Commander X16

It depends on what you’re doing. Tom, I appreciate your reply! No, I’m not talking about a DAW in BASIC, more like playing a saved chord based upon what note is hit, sending simple MIDI message(s) (e.g., All Notes Off), or transposing. From what you’ve stated, the X16 should have enough horsepower ...

It depends on what you're doing. If you're trying to play classical music with 32 instruments in a complicated pattern, then no - BASIC simply isn't fast enough. But for a simple melody line or sound effects using just a few channels, you can pull something off. Music that uses the PSG or FM synth s...

Hey sorry for the late reply - yes I am writing Another World from scratch in 65c02 asm. I guess the point I was making was that given it's a 16-bit game that pushed the limits of the Amiga, then it's probably possible to port any 16-bit software (including DOS) to the CX16. It's really not. Yes, y...

If you're looking to find testers, check out the "Help Wanted" or the "WIP" topic areas. Either one is a good place to solicit testing help. Lots of people would be willing and happy to run your code and see how it compares to the emulator. As to the emulator: There is no "b...

To clarify the Another World port isn't a dos program it's a full rewrite for the X16 natively According to Wikipedia, the game was originally developed for the Amiga. So Motorola 68000 which is different from x86 and different from 65C02. Even if the DOS version is the inspiration for the X16 port...

So over the weekend I was able to reprogram the esp32 Using one sketch I am able to scan for networks correctly (all thought it never find the common xfinitywifi which is very strange) I used the same sketch and loaded it on a different development board, that used the same esp chip and it worked l...

This is known as "bumping" a thread, and it's not considered good netiquette. There are no plans for a CD-ROM add-on, officially or otherwise. If you want a CD-ROM interface for the X16, you'll have to make it yourself. Since this thread has run to its conclusion, I'm going to go ahead and...

Max You can also buy just the keycaps. I got a set of these and use them with a $50 mechanical keyboard: https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/commander16-by-the-8-bit-guy-87-key-custom-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html It seems that wasdkeyboards site is offline since November 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/202...

I'm with Voidstar and Ed. CDs have no place with 8-bit computers. Cassettes and floppies are the domain of this era. This. A cassette interface is a lot more likely than a CD player. (It would not even be hard to support a Commodore Datasette, considering most of the hardware is in the tape drive.)

Ah, sorry didn't see that earlier. Each Modem can technically use its own commands, but most of them out there will use some form of "Hayes-compatible" AT commands. So a good rule of thumb is all the modem commands should start with "AT" (attention). And this in case, ATD with q...