Steven Hirsch

All,

According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful bringup
of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).

I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally found
the time to build it into a little project box. Once I sorted out that a DOS
3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first shot.

So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. There appears to
be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new firmware
flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.

It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
recommend this device highly!

Steve

Wholly Mindless

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
> bringup
> of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).

> Steve

Congratulations to both of you!

--
Wholly

Sam Latella

Any pics?... would be interested on how it works on the //c! And is it
forsale!

Thanks,
Sam

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> All,
>
> According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
> bringup
> of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).
>
> I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally
> found
> the time to build it into a little project box. Once I sorted out that a
> DOS
> 3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first
> shot.
>
> So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. There appears
> to
> be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new
> firmware
> flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.
>
> It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
> recommend this device highly!
>
> Steve
>

Antoine Vignau

On 3 nov, 23:12, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
> Any pics?... would be interested on how it works on the //c! *And is it
> forsale!
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Steven Hirsch wrote:
> > All,
>
> > According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
> > bringup
> > of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).
>
> > I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally
> > found
> > the time to build it into a little project box. *Once I sorted out that a
> > DOS
> > 3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first
> > shot.
>
> > So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. *There appears
> > to
> > be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new
> > firmware
> > flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.
>
> > It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
> > recommend this device highly!
>
> > Steve

The DIY package is available, visit http://www.spvhd.org/ - chapter 4.

Antoine

James Littlejohn

On Nov 3, 4:22*pm, Antoine Vignau <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> On 3 nov, 23:12, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Any pics?... would be interested on how it works on the //c! *And is it
> > forsale!
>
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
>
> > Steven Hirsch wrote:
> > > All,
>
> > > According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
> > > bringup
> > > of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).
>
> > > I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally
> > > found
> > > the time to build it into a little project box. *Once I sorted out that a
> > > DOS
> > > 3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first
> > > shot.
>
> > > So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. *There appears
> > > to
> > > be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new
> > > firmware
> > > flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.
>
> > > It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c andI
> > > recommend this device highly!
>
> > > Steve
>
> The DIY package is available, visithttp://www.spvhd.org/- chapter 4.
>
> Antoine

I was not aware these were already being sold! I must get one(or
three).

Steven Hirsch

On 11/03/2011 06:12 PM, Sam Latella wrote:
> Any pics?... would be interested on how it works on the //c! And is it
> forsale!

It works perfectly on the //c and IIgs. Apparently the IIc+ is very uncommon
in France and Cedric has not had one to work with. Hopefully we can debug by
proxy through me :-).

I'd love to provide pictures, but my Canon Elph developed what appears to be
electro-migration based rot (all too common in consumer products,
unfortunately). Hopefully I'll have a working camera soonish and can get
photos out.



> Steven Hirsch wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
>> bringup
>> of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).
>>
>> I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally
>> found
>> the time to build it into a little project box. Once I sorted out that a
>> DOS
>> 3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first
>> shot.
>>
>> So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. There appears
>> to
>> be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new
>> firmware
>> flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.
>>
>> It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
>> recommend this device highly!
>>
>> Steve
>>

Steven Hirsch

On 11/03/2011 06:51 PM, James Littlejohn wrote:
>> The DIY package is available, visithttp://www.spvhd.org/- chapter 4.
>>
>> Antoine

> I was not aware these were already being sold! I must get one(or
> three).

Only the bare-board + parts kits are available. Cedric is still working on
the enclosure for finished units.

If you can get your hands on DB19 M&F connectors and have a decent bench
setup, construction is not too bad. Took me a couple of evenings.

I found a 25pin serial cord in my junk bin with 18-conductors + shield and
used the wire for the drive cable. The entire thing fit in a little Velleman
project box about 4 x 1-3/4 x 1-3/4".

Steve

A2CPM

Hi!

On Nov 3, 11:57*am, Steven wrote:
<--- snip --->
> It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
> recommend this device highly!

This device appears to be the lowest cost way, currently
available, to add a high density external storage medium to your Apple
II.

Willi

Sam Latella

Great would love to see this! As this could be my solution for mass storage
on my newly acquired but used //c. Just have to figure what roms I have
inside the //c without opening it up.

I'm thinking of attaching a wireless audio and video transmitter to the //c
and a 55 inch led tv for game play. Looks great on the big screen when it's
wired in, but I would rather have wireless solution.

However, having the SPVHD would be great too!

Sam

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On 11/03/2011 06:12 PM, Sam Latella wrote:
>> Any pics?... would be interested on how it works on the //c! And is it
>> forsale!
>
> It works perfectly on the //c and IIgs. Apparently the IIc+ is very
> uncommon
> in France and Cedric has not had one to work with. Hopefully we can debug
> by
> proxy through me :-).
>
> I'd love to provide pictures, but my Canon Elph developed what appears to
> be
> electro-migration based rot (all too common in consumer products,
> unfortunately). Hopefully I'll have a working camera soonish and can get
> photos out.
>
>
>
>> Steven Hirsch wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> According to Cedric, I have bragging rights for the first successful
>>> bringup
>>> of SPVHD outside his workshop :-).
>>>
>>> I received the bare board and a handful of parts last summer and finally
>>> found
>>> the time to build it into a little project box. Once I sorted out that
>>> a
>>> DOS
>>> 3.3 image was a non-starter (no driver for Smartport), it worked first
>>> shot.
>>>
>>> So far, I've booted P8 on a IIgs Rev 1 and an original //c. There
>>> appears
>>> to
>>> be an issue with IIc+ at this point, but Cedric is sending me a new
>>> firmware
>>> flash in an attempt to correct it - minor point at the moment.
>>>
>>> It is incredibly cool to have a modern storage option for the //c and I
>>> recommend this device highly!
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>

David Schmidt

On 11/4/2011 10:09 AM, Sam Latella wrote:
> Great would love to see this! As this could be my solution for mass storage
> on my newly acquired but used //c. Just have to figure what roms I have
> inside the //c without opening it up.

If PRINT PEEK(64447) returns 255, you have an original IIc (ROM revision
'255').

If PRINT PEEK(64447) returns 0, you have an Apple IIc with UniDisk 3.5
inch drive support (ROM revision '0').

If PRINT PEEK(64447) returns 3, you have an Apple IIc with memory
expansion support (ROM revision '3').

If PRINT PEEK(64447) returns 4, you have an Apple IIc with a
modified/fixed version of memory expansion support (ROM revision '4').

If PRINT PEEK(64447) returns 5, you have an Apple IIc Plus (ROM revision
'5').