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Folks, First of all, thank you for your continued patronage!  Some of you have just been absolute boons and a balm to what has been a trying three years.  Second, as we have been saying for a few months now, we are shuttering the business for a few months.  Hopefully this will allow me to recharge my power cells and stuff off what seems like COVID-eternity! Starting 16 May, the following will be in place: We have suspended all "build to order" items.   We will slowly wind down our "pre-built" inventory.  (UNO-2600, S-Drive Max, FG99, etc). Once Lotharek items go...

Hello all! So, it's that time of the year where I send out a missive into the void in the vain attempt to vent frustrations. Many years ago, I started this business thinking that I would help provide items to people who wanted to use their retro gear.  I would do it in the mindset that I always have for myself: Do the best job possible and cut a lot of slack for things to go wrong. Then people got involved.  As the saying goes, "I used to be a people person, but people ruined it for me."   We used...

Folks,  If there were any delays in your orders this week, I (MacRorie) had jury duty this week.  I sat in the box all day, but--in the end--the defense did not like the look of me, so I was dismissed!  Yay!  I did my civic duty!  I think we are all caught up (except for the 576NUC+ orders, but those customers receive a weekly email with their updates). As you hopefully have noticed by now (courtesy of the annoying pop-up), we are coming up on a build week starting tomorrow (Friday 01 April).  This is NOT an April Fool's Joke!...

Folks, as I am sure you are aware (from the pop-ups and the last blog post), the March Build Week is starting on Monday.  Remember, we are also closed Fri-Sun. What does this mean: 1.  eBay sales have been put on "Time Away" meaning that they will not be processed or shipped until 14 March.  2. brewingacademy.com sales will not be shipped until 14 March. 3.  If you are having something built, then it's process will be sped up since we will be focusing on just building units of everything we can.  We will also attempt to get ahead so...

Folks, Thank you ALL for your continued business these last seven years! It has been great and we look forward to many more! However, in trying to get get you your orders in a timely manner, stay healthy, manage twin six-year-olds, the worldwide chip shortage, and everything else the last three years have thrown at all of us, we have devised a new SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) BUILD WEEKS/"Pre-built" You may have also noticed that some products are running out.  This is because the chip shortage has made it impossible to find a fabrication house to make boards and get...