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Announcing and interest check: Integrated AirTalk for PowerBook 100 series

I'm making progress in building all 5 units if people want to give them a try :) for the moment it works perfectly on the PowerBook 100 but not on the 150.
 
How is this coming along?

Also, do you have a reference that gives the pinout of the slot that you are placing this into on the PB100? I want to try and compare it with the Portable modem slot.
 
I made a google doc for easy reference since in the PB1xx app note the layout is all over the place: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1StBZ9lbX2UYzhX-RYuGAkNRwnrXkxBbJBdJ4ACP6s84/edit?usp=sharing
Then I found the same list here, page 493 (portable) and 502 (PB100) https://www.vintageapple.org/inside...for_the_Macintosh_Family_3rd_Edition_1992.pdf
The portable IIRC has the same connector but 18 vs 20 pin.
The board seems to work pretty well on my PB100, but my PB150 refuses to do localtalk on the modem port. I wanted to do some current measurements since somebody in another thread pointed out that the ESP can use up to 500mA (!!), and the numbers for current consumption I found on the internet are kinda all over the place, and I don't want to blow anybody's power regulation circuit ;)
 
Haha well I can surely make a board with the form factor and connector for the portable and see! It will just take me some time as I'm travelling in the next months, but since the schematic works it is only a question of remaking the layout.
I think I will move all the projects to github too, so it should be easier for people interested to look at them.
 
Haha well I can surely make a board with the form factor and connector for the portable and see! It will just take me some time as I'm travelling in the next months, but since the schematic works it is only a question of remaking the layout.
I think I will move all the projects to github too, so it should be easier for people interested to look at them.
Italy Milan area here, so if you are traveling south we might even meet and test it in person. 😎
 
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Waiting for my new LT2USB boards to arrive, I had a bit of fun trying with the dimensions of a Portable card.
Is there anybody that has a read modem card to see if the dimensions are correct? The documentation is missing some, in particular the cutout at the bottom, and where the GND pads on the top should go.
 
Yes it is that! If I gave you a 1:1 drawing of the board, would you be able to see if the dimensions are right? Like connector position and cutout at the bottom.
 
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