Re: What is an Adaptive Peripherals card?

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Paul Schultz <pschultz@med.wayne.edu> wrote:
>
>I found a IIe today which had a card in slot 4 made by a
>company called Adaptive Peripherals. It was mostly composed
>of chips on the one side and had a AA battery in a holder on
>the back side. It had a ribbon cable running out the back to
>a plastic box mounted to the side of the IIe. The plastic box
>had a toggle switch with the labels SW1 and SW2. It had a red
>LED light on it (power indicator?) and a Centronics style
>connector.
>
>Does anyone know what this card is? What connects to the 
>Centronics connector? Does it require software to use? If
>it is an interesting card I may go back and buy the computer.

If this is the legendary Adaptive Firmware Card, you should
rescue it for the physically impaired.  This card is worth
its weight in gold - lets paralyzed individuals control an
Apple computer with their eyes if the right hardware is
connected to it, for example.

-Scott G.