Subject: USB revisited
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From: Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Date: 26 Feb 1999 22:30:56 -0800
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Every minute I think about it, I think someone should look at
implementing USB for the Apple II.  Just some ideas:

* The Intel 8x930Hx is based on the 80251 which is a direct descendant
  of the 8051.  The controller everyone grew up on.  It is easy to
  interface with the Apple II expansion bus.  The 8x930Hx can use its
  other I/O pins to interface directly to the A2 bus and it has a 256K
  address space which can be used a USB buffer.

* Linksys now makes a 10/100 Ethernet USB device which would give the
  Apple II ethernet for the first time.

* the UUSBD project for Linux could give a wealth of driver source to
  draw from in writing software

Where are the EE people in this group? :)

cfs
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