#SmartPort
Formatting.

It's pretty solid implementation to be honest. The floppy disks are daisy chained and the OS detects all legacy Disk II drives + the Unidisk drive. It's not as easy as it sounds because they're handled completely differently : Unidisk uses the Smartport protocol, which is a kind of…
June 5, 2024 at 11:05 PM
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Raspberry Pis do this already, albeit without the hardware floppy.
Now we just need a USB adaptor to present a physical smartport...
August 18, 2024 at 9:20 AM
My first Apple II demo, Latecomer, loads through ProDOS so it works seamlessly on Unidisk!

I also tried low level access. It's far easier than legacy drives because the smartport firmware takes "high-level" calls 💕

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#appleII #retrocomputing #demoscene
Apple II Unidisk 3.5 - Latecomer
Running my demo \
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June 5, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Tanguy Jacob explique le #smartport de Nantes-St Nazaire, qui a poussé la dématérialisation de la gestion des flux #PortduFutur2017
February 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Meanwhile the Macintosh happened, and Apple came out with a separate (incompatible) external floppy drive (M0131). When the Apple IIgs came out, it had this newfangled "SmartPort" that supported the Apple 3.5 drive (A9M0106), which also worked on most Macs.
November 8, 2024 at 3:52 AM
A fun thing that happened this week is I discovered that my "universal" E7 bitstream patch, which works on the Apple ][, ][+, //e, and all emulators, doesn't work on real //c or IIgs machines due to subtle timing differences in Smartport.
November 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I just bought this Apple II UniDisk 3.5” interface card. It comes in a rather squashed box. This card was designed to add 3.5” UniDisk floppy drives to an Apple II, but it also acts as a SmartPort interface, which lets you run hard disk images from a FloppyEmu or connect a FujiNet device.
August 8, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Hey, @4am.bsky.social! Is there a smartport image of MECC titles... sort of like Total Replay, but for educational games?
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The Apple 3.5" Unidisk did contain a whole computer. (6502 based) It was released in 1985 so Apple used SMD parts internally to make it small. This drive only works on Apple II machines like the IIc or another machine with a Smartport controller.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The way that the CFFA3000 keeps trying is that, prior to every SmartPort call, it checks the elapsed time since its last install attempt. If ~3 seconds have elapsed, it will attempt to install the CDA again, regardless of the previous install's success or failure.

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November 8, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Hey, did you hear? The A2Pico now has a new A2RetroNet firmware that supports up to 8 SmartPort Devices? And you can also get it with USB Flash Drive Support!

The most cost effective mass storage solution for the Apple II. Here now.

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A2Pico - Multi-Function Card - Joe's Computer Museum
A2Pico is, essentially, a universal peripheral card for your Apple ][ Computer. Want a Z80 CPM Card? Maybe you need inexpensive mass storage. Need to add SmartPort support to your machine? Or, maybe you're a hacker and want to design your own function. A2Pico lets you do just that! Using it easy: Flash it with the firmware you want to use (or write your own firmware!), put it in the appropriate Apple // slot and have fun! The architecture is well documented and ready for you to hack and make your own. Find out about the project, available firmware options and more at https://github.com/oliverschmidt/a2pico Concept by Glenn Jones and Oliver Schmidt. Initial firmware options by Oliver Schmidt. Hardware Design by Ralle Palaveev. NOTE: Please ensure you read the relevant notes for the firmware you're using so you know how to use its features! A2retroNET - https://github.com/oliverschmidt/a2retronet Apple2-IO-RPi - https://github.com/tjboldt/Apple2-IO-RPi Apple II Pi - https://github.com/oliverschmidt/apple2pi Appli-Card - https://github.com/oliverschmidt/appli-card softSP - https://github.com/oliverschmidt/softsp
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May 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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July 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The growth of the #smartport market can be attributed to the growing need to enhance the efficiency of #port operations and reducing #carbonfootprint.

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#IoT #Blockchain #ProcessAutomation #ArtificialIntelligence
March 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Here we have the result of Brexit! A brand new smartport with all it's bells and whistles!!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tanguy Jacob explique le #smartport de Nantes-St Nazaire, qui a poussé la dématérialisation de la gestion des flux #PortduFutur2017
January 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Vue inédite du #Havre, #smartport de l'#AxeSeine

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Le Monde – Affaire Edouard Philippe : la plaignante obtient un avis favorable de la Défenseure des droits
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Affaire Edouard Philippe : la plaignante obtient un avis favorable de la Défenseure des droits
Dans un avis du 21 janvier, la Défenseure des droits a estimé qu’une haut fonctionnaire, à l’origine d’une enquête préliminaire du PNF visant M. Philippe, pouvait bénéficier du statut protégé de lance...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The smart port market is set for significant growth, expected to reach USD 3.1 billion in 2024 and soar to USD 17.9 billion by 2032, with a robust CAGR of 24.8% from 2025 to 2032.

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#SmartPort #Growth #Technology #DigitalTransformation #Logistics #pnsintelligence
December 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
A little over a year ago, I built and tested the SPIISD (smartport to SD card drive emulator). V2 with a cool OLED screen has just been released, so let's build and test it! Oh, and I got another Apple IIc to test. Saturday Feb 1 at 1PM eastern (later than normal start). youtube.com/live/Wj6tyfe...
Building and testing Kero's Mac Mods new SPIISD V2 (Smartport to SD card) and new to me Apple IIc
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January 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Everything works everywhere" is a reference to @a2_qkumba's massive effort to rewrite the disk drivers—in Total Replay and some individual games—to work on all SmartPort devices in all configurations. v3.0 *removes* an error message, because the error condition no longer arises.
November 8, 2024 at 1:26 AM