~Mike The Apple Man wrote:
Items 1 would definately be a plus. It would have to work with a KB switch though. The other item not on the list which would be a definate plus would be a clone of the Second Sight card. "Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message news:<I0PF8.59052$t8_.8875@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>...I'd vote for #6 or #7 myself (#7 if I had to choose)... Cheers! Tim "Thomas Kelly" <tjkelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:uyJF8.2973$NY5.74513609@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...I'd vote for # 6 & #7 It seems that they would work on IIc/ IIc+, IIgs since they all have a smartport. SCSI and IDE cards seem too expensive. Would there be a problem getting/writing drivers? The adapters would have a broader target customer base so you could sell more and recover investment quicker. "David Wilson" <david@uow.edu.au> wrote in message news:3cd37430$1@news.uow.edu.au...I am thinking of designing and building a few hardware projects for my Apple // systems. I am considering going to Kfest 2002 and were I to get working prototypes by then I would bring them with me to showoff.Are any of the following of interest to anyone else but me? 1) PS/2 keyboard and mouse to ADB adapter (for //gs) 2) PS/2 keyboard to Apple //e adapter 3) PS/2 keyboard to Apple ][+ adapter 4) 5.25/3.5 FDD controller to Apple 50 pin bus 5) 5.25/3.5 FDD controller to Smartport bus (for //c and //gs) 6) Smartport to SCSI bus adapter 7) Smartport to IDE/ATAPI bus adapter 8) High speed serial card with onboard PPP processing Numbers 4 & 5 would use standard PC disk drives but use GCR formats giving the following data capacities: DS/DD 40 track 5.25" 320KB + read/write Apple 5.25" disks DS/DD 80 track 5.25" 640KB or 800KB + read only Apple 5.25" disks DS/HD 80 track 5.25" 1200KB DS/DD 80 track 3.5" 800KB (Apple 3.5 compatible) DS/HD 80 track 3.5" 1600KB -- David Wilson School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia