12 Aug
2006
12 Aug
'06
7:36 p.m.
--- jim stephens <jwstephens at msm.umr.edu> wrote:
Don wrote:
What does ADB stand for? The reason I ask
is that my initials are ADB (my middle name is
David), and every time I see it in a message
it throws me for a split second.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
It doesn't take long to realize that this is a
non-solution:
- keyboards are PS2, Sun, USB, ADB, etc.
12 Aug
12 Aug
7:47 p.m.
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
--- jim stephens <jwstephens at msm.umr.edu> wrote:
Apple Desktop Bus -- or something like that...
Don wrote:
What does ADB stand for? The reason I ask
is that my initials are ADB (my middle name is
David), and every time I see it in a message
it throws me for a split second.
It doesn't take long to realize that this is a
non-solution:
> - keyboards are PS2, Sun, USB, ADB, etc. 
13 Aug
13 Aug
1:12 a.m.
> -
keyboards are PS2, Sun, USB, ADB, etc.
What does ADB stand for? 
5:54 a.m.
On 13/8/06 00:36, "aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk" <aliensrcooluk at
yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
What does ADB stand for? The reason I ask
is that my initials are ADB (my middle name is
David), and every time I see it in a message
it throws me for a split second.
In this context it stands for Apple Desktop Bus. It?s a means of attaching
keyboards and mice to pre-USB Apple Macintosh computers.
-Austin.
7:37 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: KVM's
Also used on the Apple IIgs
What does ADB
stand for? The reason I ask
Apple Desktop Bus. It's the keyboard and mouse interface on most Macs
after the Mac Plus (?), using a 4 pin mini-DIN connecotr.
-tony
7:49 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Also used on the Apple IIgs
Was the gs the 65816 box?
What does
ADB stand for? The reason I ask
Apple Desktop Bus. It's the keyboard and mouse
interface on most Macs
after the Mac Plus (?), using a 4 pin mini-DIN connecotr.
-tony
7:54 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <THX1138 at dakotacom.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: KVM's
Was the
gs the 65816 box?]
WDC 65C816 @ 1.0 or 2.8MHz
http://oldcomputers.net/appleiigs.html
9:32 p.m.
On Sunday 13 August 2006 07:54 pm, Teo Zenios wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <THX1138 at dakotacom.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: KVM's
Hm.
I have one of those, sitting out there in a box, with monitor and two drives
and keyboard (and I don't remember if there's a mouse with it or not).
Anybody know what that machine will do if I just fire it up? There are,
unfortunately, no disks with it, and I really don't know what to expect.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Was the gs the 65816 box?]
WDC 65C816 @ 1.0 or 2.8MHz
http://oldcomputers.net/appleiigs.html
9:47 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: KVM's
On Sunday 13 August 2006 07:54 pm, Teo Zenios wrote:
drives
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <THX1138 at dakotacom.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: KVM's
Hm.
I have one of those, sitting out there in a box, with monitor and two Was the gs the 65816 box?]
WDC 65C816 @ 1.0 or 2.8MHz
http://oldcomputers.net/appleiigs.html and keyboard (and I don't remember if there's
a mouse with it or not).
Anybody know what that machine will do if I just fire it up? There are,
unfortunately, no disks with it, and I really don't know what to expect.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by
lies. --James
M Dakin
Unless you have a hard disk installed inside of some kind it will ask you
for a floppy to boot from (same as an Amiga). The unit (unless upgraded with
a special card) uses 3.5" DD and 5.25" DD disks. If you have an older 68K
Mac there are utilities that will allow you to make images into usable disks
for the IIgs. If you have a ROM 3 version of the IIgs and a Mac serial cable
(plus some software on the Mac side) you can network boot the machine from a
Mac.
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the_fairway/index.html
The above link has some images of games you can convert to floppy and boot
from if you just want to test the system out. Since the
IIgs uses ADB
keyboards and mice any ADB Mac mouse should work on it. If you have
some RAM
expansion cards you can make some GS/OS boot disks for a GUI or use older
Mac II apps and PRODOS disks via the 5.25" drive.
TZ
10:03 p.m.
On Sunday 13 August 2006 09:47 pm, Teo Zenios wrote:
Hm.
I have one of those, sitting out there in a box, with monitor and two
drives and keyboard (and I don't remember if there's a mouse with it or
not).
Anybody know what that machine will do if I just fire it up? There are,
unfortunately, no disks with it, and I really don't know what to
expect.
Unless you have a hard disk installed inside of some kind it will ask you
for a floppy to boot from (same as an Amiga).
I haven't opened it up to see yet, no place to put it in here. And I'm not
at all familiar with Amiga, either. Most of my experience is with PCs,
pre-PC stuff including lots of CP/M boxes, and pre-Amiga c= stuff.
Was the gs the
65816 box?]
WDC 65C816 @ 1.0 or 2.8MHz
http://oldcomputers.net/appleiigs.html The unit (unless upgraded with a special card) uses
3.5" DD and 5.25" DD
disks. If you have an older 68K Mac there are utilities that will allow you
to make images into usable disks for the IIgs.
No macs around either.
If you have a ROM 3 version of the IIgs and a Mac
serial cable (plus some
software on the Mac side) you can network boot the machine from a Mac.
Hm. Any easy way to tell the ROM version?
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the_fairway/index.html
The above link has some images of games you can convert to floppy and boot
from if you just want to test the system out. Since the IIgs uses ADB
keyboards and mice any ADB Mac mouse should work on it. If you have some
RAM expansion cards you can make some GS/OS boot disks for a GUI or use
older Mac II apps and PRODOS disks via the 5.25" drive.
I really have enough going on that I hadn't planned on getting into yet
another kind of machine here, so I was hoping to sell it or otherwise find
someone who wants it. It'd be nice if I could show it doing something, in
that case...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
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