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Post #37 by H3NRY
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateSun, 8 Nov 2009 - 07:52
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/not-rare-but-unusual-thread.12404/
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Oddities...

a video digitizer for the Apple//e that writes directly into the video buffer at 30FPS

a MacVision and a Thunderscan - digitizers for the 128K

a 400K Shugart external floppy for the 128K

a 5MB PDS slot RAM expander for the Mac Portable

a Gee 3 Stealth Serial port for the Blue & White G3

Bose Apple Roommate speakers for the Apple II

...

a shelf full of prototype gadgets that never made it into production...

a LaserBuffer print spooler which signed onto the LocalTalk net as a LaserWriter and spooled jobs to the real printer

a spread spectrum wireless base station with 68K CPU, RAM, 3 expansion slots, etc. from 1991

a LocalTalk - ethernet bridge with built-in HD and NAS

a HD which emulated an Apple//c floppy or a Mac 128 floppy depending on firmware

several boxes o'junk in the barn, plus odds and ends from working at Compaq and IBM