The Commander X16 is finally here!

Paul Fisher

After brainstorming I know what i can do i make a midi card with breakout box

The 8-Bit Guy

It's because the Commodore VIC-20, C64, Plus/4, and C128 all have that key. Its part of the history of these systems.

MrHammond

Cool stuff! Hope it will be a success, even if I've never been a C64 guy I put $25 in the project, and I see you already got your first goal, congratulations!

Jens Hafner

Congratulations. It is never easy to keep up moral for a project that runs that long. I noticed that the keyboard has a Pound-Symbol (₤) on the keyboards upper right hand corner. Since this is a niche currency and the symbol will probably only be used in a small market I was wondering whether you plan to introduce versions for major markets with a ¥ or € symbol? Or is this just a courtasey to perifractics home country? ;-)

I've donated a few $ to help out. I've been looking forward to this for a while. My studies for the year finish soon so I should have more time to get back in to programming / writing tutorials for X16.

Cyber

Great news! You mentioned maximum of 256 sprites, or double the specification published in the FAQ. Was this a misstatement or VERA changed very recently?

Paul Fisher

Oh ok, i am open to suggestions then.

The 8-Bit Guy

Well, that would probably be somewhat redundant. We already have a buffered DAC in the system already.

Paul Fisher

Was going to try and make a sound card based around the covox concept, but use an ATMega2560 to allow it to run independent of the system, so my idea is, i have a certain amount of memory on board, you load in the data, and tell the MCU to start playing, also looking having ports that will allow the mainsound to be mixed in. Unless you want to steer me in a different direction. As I would like to see if i can work on an expansion card. As I'm also working on some CM4 carrier boards, one of which is a MAME board, with a 50W RMS amp on the same board, as I also now have as a side business been making arcade cabinets

The 8-Bit Guy

Haha.. not yet. Maybe some day it will!

Counter Surprise

Donated via your webshop. Great to see this come alive. Can’t wait to get one! So does it run doom?

The 8-Bit Guy

Partly... but it's also incredibly difficult to integrate those things into the system. HDMI runs at a very high speed. And USB requires a lot of processing power to handle the stack.

The 8-Bit Guy

Kevin should have the pinout and docs. What did you want to make?

Paul Fisher

David, I even feel encouraged to make an expansion card for the Commander X16 I assume you have documentation on the expansion slots.

Big Car

Thanks for sharing! Did you avoid USB & HDMI because of licensing cost?

👍🏽

Robert Bontrager

Congrats Dave on the progress of the x16! Thank you for your hard work in making another great video!

So r/itrunsdoom? 🤪

geekpower

Wonderful! I'm so excited to see this moving forward, David. I just made a donation as well. Brilliant work to you and the crew.

Ryan Yoder

Donated. Good luck. I’ll buy one when ready.

The x16 is looking great, I hope there will be enough at launch so I can get one!

Tyler Compton

This is so exciting to see! Thanks for seeing this project through. Can't wait to get my hands on it when the phase 1 board is on sale to the general public.

Great video David! X16 looks Awesome!

Perifractic's Retro Recipes

Aw. AssPad is dead. Long live the AssPad!

Matt Heffernan

Great video, as expected! Thanks for featuring Chase Vault!

The 8-Bit Guy

Hahah. No. It's actually called CODEX. You can type that in BASIC to enter the assembly environment.

Perifractic's Retro Recipes

Long live the Chickenlips 16!!! Congratulations one and all on getting to this exciting stage. It's very rewarding to see design contributions I played a tiny part in coming to life here. But one important question: Can you still access the Assembly NotePad environment by typing AssPad? 😀