Rich Dreher posted a photo of the new 4th run Rev. B CFFA board. Prototype boards are done and in the hands of testers. He hopes to place the production order by the end of the month. Changes to the board include:
- Added address line buffers and termination resistors.
- Added three jumper fix to PCB
- Changed from EPROM to EEPROM to allow customers to update the firmware themselves.
- Reduced EEPROM size from 32KB to 8KB; this leaves enough room for 2 version of firmware.
- Added cut out behind the CF card for easier removal.
- Used a surface mount CPLD.
- Kept IDE header and power connector, but removed 2.5? HD mounting holes.
The CFFA allows the use of compact flash cards and 2.5? IDE hard drives with an Apple II.