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MacRecorders are still fetching $100+ on ebay, it seems like a market ripe for puncturing... There seems to be a schematic out there from BMUG that claims to be similar, but looking at it, it doesn't quite match what I understand about the MacRecorder. Mainly, the sample rate doesn't match...

This topic's been touched on in a handful of threads previously, but as far as I know, the question's never been settled. What kind of transformer (that you can buy new) would work for making a homemade LocalTalk/PhoneNet dongle? Inside AppleTalk (2nd ed, page A-6) gives the following...

Of all my PIC projects, this one is probably not the most practical, but I think it's cool and it was fun to make, so here it is. =) Introducing... PicoATP! Elevator Pitch It's a tiny AppleTalk stack for 8-bit PICs, coming in at under 1024 words of PIC assembly, and while the code targets...

This page mentions the existence of something called the HyperCard AppleTalk Toolkit, apparently a set of XCMDs/XFCNs that allow the user to use AppleTalk ATP and NBP from HyperCard stacks. I'd love to get my hands on such a thing, but mentions of it anywhere else are scanty... does anyone know...

So without going into too much detail, I have a slightly mad idea involving bitbanging the Mac floppy interface from a PIC, and I kind of want to know how mad it is. By way of background, the Mac uses the "phase" lines on the IWM/SWIM chip (originally intended for controlling the drive head's...

I've been working on this for a bit, ever since reaching an inflection point with TashRouter, and I'd like to throw a rough design out there for comments... So, the basic idea here is to realize the dream of a userspace AppleTalk stack in an incremental and modular way (that way I don't...

I'm sure there are plenty out there who are better at finding this stuff than I am, so I'm seeking help... What I'm looking for is protocol-level information on the protocol used by Apple Events, I'm not entirely sure what it's called, but I know that the service type it announces to NBP is...

If so, I wonder if you might be willing to do me a small favor... I'm seeking a trace of the AppleTalk network activity between Mac and ImageWriter when a print job is being sent. There are a few different ways to collect such a trace: If you have an AirTalk and Mini vMac v37 with LToUDP, you...

Realized today that with the mysterious disappearance of the Gryphel Project's Paul Pratt that Mini vMac 37 with LToUDP support hasn't seen (and may never see) general release. I still have a working key for the Mini vMac variations service, so I've obtained and am posting some binaries here in...

For those of us not lucky enough to own a Shiva... Introducing... TashRouter! Elevator Pitch It's an AppleTalk router written in Python that runs on modern hardware and supports LocalTalk (via TashTalk), LToUDP, and EtherTalk. Project Status Minimally functional. Currently, on a network...

So I'm trying to put my (somewhat limited) networking knowledge into the creation of a flexible software AppleTalk router with support for TashTalk and LToUDP as well as EtherTalk and I've been perusing Inside AppleTalk to that end. There is a nice flowchart of the routing algorithm on page...

I did this once before, but it's been about a year, so I figured it's time to shake the tree again... I love weird ADB devices, and one of my background projects is to make as complete a list of ADB devices (and their device type and handler IDs) as I can. The results up to now are posted on...

So my objective in starting this thread is to fork from this one in asking the question of how to do LocalTalk faster. I know there were a handful of schemes for LocalTalk-but-faster back in the day, and I'd love to know more about them. I know the SCC can be switched into a mode where an...

So, I was thinking... There are three Macs that have HD20/DCD support in ROM but do not have a secondary disk drive connector, internal or external, to wit the IIvx, IIvi, and LC II. On these machines, it's possible to connect a TashTwenty or Floppy Emu by means of clipping on to the !ENBL2...

So, thanks to @sfiera 's generosity, I now have a Pippin controller and was able to quite easily RE its protocol. (Details here if you're interested.) I'm now contemplating a PIC firmware project that will allow the use of a more easily obtainable controller (probably SNES or Playstation) as a...

Just a little project, I'm not sure anyone's going to get excited about this one. Introducing... TashThird! (it's a third serial port, get it?) Elevator Pitch It's as faithful an implementation of the Global Village TelePort A300 modem protocol as I can make using what I've found out about...

Just a little Saturday project. Introducing: TashIO! Elevator Pitch It's a clone of BeeHive Technologies's ADB I/O, a device with analog and digital I/Os for automation, control, and interfacing to sensors and other devices. It has existing software support in C, RealBASIC, Fourth Dimension...

I've been trying to clean up and publish some of the tools I've been using for my ADB-related adventures. Neither of these are complex enough to warrant a TashName, but I want to put them out there just in case they might come in handy for someone else. I've made an ADB protocol analyzer...

Sméagol said it was impossible... Sméagol lied! Introducing... the Integrated Tashtari Machine! Elevator Pitch It's a floppy drive emulator, made using a PIC16F1708 and a standard SPLD. Instead of an aging mechanical component with brittle plastic gears trying to get data off aging save...

...And want to advance the cause of Science? So, here's the thing. It's already been well established by Floppy Emu users what Macs with secondary floppy connectors (whether internal or external) that support the HD20 and DCD emulators like the Floppy Emu and my own TashTwenty. What still...