April 19th, 2026

Dear patrons,

April 18th, 2018, so 8 years ago, I embarked on this journey of recreating a retro computer (that turned out to be many of them) that had the flare of the past but using today’s technology. Over the years, people came, people went but through all the highs and lows of the day to day world, a handful of great developers/creators/crazy people stayed and help making those machines a reality and I’d like to thank them today for being there all along, because hardware without software is just a useless board. So to all of those who believed in the Foenix Retro System’s vision, I say thank you!

Now, as you may be aware or not, in Oct 2025, I sold the IP of the F256x family to Aleksey (a.k.a. Wildbits Computing Company) where I believe the Wildbits team will do a great job at pursuing what I was unable to do which is to bring the platform to a larger audience. I wish them the best of luck!

As for me, I have rebranded FRS -> Foenix Labs to detach myself from the retro community and I have kept the 32bits systems but to be honest with you, I am not quite sure where I will be heading for the future. I will be doing a larger announcement when I have a clearer idea.

So, today I am officially shutting down the FRS store and keeping the site to a minimum and hopefully sooner than later there will be announcement about the future of Foenix Labs.

As far as the orders of concerned, if you are still waiting for your product, don’t be alarmed all the orders will be fulfilled still, I am just not taking any new one, at least not under the FRS banner. The bulk of the older products have been shipped, the only one missing at this point are the A2560Me boards that I plan on shipping within a month or two. 

So, for the record, if you have any issues, please don’t use the ‘stef (@) c256foenix.com’ as it is going to be disabled soon. Instead use the email that appears on your order or use ‘support (@) foenixlabs.com’

Finally, I want to thank everybody who has purchased a product in the past and believed (if at least for a moment) in the idea of adopting a new retro computer for the 21st century.

 With love, 

Stefany