Re: Options for microcontrollers inside the Apple //

[ol.sc@web.de (Oliver Schmidt)]

Hi Ralph,

>Is this kind of project (plugging and Arduino clone into an Apple II
>expansion slot?) something
>other Apple II // III, or //gs hardware users would be interested in?
>What would you want to do with it?

I could imagine people being interested in adding WiFi to their Apple
II...

http://www.otherbirds.com/1/post/2011/12/arduino-wifi-part-2.html
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10822

The RN-171 module used here contains a standalone WiFi & TCP/IP stack
plus i.e. FTP/HTTP code. In contrast to other similiar modules that
stack is used via "ASCII commands" rather than some binary control
structure. The vendor docs demonstrate how to interactively use the
module by typing commands into some serial comm program connected to
the module. See i.e. chapter 13 for HTTP client commands...

http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Wireless/WiFi/WiFly-RN-UM.pdf

I envision typing PR#x and then using these commands from Applesoft or
BASIC.SYSTEM...

Regards,
Oliver