to fit one inside would be a
: > bear.
:
: My (non-technical) instinct would be to yank the internal
floppy,
: stuff in the HD and then rewire the external floppy port to
S6,D1...
: I'm betting it's a bit more complicated than that though...

Best to do is attach a Disk II to the internal and run the
cable out the back. That's what I did while messing inside
of it. Taking measurements and such. Also had plans for a
hard drive in place of the internal floppy. Might still do
that.

: > If we can get LBA incorporated which we will most
: > likely need for the CF cards, you could run a long cable
: > out the back and connect a hard drive to it.
:
: Probably the biggest benefit to having mass storage on a //c
: (or //c+ ???) would be the additional portability of the unit.
: Combine that with an internal power supply and a small LCD
: monitor and I'll be on the road with the Merry Pranksters in
: no time ;-)

No IIc+ support. No room in the rom to add the firmware.
Sorry about that. Maybe in the future. LCD??? no problem.
PS1 game monitor is ideal, or any 5"-7" LCD with composite
video support. I've been looking and pricing but they are
still a bit high for my liking.

: ...now if I could just get a damned modem to work with
: one of these things...

What seems to be the problems you are having?

: Anyway, best of luck on this one -- I'll be rootin' for ya! :)

Thanks, I am hoping to have something before KFest, but
if not, then after. Hopefully not much after.  8o)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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