TashIO: Clone of BeeHive Technologies's ADB I/O

[Tashtari]

I'd take a look at Appendix C of the ADB I/O manual, it details the ADB protocol used by the ADB I/O and should help you write a function for controlling port B.

You can find the manual here: https://web.archive.org/web/1998050...80/BeeHive/ADB_IO/Downloads/ADB_IO_manual.pdf

 

[pfuentes69]

I'd take a look at Appendix C of the ADB I/O manual, it details the ADB protocol used by the ADB I/O and should help you write a function for controlling port B.

You can find the manual here: https://web.archive.org/web/1998050...80/BeeHive/ADB_IO/Downloads/ADB_IO_manual.pdf

Thanks.
Yes, I checked that yesterday and it's where I saw that the protocol doesn't seem to support a dedicated function to set values in port B.
I checked the library in Java and I think it's just using the function to configure the ports as input/output, which allows to set the level at the same time. Most likely the Hypercard tool is doing the same.

 

[dochilli]

Does anybody of you have a working copy of the ADB_Io_Software.sit.hqx file? I am building a waspIO (Aladds) and wanted to test the function with some software. Should we copy the software to macintoshgarden?

 

[pfuentes69]

Does anybody of you have a working copy of the ADB_Io_Software.sit.hqx file? I am building a waspIO (Aladds) and wanted to test the function with some software. Should we copy the software to macintoshgarden?

I don't know that one in particular, but in https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/beehive-adb-io you will find the Hypercard app (ADB I/O XCMDs 1.0.1) that is nice for testing.

 

[dochilli]

Thank you! I will try this.

 

[Phipli]

All files from the Mac garden page should be on this thread, I uploaded them to the garden after pulling them down from archive.org's archive of the original website.

But yes, for testing just use download #1.

Some files on the original website were corrupt or missing sadly, but unless someone has an old archive of their own if the site, we'll struggle to find much else.

 

[dochilli]

My tests were successfull. With a Pascal program that measures temperatures I could read analog voltages in port B and all four channels. Many thanks to tashtari and aladds for the development of soft- and hardware.
Now I will try to develop my own Pascal program that can measure forces on a force platform.

 

[Tashtari]

So one of the creators of the original ADB I/O has resurfaced and is selling five of them on ebay... bit rich for my blood at $280 starting bid, though.

ADB I/O data Acquisition for Macintosh | eBay

I am one of the creator of the Beehive ADB I/O—I just found 5 unopened units. This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of Macintosh computing history. Up for sale is an original Beehive Technologies ADB I/O unit, preserved in its original, unopened packaging for over 25 years. In pristine, "day...

www.ebay.com

It's made me wonder, though, what ever happened to the board designs folks were working on? I'd be happy to host them on the github repo so anyone who's interested can build one of these.