Thanks for making the video! Clearly I still need to make an assembly guide. I think the biggest thing I'd change other than the LEDs is soldering components from shortest to tallest. The audio chiplets are socketed so that a user can replace them with an authentic YM2151 and YM3012. The VIA is socketed because it is the most likely chip to get burned out by someone not being careful and the CPU is socketed so that it can be swapped for a 65C816. The CPU is oriented 180 degrees from the others because it eased routing of the address and data busses. It was more than a little tricky to get everything routed on a four layer mini ITX board!

@JoeBurks_1

4 ай бұрын

The relay mutes the audio during power on. The dual rail power supply can cause the op amps to pop pretty hard when powering on, so the relay grounds the audio until the SMC releases reset. The relay footprint also accepts a more "audiophile" grade EC2-5NU relay. I haven't noticed a difference between those and the HK-19F in the kit, but for the truly demanding users, the option is there.

@RetroAnachronist

4 ай бұрын

I can picture a PowerPoint style assembly guide. Each slide pointing out each component (or several when multiple of the same involved) along with a little bit of tip/guidance on how best to insert/retain/solder each part in place.

cute children ^^

Cool video, shame about your camera battery dying! I'm currently editing a similar video of me building a Uzebox Omega which I hope to get finished and uploaded in the next couple of weeks. Have you already built a Uzebox? Seems like something you might appreciate. I like that both the Uzebox and the X16 use SNES controllers. The Uzebox has the advantages of being fully open source, it's faster, only uses one chip (with the Omega version), requires less components, easier to build, much cheaper, no FPGAs and it has more games compared to the (Otter) X16. What's not to love!? 4K of RAM but some people actually like that limitation too :D

@RetroAnachronist

4 ай бұрын

Sounds cool, I’ll have to give it a look. I’m currently suffering project overload though. Still got a pair of Amiga 2000’s I’m doing a ground up restoration on. Not to mention a motorcycle EFI retrofit on my other channel. Heh. I need to buckle down and get stuff done.

That scam is still going on? LOL.

@RetroAnachronist

3 ай бұрын

They’re shipping by the hundreds now. And the Otter I built is really completely unrelated the the delayed Commander board. Completely different source, almost a clone of the original.