Commander X16

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I will point out that VERA has been recently cloned (re-implemented) for the Roscoe 68000 based retro computer. <a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/rosco/xosera-fpga-video-r1/" rel="external nofollow">https://www.tindie.com/products/rosco/xosera-fpga-video-r1/</a> Doesn't look like it re-uses ...

So many basic parts have such long lead times now I understand why X16 is on a slow roll at this point. Even if they froze the design and ran a crowdfunding campaign, they might have to wait 6-12 months for a batch of FPGAs to be produced to fill demand, etc.  I also think there is the other issue ...

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I posted this in another thread, but the FPGA that Frank has been using (ICE40UP5K-SG48ITR50) has been discontinued by Lattice. They still make plenty of versions of this FPGA in other packaging, but the physical designs for both the VERA and the X8 will probably need to be updated.

 

As to why it hasn't launched I imagine the world wide semiconductor shortage is not helping. If you look on Mouser, Digikey, etc. the supply of FPGAs is not what was a year ago with many of the most popular FPGAs on waitlists. Also, the exact FPGA that Frank has been using (ICE40UP5K-SG48ITR50) as ...

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Lurker here! Hello all.  The X8 is great, but if you look at the open source ZX-UNO (which has been forked with a VGA version), you get everything the X8 has plus you get real game ports, 512K of SRAM, PS/2 port, and an expansion port! It would probably be trivial to change the game ports on the UN...