RobotGeek.com where have you gone?

[jimkoke]

TL;DR:
I have a GeekDUINO, an Arduino made by RobotGeek.com (the logo is printed on the board). RobotGeek.com takes me to Trossen Robotics, and its site sent me here for community support, etc. So where is GeekDUINO? Has it folded into the universe?

My need is I have a GeekDUINO and am having trouble with it (won't accept an upload) and was looking for tech support. I would appreciate any information that would point me in the right direction for finding that community.

TL:
For those interested in the underlying problem ...

My application, BTW, is to replace the controller box for the articulated adjustable bed frames we have. My wife has become disabled with a spinal cord injury and relies on this bed frame. To control that bed frame today, she has to get her phone, unlock it, run the app, navigate through the app, select the adjustment setting, and click a button. A few days ago, she woke up choking and coughing and I had to help her sit up; she was terrified. My goal is to have a "panic button" for her that will raise her head up with one "smack". Each bed frame is essentially two linear actuators, head and feet, and two eccentric fly wheels with a motor each for vibration. The application will be trivial - see a button, raise the head. I'll have another set of buttons to control the head/feet manually.

Using the Arduino IDE, I wrote a simple sketch, compiled, tried to upload, what I get is:

avrdude: Version 6.3-20190619
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/Users/xxxx/Library/Arduino15/packages/arduino/tools/avrdude/6.3.0-arduino17/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/Users/xxxx/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/cu.usbserial-A901QKUZ
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 115200
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
...
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude done.  Thank you.
Failed uploading: uploading error: exit status 1

What I see during each programming attempt is the Rx light on the board flashes "once" (might flicker with multiple bits, but looks like once)

What I have done:

• Searched for suggestions (google, duck) tried all of their suggestions
• Searched this site, found nothing.
• Tried many different USB cables, including new ones that I bought just for this.
• Installed latest version of the IDE
• Updated the FTDI drivers on my Mac
• Tried to upload an example sketch
• Cycled power on the Arduino
• Used the reset button on the Arduino

It has been about 10 years since I last used this board, it was stored in its original static-proof bag, in a box during that time. The board looks like it was built yesterday.