The developers of the iDisk for Apple II card have posted an update. In summary, they’ve responded to feedback from the Apple II Community and relocated the USB ports from the rear of the iDisk card to the front (so hacking your case is no longer necessary). They’ve also lowered the price (always welcome) and made ordering easier by offering a PayPal option.
Dear all, the following is an update for iDisk for Apple 2
1. New mod is done, no chassis cutting required (but one or two USB extension cable(s) is required to get USB port out)
2. Price reduction. With great amount of hard work during the past weeks, the price is redcued A LOT. However, the penalty is that it will take much longer for us to make one card and it will take few weeks longer for customers to receive it.
3. One more model is provided, without Bluetooth function so the cost can be reduced further for some one who does not want to use Bluetooth or may not be able to use Bluetooth (Mac/Linux users).
4. Paypal payment method is added in addition to credit card.
5. Several people emailed us asking what else iDisk can do? First, we have been working on USB keyboard and USB paddle. Second, we have also ported an Embedded Linux (Applinux) to iDisk (iDisk is ARM7 based ), so that you can have dual boot system (Apple ][/Linux), turn your Apple][ to Linux machine and that will open up oppertunities for many applications with only software effort. So far, we were able to run few apps (mp3/jpeg/web browsing…), it is still very very primitive though. However, the above developments will not be continued.
Cheers