Rich Dreher has announced that a new run of CFFA3000 boards will be available sometime later this year. Pre-orders are not currently being taken, but you can get on his email list to be notified about details as they become available. This will also help Rich gauge interest in the next run. Project Status: 4/23/2013: […]
CFFA3000
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New CFFA3000 Firmware released
Rich Dreher has released a new firmware (3.1) for his popular CFFA3000 card. Ă‚ This latest update offers, among other things, folder support on FAT volumes, “making it easier to organize a large number of disk image files.” Ă‚ Per David Schmidt’s post to comp.sys.apple 2, here’s a list of everything you can expect when you flash […]
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CFFA3000 Demo
For anyone still waiting for your CFFA3000 to arrive in the mail, here’s something to help tide you over. Blake Patterson of the Byte Cellar has posted a nice write-up and demo video of the highly-regarded Apple II card in action. Ă‚ Check it out here.
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Open Apple podcast #17 (July 2012) now available
The July 2012 episode of Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken speak with Rich Dreher, developer of the CompactFlash For Apple (CFFA) card. The first batch of CFFA3000 cards sold out in 2011, and the second batch is now shipping with similar sales numbers. […]
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CFFA3000 Run #2 is almost here
Rich Dreher updated his project status page yesterday with the following: The assembly house has just informed me that they have shipped 280 (a little over half of the batch) CFFA3000 boards and Remotes to me. They should be here next week. The remaining 220 boards will follow in a few more weeks. I will […]
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CFFA3000 second run planned for summer 2012
Rich Dreher has announced his plans for a second run of CFFA3000 cards. Ă‚ This is great news for those who didn’t get in on the first run of cards last year. Ă‚ From Rich’s page atĂ‚ dreher.net: “We are now in the process of getting final quotes on parts for run #2 of the CFFA3000. We hope […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 4 now available
Volume 16, Issue 4 (September 2011) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, is now arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes. This 24-page issue features reviews of the CFFA3000, the Steve Jobs biography, and the Tiger Learning Computer; an interview with Kristi Petters, the former Apple employee who licensed the Apple IIe technology for the […]
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Open Apple podcast #7 (August 2011) now available
The August 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken keep the KansasFest vibe going with first-time attendee David Schmenk, getting his perspective on the greatest products, sessions, and experiences of last month’s Apple II convention, from the CFFA3000 to Sweet16 and more. Ewen […]