Commander X16

Would be lovely if one could buy the Commander X16 in such an enclosure... but looking at the price of the Mega65 I doubt it would ever be cost effective.

Eventually I will put mine into my own wedge case design (that's the one for Gen-2): fronrightB.jpg I plan to add a compartment in the back to allow space for the DEV board: CaseX16largeB.png Those who are interested can find the design on Thingiverse That case is wonderful. This would make the Com...

Because you can't. You have to order the goodies separately. Hmm. When I ordered my X16, all of the extras such as micro-ATX power supply, more memory, etc. were orderable right on the same page as the board. I ordered everything. -Bill I see that, but I have to make a seperate order for the rest o...

Hello everyone! After following this project for a while and took the plunge today and pre-ordered. Cases are out of stock right now. Hopefully they will be back in stock in time for Feb '24! So now waiting on this, Spectrum Next AND Mega 65. which will arrive first? and last? haha. You got the MEG...

I think that the lack of real hardware magic of Phase 1 and 2 will make the Phase 3 irrelevant for those of us who gets goose bumps thinking about a proper real 8-bit machine with a beating 6502-like heart. And on the other hand, Phase 3 will be interested in those who dig the SOFTWARE experience of...

mortarm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:06 pm

Awesome!

I just put in my pre-order, along with the upgrade kit, keyboard, PSU and AC adapter.

How did you manage to add the other stuff to your order? When I tried, it wouldn't let me combine preorder with other items.

I would love a proper bound (preferable spiral) manual, but a order-to-print would
be fine, too. Commodore did write some fairly solid manuals to get startet with, iirc.

As far as Dave's initial target of 50-200 dollars I immediately understood that to be unrealistic. There simply is no point in tring to replicate the Sinclair way in this day and age. Everybody interested will be in their middle age with disposable income. Inflation also means that $50 is an absurd...