Year 2022

Assembled Wombat case

ADB-USB Wombat Firmware 0.3.8 – Caps Lock Mod

Firmware version 0.3.8 is now available for the Wombat ADB-to-USB input converter. This version fixes a minor problem with the latching Caps Lock key on ADB keyboards in ADB-to-USB translation mode. If you accidentally bumped the Caps Lock key without…

returned package

Extraterritorial Compliance and Small Business

I’m a tiny business selling physical products through a web store to a global audience. I face a pile of business-related regulatory compliance requirements from my local city, county, state, and national government. A recent trend has seen the unwelcome…

pile of chips

Semiconductor Shortage and Business Threat

I’ve written several times about the global semiconductor shortage and the difficulty of getting parts. This has been a problem for everyone since COVID hit, but a year ago I’d hoped things would be improving by fall 2022. Unfortunately it’s…

FPGA availability status

Yellowstone Future Forecast Update

Back in April I wrote about the future of Yellowstone, and due to the global semiconductor shortage, the future was not looking bright. The Lattice FPGA at the heart of Yellowstone was out of stock everywhere, with an estimated factory…

Ron photos

Ron Nicholson, Early Mac and Amiga Engineer

Tonight I’ll be attending a presentation from Ron Nicholson, who was both a member of the original Macintosh engineering team (1980-1982) and founder and Director of Engineering of Amiga (1983-1984). I believe he’s the only person whose signature is molded…

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