Re: Adaptive Peripherals Card & Switchbox

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Josiah wrote:

>As I mentioned in another thread, I picked up an Apple IIe. I was asking
>those here to identify it. Well, today I decided to just pull the card out
>and look for some writing on it. On the back side of the card is written
>"Adaptive Periperals copyright 1984 REV.B". It also came with a white and
>grey switchbox with a red LED, a metal switch on the top, 2 headphone jacks
>and an unusal looking port (unusual to me anyway) that connects to the card
>by a typical grey ribbon cable.
>
>According to a thread posted here back in 1999 it's a card for connecting
>hardware to for the handicapped.
>
>I basically have no use whatsoever for this piece of hardware, nor do I have
>anything to hook to it. The red does light up if I flip the switch while the
>Apple IIe is on, so I can probably safely assume it works.
>
>So, is anyone here looking to buy this hardware or knows someone who is?

Since you earlier mentioned that the computer contained a
Mockingboard C, it seems safe to assume that it was last
used by a handicapped person who needed speech synthesis,
as Steven Hawking does.

-michael

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