Maker Faire this weekend
by vbriel on May.15, 2012, under News, Vince's blog
The time is almost here for the 7th annual Maker Faire in San Francisco. With over 300 exhibits in the indoor building alone, this is a huge celebration of creating projects! Briel Computers will be in the Expo hall on Saturday and Sunday demonstrating the Altair 8800micro and CP/M. Please feel free to stop by and say hi. More information on the Maker Faire can be found here:
Maker Faire acceptance
by vbriel on Mar.31, 2012, under Vince's blog
We just got word that we have been accepted to appear at the Maker Faire San Francisco May 19th & 20th! This will be our first appearance at the Faire and I am really looking forward to going. Maker Faire is really a venue we should have been attending years ago. Our products promote fun, creation, and education. I hope to see you all there.
Click on the Events tab above and select Maker Faire to see more information on how to attend.
Vince
2nd run Altair 8800micro RAM Drive underway
by vbriel on Feb.28, 2012, under News
We have decided to do another run of disk RAM drives for the Altair 8800micro after a lot of requests. There are still a couple of bugs we are working on but the RAM drive appears to operate CP/M very well. The one little bug is a corruption that can occur on power off. To order your RAM drive, visit the order page here:
Now taking preorders for the Altair micro disk controller
by vbriel on Oct.12, 2011, under News
We are going to do a small beta run of 20 units of the disk controller for the Altair 8800micro. This add-on board will give the Altair micro 64K of total RAM and 2 RAM disk drives that are battery backed (batteries not included). Now you can run CP/M on your Altair 8800micro and enjoy all the programs that are available for it. The board uses the expansion connector but gives you another connector onboard so you don’t loose any expansion options.
Vince
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple dies at 56
by vbriel on Oct.05, 2011, under News
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple computers. His vision and drive made Apple what it is today. He has played a large part in the what we have for computers today. For those not aware, Steve Jobs passed away today at the age of 56. You can read one of many articles here
Our prayers and wishes go out to the Jobs family during this difficult time. Steve, you will be missed.
I Can’t Solder Sale is Underway
by vbriel on Sep.05, 2011, under News
Our first ever sale is now underway. I CAN’T SOLDER SALE Prices good until 9/11/2011. Get many of our assembled units at kit prices!
Briel Computers first ever sale!
by vbriel on Aug.24, 2011, under News
If you have been wanting to order one of our kits assembled because you can’t solder, you might want to wait until September 5th. We are going to have a 1 week “I can’t solder” sale. Get assembled units for at or near kit prices (Altair micro excluded). If you have any questions on this, please email me at vbriel@yahoo.com.
a2mp3 added to store
by vbriel on Aug.07, 2011, under News, a2mp3
Due to an oversite, the apple II mp3 player was never added to the store. That error has been fixed and you can order yours from the store.
A2MP3 workshop a huge success!
by vbriel on Jul.23, 2011, under News, a2mp3
I’m am please to report that the largest workshop that I have conducted concluded with all 17 units functioning. There are now 17+ KFest special edition 2011 a2mp3 cards out there playing all kinds of mp3 files. Really cool to hear podcasts on your apple II. Next month we will tidy up a few loose ends and get the card release to the general public. The code included is an open source demo program found on a prodos 140K image file here:
True programmers will be at work soon after KFest to write a better mp3 player program for both 8 bit models and the GSOS!
Vince
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Welcome to Briel Computers
Here you will find many fun and exciting kits for you to solder together. Our goal is your fun. Now you can enjoy assembling circuit board kits just like the computing pioneers did in the 70's and early 80's. We try to make low-cost fun kits for everybody. We are always here to help with any assistance. Feel free to join our forums and contact me at vince@brielcomputers.com for a forum invite. Vince Briel
