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justsomehnguy

7 months ago

Anyone unfamiliar with the story check these:

https://www.bigmessowires.com/2016/06/04/db-19-resurrecting-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40397593

BMOF dropped over $10K into those connectors and even then I wondered why does he think he can recoup that. There isnt enough retro enthusiasts to sell enough Floppy Emu. Its been almost 10 years and sounds like he is still sitting at over 9K spares.

shlip

7 months ago

He's probably got less than 9,000 left according to the article though :

> I was able to arrange a “group buy”[...]

> Next step: re-ship the majority of these DB-19 connectors to the other people in the group buy.

justsomehnguy

7 months ago

>> These DB-19 connectors (19-pin D-SUB) were newly manufactured in 2024 for my vintage computer hardware company

There were a couple of re-runs.

nxobject

7 months ago

Note that this is only for male DB-19s (i.e. for peripherals). Alas, you'll still have to hoard your battery-bombed vintage motherboards for female DB-19s. (Or hopefully use a physically different but electrically compatible connector...)