SmartportVHD/USB compatibility test report

Cédric PELTIER

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Apr 23, 2011, 6:57:21 AM4/23/11

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Hi all !

Good news, the SmartportVHD/USB successfully passed compatibility tests
on the following hardware combinations:

Computer: Apple //c ROM 3.5
Operating system: Prodos 8
Devices combinations:
+ SpVHD
+ SpVHD + Disk //c
+ SpVHD + Unidisk 3.5
+ SpVHD + Unidisk 3.5 + Disk //c (could exceed the Apple 2c power specs)
+ Unidisk 3.5 + SpVHD + Disk //c (could exceed the Apple 2c power specs)

Computer: Apple IIgs ROM 03, with and without IIgs MicroDrive
Operating system: Prodos 8, GS/OS 6 without additional driver
Devices combinations:
+ SpVHD
+ SpVHD + Unidisk 5.25
+ Apple 3.5 + SpVHD

Others combinations are not tested yet, but should work as well until
smartport's rules are followed (wich raise some practical issues
concerning the boot device if the board is hosted within a floppy drive)
Apple IIe/Liron and Apple //c+ are not tested.

The full presentation of the project will be done during upcoming weeks,
including final cost.
Cedric.

Steven Hirsch

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Apr 23, 2011, 9:57:00 AM4/23/11

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Outstanding. If the prices isn't too severe I'm interested in two.

Toinet

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Apr 23, 2011, 10:08:12 AM4/23/11

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Very good news, Cédric, congratulations.
Wanna test with my ROM 1 also?

And please, I'd like to order two.

antoine

Michael J. Mahon

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Apr 23, 2011, 11:10:43 AM4/23/11

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I'd also like two.

-michael - NadaNet 3.1: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon

Bill Garber

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Apr 23, 2011, 11:52:48 AM4/23/11

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"Michael J. Mahon" <mjm...@aol.com> wrote in message news:2024
435037325264196.90...@news.giganews.com...

I requested 2 of them in the previous thread, but I repeat it here.

TWO PLEASE! :) Thank you.

Bill

pitz

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Apr 23, 2011, 12:53:10 PM4/23/11

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Add me in for one.

Cédric PELTIER

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Apr 23, 2011, 3:28:46 PM4/23/11

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Ok :)

I listed all requests until today on comp.sys.apple2, and I will contact
each of you individually, when details will be finalized.

I planed a small batch of ten boards by the end of may 2011, but more
boards are requested, wich is good for saving some bucks :)

For more requests, please contact me directly with 'Smartport' as
subject, and I will add you on the requester list.

Cedric.

giorgio....@alice.it

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Apr 23, 2011, 3:59:35 PM4/23/11

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Il Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT), pitz <pitz...@gmail.com>
ha scritto:

>Add me in for one.

And one for me.
Thanks

Giorgio

Apple II and Apple III forever !!!

Robert Justice

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Apr 24, 2011, 8:03:36 PM4/24/11

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Hi Cedric,

Thats great news. This is a nice solution with the usb implementation.
Good to hear the testing went well. I'm keen to hear more about the
project.

Have you tried it with any of the smartcard usb readers? eg CF or SD
to usb card reader. I suppose these are just usb mass storage devices
so in theory should work?

regards
Rob

Cedric Peltier

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Apr 25, 2011, 1:10:21 PM4/25/11

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Hi Rob,

This is a question I wondered some months ago, and totally missed it !
Today, I plugged an usb card reader with a CF card instead of an usb key.
All seem to work fine, except a practical issue: the card reader take
more time to be ready on startup, at least for the one I tested wich
require about 7s. The Apple //c is finishing it's boot sequence in 5s,
so I need to reboot the Apple II once the card reader is ready otherwise
the mass storage isn't not detected.
I tryed with an SD card and got exactly the same result.

regards,
Cedric.