N6ARA Electronics’ RetroRig is a remodeled Apple II fashioned as a backpack for portable ham radio communications. April Fool’s!
Hardware
BurgerDisk hits Kickstarter
Colin Leroy-Mira of Shufflepuck Cafe fame has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for his Apple II microSD mass-storage device.
MacEffects debuts the Xdrive
MacEffects is now taking preorders for the Xdrive, an Apple II mass storage expansion card from JD Micro.
LEGO Technic Control LOGO card available soon
Jason Merrill has announced the pending availability of Blocko, a reproduction of LEGO’s 1980s interface card for controlling LEGO Technic kits.
Joe’s Computer Museum develops Diamond Trackstar Plus clone
Joe Strosnider of Joe’s Computer Museum has developed a working clone of the Diamond Trackstar Plus expansion card.
Lon Seidman installs A2FPGA card
Popular YouTue tech reviewer Lon Seidman featured ReActiveMicro’s A2FPGA card in one of his latest videos.
Use your iPad as an Apple II monitor
Dylan McDonald has demonstrated how an iPad with an RCA to HDMI to USB-C adapter can be used as an external display for the Apple IIc.
Action Retro demos ESP32 SoftCard
YouTube channel Action Retro demos the ESP32 SoftCard, which runs Mac OS, Windows, DOOM & more on an Apple II.

