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  @davidgood8405 күн бұрын

  ChaseVault is eerily reminiscent of a game I've seen before , but i can't quite put my finger on it 🤣

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  @zk_6312Ай бұрын

  Looks good. Would this work on an original Atari 800 computer?

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  @dereklucianiАй бұрын

  Sweet! The sound capabilities you’ve chosen are the reason I bought the x16

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  @p1skates3 ай бұрын

  100th thumbs up, woot woot!

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  @thorpejsf3 ай бұрын

  This is awesome, Kevin. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.gif

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  @RetroAnachronist4 ай бұрын

  Can’t wait to be able to buy one of these expansion boards. When will they be available for purchase?

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  @BrandonBlume4 ай бұрын

  Can't wait to get me one of these.

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  @LambdaHalbe4 ай бұрын

  Thank you for your efforts. Both serial and MIDI are on my wishlist too for the X16. Hope this makes it into some product or diy kit. One thing I would like to have as X16 addon card is a GPIB/HPIB/IEEE488 interface - guess I'm the only one ;) ?.

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  @TexElec4 ай бұрын

  We have serial IEC of-course, but I do plan to make a dual 65C22 card. I just haven't figured out the exact form, but that plus a few 75150/151 driver ICs and you will have an IEC parallel port.

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  @LambdaHalbe4 ай бұрын

  @@TexElec Thank you, sounds great. On the old PET those drivers where missing badly. I orderd a port prototype card just to be prepared.

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  @MurrayDagostino4 ай бұрын

  Amazing work, I bet LGR approves 😂

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  @TexElec4 ай бұрын

  I'm using his X1 Dreamblaster in this vid. :-) I asked if he had an extra awhile back.

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  @f15sim4 ай бұрын

  Any ETA on when the card will be available? :)

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  @GianmarioScotti4 ай бұрын

  I, too, love midi. And those old, CV-controlled analog synths.

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  @railsrust4 ай бұрын

  I think it's wonderful you're making Midi an optional card for the X16. Another computer that had a YM2151 was the Sharp X68000, and it also supported Midi. In fact, a lot of games had both FM/PCM audio and Midi as options.

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  @slithymatt4 ай бұрын

  Great work, Kevin! And congrats on remembering to power off the motherboard before installing the expansion card. 😉

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  @drdiesel14 ай бұрын

  Wow great work, and speaking of BBSs, really looking forward to that and a network card.

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  @kargaroc3864 ай бұрын

  I know this is supposed to be late 80s/early 90s-like so yeah there's wavetables, but once the sheen wears off, its "just" a souped up ROMpler which is almost the most boring synthesizer type you could possibly make. The YM2151 on the other hand, actually generates every sound sample itself, which I find to be more impressive.

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  @TexElec4 ай бұрын

  One of my main goals with this video is to show the audio output on the X16 when piping sources via the bus. With two cards plugged in, the impedance will change a bit, so I was testing to see if the noise levels were sill acceptable. There is somewhat of a comprimise on the board since the volume levels of any source are not controllable. I was constrained to through hole parts, so I did what I could. There are tons of wavetable modules out there, these are just the two I happen to have in my possession. Not every sound is for everyone, I get it. But this will allow many more options for those who want it.

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  @MegamanEXEv24 ай бұрын

  The Yamaha is actually closer to how I am used to hearing Canyon.mid lol

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  @retrig2024 ай бұрын

  Wow, both the S2 and X1 sound fantastic. I think I may prefer the S2 slightly. I won't judge the Yamaha on its General MIDI. Nice work. I'm excited and will grab whatever you come up with.

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  @Jody_VE5SAR4 ай бұрын

  I agree - both are great, but I like the S2 better myself.

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  @TB-po5cj4 ай бұрын

  i cant get my gotek to work at all , im so lost whats the correct steps to get it to work ...i had it for a month already and nothing

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  @marion16845 ай бұрын

  "PromoSM" 🤦

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  @RockwellAIM655 ай бұрын

  Kinda want something high-end like a DSP.

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  @jsmythib5 ай бұрын

  Why would you engineer a midi card for a new retro computer with only 1000 units? OH! Thats right...because its FUN! lol :) I am currently waiting for my x16 batch2 to arrive next year. What are the odds i can make a serial/esp8266 modem for it before then? Maybe! At least I know your working on card Im already interested in. Cheers :)

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  @f15sim5 ай бұрын

  Are the pins on the DE9 going to be "full" serial?

