>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Healey <rhealey@norstar.com> writes:

  Rob> 	A VMU storage unit, a buzz/vibrate device, a microphone, NASTY looking
  Rob> 	guns (we could use them to shoot down DDOS attacks?! B^) ) and memory
  Rob> 	storage without the screen and buttons. Are these accessed through
  Rob> 	the G2 bus or something else?

Maple bus.


  Rob> 	Anyways, I was curious how the devices in the hand controller
  Rob> 	communicate with the main unit; I assume some sort of serial bus
  Rob> 	protocol.

Yes.  See

<URL:http://mc.pp.se/dc/maplebus.html> and
<URL:http://mc.pp.se/dc/maplewire.html>


  Rob> 	Anybody know of a hack to increase main memory from 16M? While my
  Rob> 	NetBSD/Amiga works fine in 16M I assume it will be quite squeeky for
  Rob> 	a RISC CPU.

The memory is theoretically upgradable to 64M by hardware hacking.  I
supopse some kind of piggy-back approach would be most likely to work
if anyone should really want to attempt it...


  // Marcus