Dan’s MEGA65 Digest
It’s a busy month! I just got back from the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW), the large-and-getting-larger-every-year vintage computer show. This was my first visit at this particular show, and it was great fun. I bring back a few photos, a few stories, and too much stuff from the free table.
Trenz Electronic is making steady progress on shipping all of the pending MEGA65 preorders, on schedule to get everyone taken care of by the end of the calendar year. A new pre-order for a MEGA65 placed today should have a lead time of only a few months. If you placed a pre-order and have received an email with an invoice, be sure to submit payment promptly. Invoiced but unpaid orders expire within a few weeks, to allocate inventory to others waiting on a pre-order. (Thankfully, you can just re-make your expired order, and you’ll receive it fairly soon.)
With this milestone comes some exciting news! Trenz Electronic is now accepting preorders for MEGA65 mainboards without the enclosure, keyboard, or floppy drive. This is great for electronics projects, custom enclosures, or just keeping a spare. You can make your own keyboard with some effort, and the floppy drive is a standard IDE drive and cable. The standalone mainboards are expected to ship in mid-2025.
