I'd also like to add that your original idea of making this interface with the parallel port is a definite must. For one thing, it eliminates the need for multiple iterations of TDock--one size fits all. Also, to accommodate the <5 people that still use a printer and would even buy a TDock in the first place, there should be the parallel port pass-thru option, thus making everyone happy :) This would keep the system bus free for some memory upgrades or something, as originally suggested by Stephen Adolph.
From: jsgru...@hotmail.com To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 14:45:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [M100] TDock Hey Ken, I'm so glad you posted this because I've been wondering how the project is going. Personally I'd like to see a modern video interface. Maybe not the old VGA standard specifically, but something fresh like HDMI that would work with a myriad of high res TVs and monitors nowadays. WiFi and RJ-45 network interfaces, as well as SD storage are also high on my list. Additional sound hardware would be nice but it's not a priority to me. Just my $0.02 :) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 10:50:34 -0700 From: petti...@gmail.com To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Subject: [M100] TDock Hey gang, Bob asked about the status of TDock the other day and it made me think about it with the very ew background cycles of spare though time that I have. But it made me wonder, what should be the focus of such a device? Long battery life with WiFi and SD card access capability (along with VGA)? An added HDMI output and USB Host port with shorter battery life? Added support for generic digital and /or analog I/O (DACs, ADCs, etc.)? Ken