Floppy Emu – Back in Stock
After a long delay, Floppy Emu is back in stock and available for sale now. It’s available with a built-in connector for placement at the rear of the Mac, or bundled with a three foot extension cable so you can…
Month January 2015
In Search of the Elusive DB19
Discontinued parts are bad, “unobtainium” parts are worse. Floppy Emu uses a 19-pin D-SUB male solder cup connector, otherwise known as DB19P, to connect to the computer’s floppy port. DB19 connectors were never common, and were only used in 1980s…
Sorry Pakistan (Why PayPal Stinks)
I use PayPal to accept payment for all BMOW products. Customers can create a PayPal account and send money from their account balance, or they can use PayPal with a Visa credit card to send payment directly without creating an…
Board Assembly Headaches
This is what 100 unsaleable Floppy Emus look like. After six weeks of waiting, today I received the new batch of assembled boards, and eagerly opened the box. Excitement gave way to dismay when I discovered that every one of…
Make Your Own Katy
If you’re crazy enough to want to build your own 68 Katy, I’d like to help you do it. The PCB version is the easiest way to get started. Compared with the breadboard version, it replaces all of the glue…
68 Katy PCB Style
The 68 Katy PCB version is working! Mostly! I’ve had the parts and PCB on hand for a while, but only recently got around to assembling and testing the thing. Now instead of a breadboard that runs uClinux slowly, I’ve…
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