Re: SVD 1's on eBay

[Les Bird <lesbird@bellsouth.net>]

On Jun 20, 3:34 pm, "Vince Briel"
<vbr...@removethisspamdotohdotrr.net> wrote:
> Hey,  just curious but doesn't 2.4 allow you to write to image that is
> loaded vs. 2.3 which doesn't allow writing to the image?
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> Vince
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> "Les Bird" <lesb...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> On Jun 20, 7:37 am, Rich <nos...@saddam.net> wrote:
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> > Les Bird wrote:
> > > On Jun 19, 4:43 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Les Bird wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>> Not sure if anyone is aware and I know the CFFA is shipping now but I
> > >>> am selling original SVD 1's on eBay with and without Apple dongles.
> > >>> The firmware is 2.3, not 2.4, but it still works well with the Apple
> > >>> II's. I wanted an SVD for a long time but couldn't get ahold of Eric
> > >>> so I downloaded his gerber files and had 50 PCBs manufactured in
> > >>> addition to some Apple dongles. They are all pre-assembled but do not
> > >>> include the case (see the photos on eBay) and the only additional
> > >>> components you'll need are a power adapter, toggle switch and reset
> > >>> button.
> > >>> As of today I am down to my last 12 SVD's so if you've been wanting to
> > >>> get one, now is a good time to do so.
> > >>> Buy It Now price is $85 with the Apple dongle or $75 for just the pre-
> > >>> assembled SVD by itself.
> > >> Thanks for the head's up! I just grabbed mine :-).
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> > > Just printed your shipping label. Will go out tomorrow.
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> > > - Les
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> > Les,
> > I've seen the SVD's on Ebay...
> > OK... What's an SVD? And what's an Apple dongle? (I know what a dongle
> > is, but just not in this context.)
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> Rich,
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> To sum it up the SVD let's you run disk images on your Apple computer
> without needing a disk drive. It's an electronic device that emulates
> a disk drive. You upload your disk images to the SVD and hook the SVD
> up to your computer just as you would a floppy disk drive and your
> computer doesn't know the difference.
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> This has the advantage of preserving software for these old computers
> by storing the disk images on present day computers, for example by
> downloading the images to your harddrive, and allowing you to run the
> software on your Apple or other vintage computer using the SVD.
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> The dongle for the Apple II is an interface between the SVD and the
> Apple controller card. You simply take the 20pin disk cable from the
> Apple disk drive and attach it to the dongle, which in turn plugs in
> to the SVD. The other end of the 20pin disk cable plugs into your
> Apple disk controller card.
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> - Les- Hide quoted text -
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Vince,

Yes, 2.4 allows you to write to the image on Apple II's. You can
already write to the image on other supported systems but to do it
with the Apple II's you need the 2.4 firmware. Unfortunately Eric
doesn't have 2.4 up on his website for download. You have to request a
new PIC from him with V2.4 firmware and, of course, since we can't get
a reply from him that means we can't get 2.4.

- Les