Hi, from Seattle

[x16tial]

Hey guys and gals and everyone else! ?

Couldn't be more excited about the Commander X16!  The username is pronounced "existential".  I had a previous post titled "bank 0?" as Novemix, but came up with this name and liked it better for X16 stuff.  I'm also "Mar Red" when I've commented on various videos, but that'll probably change as well.

But anyway, had TI99/4a as a kid, and as soon as I could upgraded to a C64 and had that into my college years.  About the middle of last year, I really got into David's videos, and also Robin Harbron's 8-bit Show and Tell.   About 3 months ago, I found a guy selling a 64C a Vic 20 and an Atari 2600 and picked them all up, and have been learning assembly since (mostly on VICE though, heh).   I have half of one game on the C64 done, and finished a Snake game, mostly as a learning exercise, but it came out well I think.  I still want to get a lot deeper into SID programming on the C64.

But currently, I'm kind of all in with the Commander X16, now that I have a solid grasp on assembly from the C64 stuff, and it has been an absolute blast getting into how the X16 works.  Right now working more on "tool" type programs for the X16, I'm sure I'll talk more about these as they get ready for prime time.

So yeah, glad to be here and very excited about the retro future!

Mark