CompactFlash / IDE Interface for Apple II

jutpm writes: "This page describes a project to create an IDE / CompactFlash Interface card for 8 bit Apple II series of computers. The card is ProDOS 8 compatible and supports up to 64 Meg (two ProDOS 32Meg drives). I am very impressed with the work this guys work. Definitely a case of old technology meeting new."

Comments

Re:I love my Commodore 64!

[mikolas]

Have you ever checked out the IDE64 project or the CMD product portfolio? I'd love to have those for my C64, but I'll save the money for a G4 turboboard for my Amiga 3000. :-) Retro is cool!

Apple ][ MP3 system

[dstone]

I don't believe there's a flavour of Apple ][ that can decode MP3 streams real-time in software. However, an Apple ][ should be able to easily run a GUI (and now IDE filesystem), and just send the resulting raw MP3 bitstream to to an inexpensive outboard decoder chip. (Some buffering for constant data rate may also be required).

FWIW, if anyone wants to take the leap, the standard homebrew decoder chips used today seem to be one of these...
Micronas MAS3509F Compressed-Audio Decoder
SGS Thompson STA013 MP3 Decoder
The Micronas chip is newer and doesn't require an external DAC.

Re:Bring on the nostalgia!

[aussersterne]

Hand-operated paper punch. Just pull up the inside edges on each side of the ring, *punch* *punch*, and then one on the side where the WP notch was, *punch* and it's done.

Re:Don't forget the 8GB of the IDE64 :)

[Dahan]

It's about time Apples caught up to the Commodore 64 ;).

An IDE card has been available for the Apple II for a few years now... see the Turbo IDE from SHH Systeme. Dated October '94...

Then there's GNO (GNO's Not Orca), a preemptively multitasking Unix-like environment. Was fun to play MODs while IRCing and such :)