Tag: file transfer

Connects a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to an enhanced Apple IIe for virtual disks, networking, Linux commands, and file transfer.

The upstream project describes Revision 7 as a prototype rather than a finished product. Most development and testing used an enhanced Apple IIe with the card in slot 7; the firmware assumes the slot 3 80-column card and lowercase support. A Pi Zero 2 W can consume roughly 170 to 250 mA from the Apple II's 500 mA total slot budget. Revision 6 and later can use external USB power after the documented jumper change, but the firmware will hang if the Pi is not powered.

Connects a modern Mac or Linux computer directly to vintage LocalTalk computers and peripherals over USB.

JCM showed 181 assembled units in stock on 2026-07-24. A standard Macintosh crossover serial cable or a LocalTalk dongle is still required; a straight-through serial cable will not work. TailTalk describes itself as a work-in-progress prototype and currently expects a routerless AppleTalk setup.

Bridges a modern computer over USB serial to Commodore IEEE-488 and IEC equipment, or supplies host-backed storage to a Commodore computer.

The maintainer explicitly calls XS1541 orphaned and reconstructed its documentation from an archived build guide. The surviving page provides a schematic, firmware, and detailed assembly and flashing steps, but not a turnkey current kit. The original board connector footprints are buggy: the narrow connector can short contacts unless the coding gap is physically corrected. A build also requires fine-pitch FT232RL soldering, ATmega programming, fuse setup, cables, and suitable host software.

USB interfaces that connect Commodore IEC disk drives to a modern computer for disk transfer and archival.

Retro Electronics listed two assembled USB-C compatible boards in stock on 2026-07-25. The reference ZoomFloppy hardware files are openly published. Required USB and Commodore drive cables are not supplied with either documented route, and parallel-transfer features need additional drive-side hardware.