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  @TexElec5 ай бұрын

  Yep, a full transceiver which is good up to 1MB with all pins connected.

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  @f15sim5 ай бұрын

  @@TexElec Fantastic! Fingers crossed that they'll be available by the time my pre-order is ready to ship. :)

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  @joeyr98766 ай бұрын

  Dang it, where's my wallet... :)

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  @john_ace6 ай бұрын

  A waveblaster port on the midi-card with audio-out and/or audio through the slot would be nice :-)

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  @TexElec6 ай бұрын

  I never thought about that, totally doable. 🙂

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  @railsrust6 ай бұрын

  I feel like this could use a Wavetable header like the PCMIDI card and many PC sound cards. That way people can use internal Midi and have additional options for changing up how the machine sounds. It could be an optional addon for the card rather than necessarily the default, that way you could sell versions that are just as cheap as this one. Basically they have the option of having the base card like this, or one with a Wavetable header, 3.5mm jack and all the caps/resistors needed to support that. Very cool, though!

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  @mdrake426 ай бұрын

  Could a standard MIDI DIN cable work on that card, for plugging into my Roland Desktop unit. Your MIDI cable and socket on the Rackmount unit looks quite different to mine that I use with my SC-55 II on a PC.

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  @TexElec6 ай бұрын

  The 3.5mm jack is a MIDI standard and I actually have a 5-pin DIN adapator cable plugged into the card. Then a standard 5 pin DIN is connected to my 90s era Roland JV-1080. I definitely think old MIDI HW will be the target here. I have not so secretly stated that I think there is great potential for this to be a low-power portable music machine for live performances. I'll know I did something right when I see a commander driving a bunch of synths in a music video. :-)

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  @oliverw.douglas2856 ай бұрын

  Nice!

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  @AmbientMusicStudio6 ай бұрын

  Now we need a tracker with midi support

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  @MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer6 ай бұрын

  Hey, that's the tune by Mussorgsky that Troopers played in 1975 and Madison Scouts played in 2013!

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  @lesliespeaker6686 ай бұрын

  Frontier: Elite II

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  @jsmythib6 ай бұрын

  Very cool, and great sound! Ordered my x16. Waiting on the next batch :)

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  @Okurka.6 ай бұрын

  Are these cards produced using the solder dipping station?

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  @andystandys6 ай бұрын

  Do you have a tutorial, anywhere, showing how to set the geometry correctly? I'm having a bit of trouble setting it for the text modes on my Tandy 1000 SX.

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  @MatthewSuffidy7 ай бұрын

  Over the years I had a lot of stuff I got from here and there and included sound cards. On two occasions I decided I wanted to room back and gave out all of the stuff. I may still have some sb16s, crystal, live cards.

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  @sulphuric998 ай бұрын

  I'm a bit excited by this platform, even though I've never used the 6502 (I grew up with a 6809 machine). But the price is still a bit too high for me.

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  @NickMurray8 ай бұрын

  That ribbon needs ink :)

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  @brzzzaaaPP8 ай бұрын

  KX-P2023 Panasonic 24-pin dot matrix printer ~ that's a kickbutt printer; I used to own one. But I got seduced to HP Inkjet because, well, color...

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  @BloodiTearz8 ай бұрын

  that was a long way, glad it saw light at the end.

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  @kyleheckman8 ай бұрын

  Wow, only $349.99 for the main board and VERA after only raising $51k in donations and a lot of people spending 4 years of their time making this a reality and all the prototype and revision costs!? I’ll admit this isn’t for me at this stage but hope you get the support you need on the developer edition to make the consumer version happen, but it’s been exciting to watch an idea of this magnitude actually become a real product

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  The projected price was $200-$300 without donations, so IDK why you use "only". Many people who spent 4 years of their time did it for free, except for 2 persons. In the mean time there is a $50 8-bit SBC for sale that was made by a single person.

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  Not a SINGLE Commander X16 owner is complaining, @@Okurka. , and that speaks volumes. 🙂

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  @@joehigashi6261 Because they're ALL fanbois.

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  @@Okurka. You'd be one too, if you'd just open your mind and experience the X16 MAGIC 😀

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  @@joehigashi6261If I paid $500 I would try to convince myself, too, that I made a good purchase.

