Re: AppleCrate & NadaNet

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@rogers.com> wrote in message 
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> iMac wrote:
>> Someone recently posted something about Micheal Mahon's AppleCrate on
>> AppleFritter, and my curiousity has been piqued.
>>
>> Several years ago, I picked up a bunch of Apple II+'s for free.   Since
>> then I've wittled down the once mighty heap to the point that I've only
>> one complete II+ remaining and three or four II+ motherboards.
>>
>> All of this stuff had just been sitting around collecting dust and had
>> been designated as landfill bound until...  Yes, until visions of
>> AppleCrate and NadaNet danced across my Mac's browser window.
>>
>> Where to start?
>>
>> I have no idea how to program ROMs for these machines.   Actually, I
>> have never really been an Apple II user and really don't know much about
>> the machines at all.
>>
>> I have one Apple Disk II 5.25" floppy drive.   That is pretty much the
>> extent of my Apple II collection.
>>
>> Something tells me that I'm going to need a lot of little extras in
>> order to get my very own AppleCrate up and running...
>>
>> Any comments/suggestions/etc. would be greatly appreciated and well
>> received.
>>
>
>
> Hi as a starting point I built 2 for the nadanet adapters (using Michael's 
> wonderful instructions) and was able to get 2 Apple IIe's up and running. 
> (You will need to be handy with a soldering iron). You can run the 
> software from floppy and only need to modify the rom's if you wish to boot 
> your nodes floppyless, which I guess you will have to do seeing as you 
> only have one drive.
>
> Might be helpful to get a second drive and controller just to get familiar 
> with everything, then build your Crate from there.
>
> To burn roms you will need to aquire an eprom burner or get someone to 
> er - um do it for you ....
>
>
> I know Bill Garber was considering making some nadanet adapters.
>
> Bill are you still planning to do that?


That is the plan, but to get them as small as Michael's
is next to impossible, and there is a problem with the height.
They can or will hit any cards that are installed. I am also
looking adding a pass-through so you can still plug in a paddle
set or joystick, if you want to. Planning is the keyword. Still
at that stage.

Bill Garber