on 1/2/04 10:07 AM, Gregg Eshelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.stanford.edu/~thierry1/ti99/usb.htm > > Wheeeee! USB for a really vintage computer, the > Texas Instruments 99-4/A. > > OK, now that someone's gone to all the trouble to > design a USB interface for the 8bit PEB bus used by > the TI (the first computer available with a 16 bit > CPU, in 1979 for the original 99/4 version) what's > stopping someone equally clever from building a USB > card for the 32bit NuBus used in the Mac? > > To add further to the "wow factor" the 99/4A runs > at a blistering THREE MEGAHERTZ. USB and Smart Media > on a 3Mhz computer. Sheesh.
I just read the news report of the return of the Mattel Intellivision! 25 games built into a console for $20. Same old 8-bit craphics, but look at the strength of the pull from all the old "stuff" we grew up playing with. USB and smart-cards on a TI-99A, New/old Intellivision. There WILL be these things for the Macs. Wait and see. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
