The BlueSCSI Desktop hardware version 2023.09a is going to be very short-lived.
Turns out production costs on this one are rather dramatically more than older designs, and the BlueSCSI Seller Group really doesn’t want to have to raise prices (a good goal). You’ll note that I increased prices for the Desktop model because it really does cost way more to make, and that will decrease back to normal after the new hardware version is available.
I have designed a substantially cheaper to manufacture version which will be hardware 2023.10a. It gives up a few things:
* Dual SD slots will be reduced to one
* No more USB-C port onboard
The Initiator Mode feature will remain intact, don’t worry about that. And the 2023.09a Desktop version will continue to be supported with new firmware releases and such (one binary for all!).
Once the new October hardware version is tested, it’ll be released and start to become available as sellers pick up that design.
Sorry for the confusion, I didn’t expect production costs on the November design to be so crazy high.