Re: Apple ii projects for kids?

[powergs@macgui.com (Sam Latella)]

Kevin Dady wrote:
> On Sep 4, 8:44�am, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any good apple ii projects for kids be it software or
>> hardware based for the Apple IIe or IIgs.
>>
>> Something simple but still has a learning potential about computers
>> either
>> hardware or software.
>>
>> We are thinking of this year's science far project and would like to show
>> case the Apple iie as the center piece, and give it a wow factor!
>>
>> Basically a blast from the past!
>>
>> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
> 
> yea, you can squeeze some GPIO out of the motherboard to twiddle
> lights out other external systems, but I think you would need a card
> on the II (unlike a pc which has a parallel port standard)  and there
> was software packages for kids that let you do experiments using
> that.
> 
> Another one might be to try and digitize voice through the cassette
> port or even just a simple software project
>

Neat... digitizing the voice through the cassette port would be neat... is
there a reference on the web for this?

Thanks,
Sam