Other than the normal-priced BlueSCSI desktop design which is incoming, what else is there to look forward to as we approach the end of the year?
Far too many things for my spare time to be very happy.
First, a product for the Mac Portable which should resolve once and for all the problems that are caused by its Lead Acid battery and the maintenance that requires: The Mac Portable Battery Eliminator.
It hooks up to the Modem slot, requires a small (included) jumper cable to connect to the motherboard instead of the original battery harness, and uses Supercapacitors to take the place of the battery. Plug your power adapter into this card through the Modem port’s cutout, wait 2 minutes for the capacitors to charge, and that’s it. Never bother to charge a lead acid battery again. Also includes solder points for a 9v battery clip if you demand PRAM retention, but supercaps have high discharge so don’t expect great battery life.
Second, an update to the Mac Portable 7 Meg RAM card which includes the switching option by default (I don’t have to solder things to the CPLD any more, hooray). This will entirely replace the base model 7 megabyte card after those are sold out, and will sell in parallel until then.
Third, an entirely new product line. Are you tired of having to find original keyboards and mice for vintage Apple, Sun, and other systems? Say hello to the HIDHopper series. This line of affordable interface adapters is planned to start with USB to ADB, and will expand from there to a variety of vintage systems with impossible to find (or overly expensive) input devices.