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  @RetroAnachronist8 ай бұрын

  Preordered. So glad it’s launching!

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  @jsmythib6 ай бұрын

  Same. Something to look forward to next year. Looks like a nice build.

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  Wow, $349.99 for just the mainboard and VERA after $51k was donated?

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  @StariusPrime8 ай бұрын

  This is the Gen 1 developer board still. If you don’t want to spend as much, wait for the Gen 2 and Gen 3 versions.

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  @@StariusPrime I'm waiting for the sub $50 one.

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  @jc333538 ай бұрын

  It might get below $100 in gen3 but sub-50 sounds very unlikely@@Okurka.

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  @@jc33353 Sub $50 for Gen-3 was always the plan. Within a few weeks you can get an RPi5 for $60.

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  @jsmythib6 ай бұрын

  That board is a monster...Filled with giant outdated tech. It wont ever go down much in price. The sub $50 dollar board will be a cheater total fpga edition.@@Okurka.

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  @drdiesel18 ай бұрын

  Ordered! Can't wait for a network card and BBBs.

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  @kjtroj8 ай бұрын

  You and the rest of the team are doing a great job! Exciting to see this next run going into production!

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  Will we ever see the sub $50 version?

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  I hope not, @@Okurka. . The full experience needs to be realized, in my opinion. Hardware and software engineers alike would appreciate an arcade-level board like the X16!

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  @@joehigashi6261 Are you saying that they lied about the sub-$50 version while setting up a fundraiser? For the last 20 years arcade games have been running on regular PCs.

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  THE best retrocomputing platform on this planet! 👾🕹📺☎⌨❣

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  Why do you think that? The MiSTer is far better. Even a $40 RPi is better.

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  @valliantsteed8 ай бұрын

  What? Fanboying much? No, the best retro computing platform is either what you have, or what you can afford. Not crapping on the product. But for most people somethink like a retropi equiped RPi or some FPGA solution is gonna be the best, because it lets them try all the old stuff with a low cost. This is mostly for retro enthusiasts and devs. That being said, I'm glad people still make new hardware using old architecture.

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  @@Okurka. FPGA Arcade Replay (and its offspring like the MiSTer) were originally meant to showcase arcade and AMiGA reimplementations. The X16 was designed to be a NEW retrocomputing platform, much like that House Of Dragons Light you always hawk in every response. 😆 I also have an X16.

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  @joehigashi62618 ай бұрын

  Hey @@valliantsteed , I absolutely am a "fanboi" of the Commander X16! It's what I *PERSONALLY* have been waiting for -- a mid-1980s arcade architecture turned into a computer, which was all the rage from Atari all the way to the PS3! The X16 is like an Irem M72 or a PC Engine running Commodore BASIC and Kernal. It's also AWESOME for hardware projects. The CPU bus leads to the cartridge slots, allowing full control of the system the old-fashioned way! I love it! ❤

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  @Okurka.8 ай бұрын

  ​@@joehigashi6261 It doesn't matter what they started as, it matters that they are a better and cheaper retrocomputing platform than the overpriced X16 you bought.

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  @AiOinc18 ай бұрын

  I seriously cannot wait.

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  @murdockscott10 ай бұрын

  Thanks! I need to tackle this job soon.😀

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  @murdockscott10 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the information, I need to do this soon on my Lisa. 😀

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  @joveaaron-real11 ай бұрын

  i'm interested in knowing the source of the audio nº48, which can be heard on 6: 15

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  @channelkerr Жыл бұрын

  Hey what's the model of the speaker (aka SUBWOOFER!) on this board? Hard to find small speakers like this online!

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  @therafman4150 Жыл бұрын

  I just bought myself one of these exact vinyl players from a second hand store for the unbelievable price of 8 dollars. Can you believe it?? The needle is still good and belt. I will always treasure this one.

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  @TexElec Жыл бұрын

  When I first picked this one up, I thought maybe it would replace my Denon, but honestly, I had kids playing records at times and you need a steady hand for this guy! Great find for $8! They are pretty rare and certainly one of the strangest record players I ever owned. :-)

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  @therafman4150 Жыл бұрын

  @@TexElec Rare is right. I have been trying to find parts for months. Mine is playing but it does need a new arm weight balance, the one that turns to adjust the needle weight.