The apple 2e community has one

[blanning]

This is sort of what I was getting at in the other thread.  There's a doo-dad that allows them to plug a Raspberry Pi into an Apple 2e to add features.

http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/?cat=10

[Jeff]

I would love to have 2 or 3 of these for some of my old machines. Amiga 1000, Commodore 128, ect.

[XDelusion]

This is sort of what I was getting at in the other thread.  There's a doo-dad that allows them to plug a Raspberry Pi into an Apple 2e to add features.

http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/?cat=10

I'm shocked this was not done on an Amiga first. Apple sucks!

[kickstart]

Yes, apple sucks but i dont think its that easy on a 500 or 1200.

[klx300r]

Apple IIe :roflmao:sorry what did you say :laughing:

[XDelusion]

Yes, apple sucks but i dont think its that easy on a 500 or 1200.

 Hopefully it is easy for an Atari 8-bit at the very least though.

[Boot_WB]

A Raspberry Pi running Linux with an Apple II as a dongle providing i/o and storage?
I thought at first they were adding the Pi in as a resource under Mac OS (a smart expansion card/video card f.ex).

Worth some geek points for sure, but I wouldn't be interested in (for example) an A600 as a dumb i/o device attached to a Pi running Linux.

[blanning]

A Raspberry Pi running Linux with an Apple II as a dongle providing i/o and storage?
I thought at first they were adding the Pi in as a resource under Mac OS (a smart expansion card/video card f.ex).

Worth some geek points for sure, but I wouldn't be interested in (for example) an A600 as a dumb i/o device attached to a Pi running Linux.

I agree.  After I posted the OP, I read further.  And that looks like all it is.  It appears to just turn the Apple into a dumb terminal that accesses an emulator.  The little cart they put between the Pi and the Apple 2e slot appears to just be a serial port.  We can do almost the same thing with a keyrah through USB.  

I was thinking more like drivers on both sides of the connection making the ethernet, memory, usb, and sdcard look like a board plugged into a zorro slot, and maybe even, assuming there's enough bandwidth on that connector on the Pi (probably not), software emulation for a faster 68k on the Pi.  That's different from running an emulator and pretending.

[rdolores]

This is sort of what I was getting at in the other thread.  There's a doo-dad that allows them to plug a Raspberry Pi into an Apple 2e to add features.

http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/?cat=10

There are at least 2 Rasberry PI apps for the Amiga 500:

1. Floppy Drive emulator: http://hackaday.com/2013/11/26/raspberry-pi-emulates-an-amiga-500-floppy-drive/

2. Ethernet Adapter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEonOb5SkEg

The first one plugs into the A500's floppy connector on the motherboard, while the 2nd connects to the external serial port via null modem cable.

One could conceivably connect it to the side expansion on the A500 for other possibilities:
- RTG using the HDMI port.
- USB ports (Keyboard/Mouse, Flash Drive, etc...)
- Memory Expansion.
- Accelerator using ARM chip to emulate a really fast 680x0.
- Ethernet.
- AHI audio.
- Hard Drive using SD Card.

[Gulliver]

Well, with an Amiga and another computer running UAE you can use Siamese RTG and have your way: share drives, use remote input devices, network, and RTG.

It just requires that you take some time adjusting the software for that purpose, but everything (hardware and software) already exists since a long time.

I used to have a Siamese RTG with an ebox (tiny 10x10cm PC) running WinUAE (under XP) connected to my DraCo that provided me what I mentioned, and also custom chip support (AGA) which the DraCo doesnt have, so I could play whdload games (via remote execution). I am still sorry I had to sell the ebox a year ago because I had financial difficulties, whenever I get a full financial recovery I might do it all again as I still have my DraCo waiting.

[XDelusion]

I'd love to see RTG options for the 1200 and 600 expansion port as well... assuming that would be possible.

[rdolores]

Well, with an Amiga and another computer running UAE you can use Siamese RTG and have your way: share drives, use remote input devices, network, and RTG.

It just requires that you take some time adjusting the software for that purpose, but everything (hardware and software) already exists since a long time.

I used to have a Siamese RTG with an ebox (tiny 10x10cm PC) running WinUAE (under XP) connected to my DraCo that provided me what I mentioned, and also custom chip support (AGA) which the DraCo doesnt have, so I could play whdload games (via remote execution). I am still sorry I had to sell the ebox a year ago because I had financial difficulties, whenever I get a full financial recovery I might do it all again as I still have my DraCo waiting.

Where can we get Siamese RTG nowadays?