This board is a simple disk drive emulator for Apple II Computers, such as the IIGS, IIc, IIc Plus, and other machines that support Smartport drives in ROM or with an add-on card. 4 disk images can be copied to a MicroSD card and rotated through by holding the eject button on machine turn-on and then rebooting the machine.

Features:

• Push-push Molex microSD slot
• Side action eject button
• Status LED
• SD card activity LED
• Authentic NOS DB19 connector
• Footprint for soldering ICSP pin header (header not included)
• Compatible with version 1.17 firmware

Note: Please check/confirm if your machine supports Smartport drives before purchasing. Does not include microSD card.

Acknowledgements:

• Robert Justice for his original SmartPortCFA project

• Andrea Ottaviani for his Arduino/SD port of Robert's work

• Katherine Stark for adding FAT support: https://gitlab.com/nyankat/smartportsd

• Kay Koba for his version of the board and hosting the latest firmware source: https://github.com/kerokero5150/SP2SD_DIY_KIT

• Rodney Ross, my initial source of inspiration for a minimalist board design: http://rodneyross.com/blog/?page_id=63

Rather DIY?

Chris Tersteeg has boards for sale in his Tindie store: link

Background:

I needed to boot an Apple IIGS to test my ADB optical mouse board for a customer. I threw together some spare parts (arduino, microSD breakout, jumper wires) to make a hacked SmartportSD. It worked so well that I decided (like others) to spin this tiny board. It's compatible with version 1.17 of the firmware.