Re: Hardware projects - which would be most popular?

[kauai96765@yahoo.com (The Apple Man)]

Items 1 would definately be a plus.  It would have to work with a KB
switch though.

The other item not on the list which would be a definate plus would be
a clone of the Second Sight card.

"Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message news:<I0PF8.59052$t8_.8875@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...
> I'd vote for #6 or #7 myself (#7 if I had to choose)...
> 
> Cheers!
> Tim
> 
> "Thomas Kelly" <tjkelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:uyJF8.2973$NY5.74513609@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> > I'd vote for # 6 &  #7
> > It seems that they would work on IIc/ IIc+, IIgs since they all have a
> > smartport.
> > SCSI and IDE cards seem too expensive.
> > Would there be a problem getting/writing drivers?
> > The adapters would have a broader target customer base so you could sell
> > more and recover investment quicker.
> >
> > "David Wilson" <david@uow.edu.au> wrote in message
> > news:3cd37430$1@news.uow.edu.au...
> > > I am thinking of designing and building a few hardware projects for
> > > my Apple // systems. I am considering going to Kfest 2002 and were I
> > > to get working prototypes by then I would bring them with me to show
>  off.
> > > Are any of the following of interest to anyone else but me?
> > >
> > > 1) PS/2 keyboard and mouse to ADB adapter (for //gs)
> > > 2) PS/2 keyboard to Apple //e adapter
> > > 3) PS/2 keyboard to Apple ][+ adapter
> > > 4) 5.25/3.5 FDD controller to Apple 50 pin bus
> > > 5) 5.25/3.5 FDD controller to Smartport bus (for //c and //gs)
> > > 6) Smartport to SCSI bus adapter
> > > 7) Smartport to IDE/ATAPI bus adapter
> > > 8) High speed serial card with onboard PPP processing
> > >
> > > Numbers 4 & 5 would use standard PC disk drives but use GCR formats
> > > giving the following data capacities:
> > >
> > > DS/DD 40 track 5.25" 320KB + read/write Apple 5.25" disks
> > > DS/DD 80 track 5.25" 640KB or 800KB + read only Apple 5.25" disks
> > > DS/HD 80 track 5.25" 1200KB
> > > DS/DD 80 track 3.5" 800KB (Apple 3.5 compatible)
> > > DS/HD 80 track 3.5" 1600KB
> > > --
> > > David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia
> > >
> >
> >