ReactiveMicro News

3-17-10: Quick note to mention we updated the IIc ROM 04 listing.  It had a bad link for the Bug Fixes and we added a link for the Upgrade Manual.  Enjoy!  V3 of the Apple II VGA is now under way and just about ready for beta testing.  We have a list of about 6 people who are going to test the unit for us and report back any issues they might find.  If all goes well then we should have something ready for release this year!  What about that pesky IIgs you ask?  Well, more to come on that.  We'd just be happy to release an 8-bit solution for now.  Henry is still trying to catch up with paper work from last year, finish his taxes, and fill orders.  Not the easiest task!  Right now orders are about two weeks behind.  Thanks again for everyone's patience!

9-27-9: Things have been busy as may already know.  Sorry about the slow updates and orders.  Since the Office move from NJ to PA it's been a bit of a struggle to set the Shop back up and try to continue where things were left off as well as keeping up with orders and emails.  At KFEST this year we unveiled the second beta version of the Apple II VGA Card.  We sold several IIe and IIc units at KFEST to attendees.  A third beta unit is under development now.  There's no projected release date, but we're hoping for 1st Quarter next year.  Anthony from UltimateApple2.com has been working on the ROM5 project.  Best see his site for better updates.  All I can say is IIgs users are going to be very pleased when it's released.  Next is our RAM related projects.  The SD-RAM project is about to recommence and move in to alpha phase.  When this project is completed several other projects can be continue and ALL II users will have new items to drool over, but mostly IIc and IIe people.  4 or 5 projects should come out from the SD-RAM projects as well as a hobby board to make DRAM and SIMM replacement much easier and cheaper for all platforms.  Keep an eye on A2Central.com for news as Sean is one of our beta testers for the new RAM items.  We also attended the Vintage Computer Festivale East this year.  There were 6 KFEST attendees that were present.  Not a bad turnout I thought.  Good to see their faces too.  Here's a video from the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGy4c94MTWw.  Fast forward to 4:54 to see a quick shot of our table.  We demonstrated the Apple II VGA Card and some MicroDrives.  Very fun time!  If on the East Coast you should make the event next year.

As always, we're always looking for people from the Community to help out.  Our Web Server isn't in the best of shape as you may have seen.  It could be a little better organized and also could use some better software then just Apache Server for the links.  If anyone would like to help or has software they would recommend, please let us know.  We can use all the help we can get!

Other Projects Under Development

TransWarp GS Upgrade Kit - This kit will consist of several upgrade ICs.  You will need to send us your card be we should be able to upgrade it to a stable 18.75 MHz.  Active cooling will be necessary until we are able to edit the GAL source code.  Anyone with experience editing/creating JEDEC files and wanting to help please email Support.  We will supply all software and work with you as much as necessary.  We would also be willing to pay you for your time on this project.
Update: Project is done.  We just need time to list it in our Store and take all the pics.

RAMWorks III 2 Meg Expander - This project pretty much started it all.  We found that all Apples don't use conventional DRAM refresh schemes.  Because of this we weren't able to used less expensive DRAM options available.  So we will need to create our own DRAM replacement circuit if we want to be able to produce RAM Card that don't cost a fortune to produce.  Our idea is to use a modern SRAM which is both inexpensive and easy to work with.  The hard part of course is designing the replacement circuit.  Richard Jackson is currently working with us to help bring this circuit in to production.  Once tested several of our RAM based projects will be able to be released along with the RAMWorks III 2 Meg Expander.

Other News

UltimateApple2.com - Anthony Martino is currently partnered with us on a few projects.  Without his support and backing a couple soon to be released projects wouldn't have been able to make it to market as quickly as they did.

Investment Opportunity - We are currently looking for investors.  Contact Henry for details.

 Anyone looking to help out please contact Support.  We supply all software and tutoring.  You can use any software you want, but we prefer if you use the same software as us so we can all share designs.

As you may know, we've been through many Hosts throughout the past few years.  Finding a good Host can be really hard.  We know!  After much searching and evaluating we have finally settled with HostGator.com.  For under $10 per month we get 6000 Gigs of bandwidth and 600 Gigs of storage.  The up and download speeds are phenomenal too!  I only wish we found them earlier.  So if you're looking for a new Host, take our advice and try HostGator.com.  Just click on the banner or links to get to their Web Site.

Good Host!  But don't take our word for it.  Want to see our Server's Up Time?