Monday, 10 June 2024

New Product Announcement

Welp, it's been over 20 years since Cobalt Microsystems / Sun Cobalt shuttered up, and so obviously there have been no new products on the market that we know of, specifically aimed at the Cobalt line of servers  - other than the extended support, software packages, and so on from the various spin-off websites, ISP's, TrueBlue partners, resellers and former Cobalt Employees and open-source enthusiasts on the internet.

Well, I'm here to tell you that after 8 months on the drawing board and several years existing as an idea, we have decided that this situation cannot continue!

We have seen the efforts and enthusiasm of Amigans, old Mac fans, and the Retro Computing community at large, and decided enough was enough. We sat down with a pen and paper, a bunch of jumper wires and breadboard, and enough coffee to fuel us, and eventually produced some schematics.

Now it isn't the most advanced product - not by a long shot, but it will be released to the community and we hope you are going to get as excited as we are - goodness knows we could use the feedback and suggestions on how to improve it, when it comes. 

The Gerber files for our first ever prototype have been sent to our manufacturer, and we hope to have them in our hands in the next couple of weeks.

So... watch this space. we are awaiting the first new HARDWARE product aimed at the Cobalt server line in DECADES!!

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

CobaltCMS v0.1

 So, if you've happened to find this blog, you may be wondering "why?"

Yep, good question.

So I would respond "because.."

(sorry, Mum, I know it ain't proper grammar!)

Hello, World!

Hello and welcome to the first post!

The new website is coming, we have a few things to sort out first, but meanwhile we thought we'd start our blog!

This is an un-official Cobalt User Group, formed after years of inactivity and unresponsiveness from the original one.

If you have a Cobalt Qube 2700, a Qube 2 or Qube 3 or even a RaQ server somewhere in your house - probably serving as a doorstop by now - then dust it off and lets get to it!

New Product Announcement

Welp, it's been over 20 years since Cobalt Microsystems / Sun Cobalt shuttered up, and so obviously there have been no new products on...