Commander X16

65816...no "c". Same thing. WDC has used the two names interchangeably over the years, although the actual chips have always been labeled W65C816 (or W6SC816S for the newer fully static version they've been selling the last 25 years or so). As far as I know the other manufacturers have al...

There really needs to be a single straightforward page on the main X16 site that just provides comprehensive instructions on how to update, with a single download containing all needed files (and an another copy of the instructions). There should be no need for anyone to dig through the forum or tra...

I have the Apple IIGS port (which is in turn a port of the SNES version, both were done by the amazing Becky Heineman) and took a look at it, but it just has one giant file called OOTWSOUND (which takes up all of the second disk, LOL) which has no data fork, only a resource fork containing 85 items ...

Because you only have a 256 byte stack and cannot relocate it, multitasking is very hard on a 6502. You either need to split the stack which limits number of tasks and limits task size or you need to copy the stack on context switches which is slow. One of the best changes on the 65C816 was making ...

There should really be a page on the main Commander X16 site (www.commanderx16.com) that has all the ROM images and updater tools in one spot, for updating both the CX16 ROM and Vera.

I want to upgrade my machine but scavenging the forum and GitHub to track everything down is going to be a real pain.

Here it is on my board (DEV0080) right between the CPU and the System VIA: And the silkscreening on the underside of the board:

#80 is now living in Claremont, California.

BASIC on the C64 is kind of unique, in that it doesn't care much about separators. The interpreter pattern-matches the first beginning of a typed word against the BASIC keywords, and if there is any match, it will assume the word is a command. Only after exhausting the list of commands does BASIC a...