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Re: WearComp ][

From: (Grant Stockly)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:43:57 -0700

What I was going to try was re-engineering the AppleII into a surface mount
desing.  Then you'd have an Apple IIe in a 3" square.  Then I was going to
make an ide controller to plug into the joystick port...

>>
>> Does anyone have any specs on turning an apple II type of computer into a
>> wearable? If so please contact me. Thanx.
>>
>
>it's not hard.  the apple ][ puts out ntsc, so you just plug in a small tv.
>
>camcorder viewfinder, at baseband.
>
>i presume you have an 80 column card?  if so, you need a good viewfinder,
>if not you can pretty well use the lowest quality viewfinder you might
>encounter.
>
>use a 6820 or 6822 PIA for the keyboard, that gives you 8 or 16 inputs,
>and microswitches will work fine for the "keyboard".
>
>7 switches (4 fingers, 3 for thumb) will work quite well.
>
>then you just need to write a program to check for the switches and
>enter text into a buffer, or initiate commands as per the keyboard
>input.
>
>mount in an external pack.
>
>
>steve
>
>http://wearcam.org/wearhow/index.html

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