While there seems to be a fair amount of information about the older apples,
i.e. ][, ][+, and the IIc+, I've been unable to find any menaingful
information on the web about the plain-old IIc. It has an external
connector to a floppy disk drive, but I've found no information about the
drive itself. The IIc+ has an external "intelligent" drive, and I'd like to
know what that means, in this case, not to mention that I'd like to know
about the "intelligent" hard disk that attaches to the IIc+ via that same
connector, though perhaps not using the same protocol.
There's also little definitive information about the memory usage for I/O
and how (and how closely) they emulated the ][+ slot usage. They've
apparently memory mapped the keyboard, so I would also like to know where in
the memory map the keyboard lives.
I'm considering cutting a hole in the side of the box to accomodate some
sort of I/O channel. I understand that there was an expander available from
a third party, but have little information about that. The slot I'd make in
the box would accomodate a 40-pin, or perhaps 50-pin inline cable connector.
Since I'd prefer to make an internally buffered I/O channel as opposed,
simply, to bringing out the CPU's signals, it would be useful to have some
information.
Any suggestions?
Dick
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From: Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip) <transit_at_lerctr.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:04 AM
Subject: Computer collecting/preservation article in today's LA Times
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> http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20000807/t000073831.html
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