Re: for the tinkerers / hackers (in the orig meaning of the word)

[Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>]

a2fan@hotmail.com wrote:

> 
> 1capybara@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> 1. 40 pin IDE (now called parallel ATA or PATA)
>> 2. USB  -    that doesnt stick 6"   [15 cm]  out of the back of the box
>> 3. an ethernet card that doesnt cost $100
> 
> There are already at least 4 IDE controllers available now, and as many
> as 6 or 7 if you count a few that aren't in active production.
> 
> I wish someone would give me a practical reason for USB on the Apple II
> ... everyone who wants it, wants to do something different with it.
> Printers, thumb drives, keyboards and mice - the hardware is the easy
> part, but the drivers and making everything compatible is where the
> problem is.

Drivers as in the part of the driver to integrate the peripheral into the
OS, rather than the part that controls the actual USB device?

I want storage and networking. My platinum has my all-time favourite
keyboard, and I can't complain about it's mouse.
Can't think of anything else I'd like to be honest. Although a USB gamepad
does seem tempting.

> 
> I'd rather see a video option to use modern VGA monitors, or a better
> accellerator.
I was thinking of a bodgey ISA adaptor board. Sure you'd have to use it with
the top of the case off, and write special software though...
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