DB-19 Madness
I have the DB-19 connectors. They’re mine, all mine! MINE!! MWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!! *Cough* Sorry about that, I don’t know came over me. So the great DB-19 panic of 2015 has ended, and I’ve got 581 of these metal and plastic beauties.…
Macintosh Disk Daisy Chaining
Floppy Emu was originally developed to be purely a floppy disk emulator for the Macintosh. More recently, I added the ability to emulate a hard disk too, for those Mac models that support Apple’s original HD20 hard drive. This…
Hacking the Happy Mac
Anyone who used a Macintosh in the 80’s or 90’s remembers the Happy Mac icon – the smiling computer face that appeared on the screen while the machine was booting up. With my new ROM-inator flash memory kit for vintage…
Introducing the Mac ROM-inator
Today I’m excited to introduce a new product: the Mac ROM-inator kit. The ROM-inator replaces the stock 64K or 128K of ROM in a compact Macintosh with a full 1 MB of flash memory, unlocking wild new possibilities. Add…
A Good Idea That Wasn’t
A few weeks ago I designed a right angle adapter PCB for the Floppy Emu. The idea was to make a little board that plugged into a standard Emu and converted it to right angle rear mounting, with the LCD…
Bagging the DB-19
After days of fruitless searching, I finally found a shop in Macedonia with a stock of DB-19 male solder cup connectors. I bought them all! To be honest, I had to check a map to learn where Macedonia is, because…
Designing a DB-19 Substitute
I’m still searching for a source of more DB-19 connectors, but so far I’ve been unsuccessful finding a single one. As a backup plan, I’m exploring building a DB-19 substitute using a PCB and 19 individual pins. The result won’t…
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…
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…
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