Re: Adaptive firmware card info?

[Louis Cornelio <clairmnt@n2.net>]

In article <3d9b08fd_4@corp-news.newsgroups.com>, Joe Kohn 
<joko@NoMoreSpam.net.invalid> wrote:

> Louis Cornelio <clairmnt@n2.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> > does anyone have info on this card & what peripherals can be attached?
> 
> You are the man, Louis. Hope all is well with you. 

pretty good Joe!
I still have a IIGS working in my classroom - in a school that is all 
wintel. Now even using *any* Apple makes me an outsider.  Have not had 
time to do wjhat I want - - tell if if this is possible - make disk 
images of some 5.25 programs using sheppys imagemaker (? - I got so 
excited I paid 2 years ago but never used it!) - & then run the things 
on Bernie w/ a projection system. Possible? Or will the prog. look for 
the floppy?
anywazzzz...

> 
> In reading the e-mail from the foster father, it wasn't at all clear that
> an AFC would be of any use. The foster father used the phrase "brain
> damaged" and that might mean that the youngster has impaired motor
> functions, but not necessarily. It might be best to ask before sending off
> the AFC.

good thought, thanks
 
> For those with seriously impaired motor functions, it would be impossible
> to use a standard keyboard. So, the Adaptive Firmware Card allows you to
> use alternate inputs. One of those that I've seen is like a giant keyboard
> and another employed "switches" (that are a little hard to describe at 8
> AM) that can be activated by head movement.

yes I know the terme "switches" - I imagined them as bigbuttons to 
toggle things on/off. or as arrow keys. just a hunch.

 
> The short story of the Adaptive Firmware Card...it's for use by those
> whose eye/hand coordination is impaired enough that they can't use a
> standard keyboard.

right
 
> And, let me tell ya...the AFC is a miracle that allows people with such
> debilitating impairments like Cerebral Palsy to use an Apple II.

found references to it vai google but no hard info.
This was scaveneged from school machine - an SH class is my guess.....


- but folks - no one has suitable software to donate?
seems like a good cause to me.....

thanks!