Supply Chain Snafu
Where and how do you find the parts needed to build your hardware? Selling Floppy Emu on a small scale has introduced me to the difficulties of managing a supply chain, and I’ve discovered it’s more difficult than it looks.…
Year 2014
BMOW on RetroMacCast Show
Burning through my 15 minutes of fame, I was the featured guest on this week’s episode of the RetroMacCast show – listen to the episode. RetroMacCast is a weekly podcast about vintage Macintosh systems, software, and collectibles. Hosts James and…
Emulating the Apple HD20
The Apple Hard Disk 20 (HD20) was an external 20 MB hard drive for the Macintosh, introduced in 1985. This was during the earliest days of the Mac’s history, before the introduction of SCSI support, so the HD20 connected to…
Drag Soldering for Surface Mount Chips
Watch this video on YouTube I’ve seen many people look at surface mount chips, with their tiny sub-millimeter pin spacing, and assume it’s impossible to hand solder them without special tools and equipment. I used to believe it myself, but…
Board Revision 1.2
Introducing Floppy Emu version 1.2: it’s blue, because blue makes it go faster! Buy yours now from the Floppy Emu product page. Version 1.2 is a minor update that cleans up a few details. You may have noticed that the…
International Shipping Meltdown
US Post Office, what are you doing to me? The USPS Click-n-Ship service has always been cumbersome, but it’s the only practical way to mail packages outside the USA via First Class Mail, which is the only way to send…
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