Re: RFC : SOME IDEAS FOR THE APPLE II FPGA'ers

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Simon D. Williams wrote:

> How about this: Make the FPGA board (or whatever) as compact as possible
> so that hobbyists can shove it inside a dead iPod or whatever mad scheme
> they can dream up. Then make an expeansion board that has all the standard
> slots and ports that the FPGA board fits into. The expansion board could
> be a drop-in replacement for a real A2 mother board. With this kind of
> arrangement you could even have a tablet style Apple II that could go
> anywhere, but has the advantage of being "dockable" with a fully
> compatible modern A2 clone.

I like this idea. It meshes perfectly with my own concepts, plus
extends it so that the clone board has a potentially longer 'life'
since the brains of the operation is pluggable and thus upgradeable.

It does raise the question though of exactly what kind of physical
interfacing such a mini-board should have. What exactly did you have in
mind ?

Matt