Filed under: Hardware, Hacks, Odds and ends, Bluetooth, Retro Mac
BlueFlash: Bluetooth for the Apple II
The hookup itself is basically just a USB connection, so you could conceivably transfer in any files you wanted from either a USB drive or a Bluetooth connection to any PC (or any Mac, or any iPhone... or anything with Bluetooth at all... Mind boggled yet?). The writeup of how Vinchysky created it is interesting, while a little on the technical side. Then again, the guy is working technical magic, so we'll let him have his jargon.
And the best part is that we're told this thing will be offered for sale-- he's planning to send them out at a tidy $160, within the next few weeks. If you've got an Apple II sitting around that you're just jonesing to get hooked up to a Bluetooth device, this is what you've been waiting for.
[via MacBytes]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Collin Allen said 9:35PM on 8-13-2007
Awesome! Hack on.
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Huxley Dunsany said 2:31AM on 8-14-2007
I just wanted to add that I learned of the BlueFlash in early July, and contacted Vinchy to express my interest in purchasing one. Not only did he promptly reply to my message, but he was both very informative and extremely friendly. I'm really looking forward to the release of this gadget - I'm currently having fun transferring disk images from my MacBook Pro to my snazzy 'new' Apple IIGS via a Serial-to-USB cable, but Vinchy's solution looks much nicer! Anyway, major kudos for this project - it's great to see continued support and development for older, classic systems like the Apple II.
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Cyborg28 said 11:03AM on 8-14-2007
I can't help but wonder how many times more powerful the usb/CF interface card running a 57 MHz ARM processor is than the Apple ][e? I'm sure I've missed the point here... but I wanna play games on the ARM.
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orig_club_soda said 12:51AM on 8-17-2007
if only I could get bluetooth on my OS 9 iBook!
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