3/10/2024 – All orders are complete except for a couple of PC board orders as we are waiting on parts which we should receive this week. They have been contacted and we should be shipping them out soon. Thank you for your patience and we are very happy to be all caught up!
3/2/2024 – We have gone from 24 days behind on orders to about seven days as of today except for the few we are waiting on parts like the 5-pin DIN connectors. We expect to be pretty close to being caught up this weekend hopefully, if not, early next week. This of course depends on future orders but we are very close. Thank you for your patience!
2/28/2024 – Just a small update. We are almost completely out of 5-pin DIN connectors needed for a few cables. We have more ordered from two suppliers. We expect them in early next week to continue processing those orders. We have been briefly delayed on PC boards as we were out of supplies as well. Those should be in by the end of this week and we will start working on them again.
2/25/2024 – We are continuing to process orders. We had and have a few larger orders which is slowing things down but making good progress. We are still hopeful to get things caught up in a week or so and appreciate your patience. You will receive an update from our system including tracking information when your order has been processed and is ready for shipping. If you currently have an order in, please be aware we will ship in the order we receive them. If you would like to cancel the order, please contact us with the order # or reply to the email sent from our system and make the request. Please allow one to two days to complete the request and any other replies users are waiting for.
We have been waiting for parts for this for quite a while now and finally was able to replentish our stock. The advanced adapter works in all regions of the world by providing the proper power cable. It also provides 2 amps of power versus 1.67 of our standard Apple IIc power adapter.
We will be attending and sponsoring the Indy Classic Computer & Video Game Expo this weekend (4/29 – 4/30) in Indianapolis, IN. Located at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel. We will be there with some of our wares to purchase as well. More information can be found at https://indyclassic.org.
We will be receiving these new double layer mylar’s meant for the standard keyboards found in the Atari XE computers, not the Mitsume keyboard style. More information can be found here.
Floppy Days is a podcast about computers from the late 70’s and 80’s. Randy covers the machines in order of release date, as well as interviews with key individuals who helped shape the early home computer industry
2nd. We added an international power adapter with an interchangeable power connector for the Atari XL/XE computers! Power connectors available include North American, Australian, European, United Kingdom, and Chinese.
Fans of Wreck-It-Ralph rejoice, a Commodore 64 version Fix It Felix Jr. has been released for free though a donation that goes to Unicef is greatly appreciated per the web page on itch.io. Check out the video below of actual gameplay. The game can be run in an emulator, C64 Mini/Maxi, or on original hardware through various methods.
If you are a modern gamer and love first person style games, you probably are aware of Valve’s Portal and Portal 2 games. Jamie Fuller has de-made Portal into a Commodore 64 game with all the thrills that one would expect from a C64 version. Check out his site for all the details and specifics about the game, downloading, and playing including playing it on the new C64 Mini and Maxi computer from Retro Games, Ltd.
Randy Kindig mentioned 8-Bit Classic’s site and products on the Floppy Days Podcast. Thank you for the shout out and enjoying our products. We love your podcasts and can’t wait for new ones ourselves. We recommend our users and customers to subscribe to both Floppy Days and ANTIC are great podcasts to listen to. Check out the podcast below that also talks to the designer of the Osbourne 1 computer. That is one computer we are still waiting to get our hands on!
