I think I have found the ideal cases for the DriveWire adapters. Almost retro-looking, and just a tad paler than the Dragon (sunlight needed?). They are too thick to slip into a maximum 2 cm letter, so they need to be shipped as a package - shipping is 12 USD for economy to Europe, optionally +10 USD for registered priority mail, rest of the world 14 USD (+14 USD). I can pack many of these into one package though. The complete, cased adapter itself cost 32 USD (magic number).
![Real, tested adapters. No photoshopping :)](./download/file.php?id=1762&sid=1f315fcba3289d8a0a05b63095409ce3)
- Real, tested adapters. No photoshopping :)
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Please send enquiries and orders to:
![My "biz" e-mail address](./download/file.php?id=1800&sid=1f315fcba3289d8a0a05b63095409ce3)
- My "biz" e-mail address
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They have 3 lights (see the small slots on the photo) for 1) Dragon power, 2) Line activity*, 3) USB power. They can also come without the lights for those who feel the LEDs wouldn't be retro enough
The one on the below photo is a non-functional dummy, I would need to make a custom PCB and it would be many weeks before I can ship any. However I throw this out in a "crowdfunding" fashion (no payments up front though). So please let me know if you are interested. Update: Ready to ship.
*) Some other ideas were considered but rejected: Connected to printer port data pin? The printer data outputs are not latched and are shared with the keyboard scanning, so probably not easy to make any use of it. DTR on the computer virtual serial port? I expected it to activate when the server opens the port, but it did not work here.
![Plugged deluxe adapter](./download/file.php?id=1578&sid=1f315fcba3289d8a0a05b63095409ce3)
- Plugged deluxe adapter
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![deluxe-lpr.jpg](./download/file.php?id=1579&sid=1f315fcba3289d8a0a05b63095409ce3)
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![deluxe-usb.jpg](./download/file.php?id=1580&sid=1f315fcba3289d8a0a05b63095409ce3)
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