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News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:04 am
by TomXP411
We have a couple of news items from David about the second batch of Dev boards.

Now that the first 100 have been sold, he's looking toward future production. His original plan was to build and sell 250 boards at a time, but he ran into a surprise source of funding this weekend at VCF. Here it is in David's words:
Just wanted to update everyone on what happened this weekend. I ran into Amir Husain at VCF. I've actually known him for years, I've been to his house, etc. So he's not some stranger. Anyway, I was showing him the X16 and told him about the production issues and such. He asked why I was only going to do 250 units per production run, and I told him that is all we had the money for. So he just immediately offered to loan us as much money as we needed to do 1,000 units. It's basically just an interest-free, collateral-free loan. The money appeared in the X16 bank account this morning. Obviously, we have to pay the money back after we sell the next batch of units. But this does give us an enormous advantage when it comes to economy of scale. We will get lower prices, and we'll be able to fill demand faster than trying to do 250 at a time. After we complete the 1,000 units, he is also willing to help us finance the 2nd gen game console we want to make.

Re: News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:18 pm
by NickMilner
Good stuff! Thanks Amir!

Re: News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:36 am
by ahenry3068
I've got a coworker who is also a nostalgia nerd. But he is in to the Old CB-Radio scene...

I'm trying to talk him into also joining me on the 8-bit computer scene... (We have interesting
convos)

Re: News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:34 pm
by m.farrell1972@hotmail.com
Where are these being sold? I didn't recognise the website on David's latest video. The system looks great, would love to try it out.

Re: News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:22 pm
by TomXP411
m.farrell1972@hotmail.com wrote: Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:34 pm Where are these being sold? I didn't recognise the website on David's latest video. The system looks great, would love to try it out.
Kevin Williams of Texelec designed and sold the boards. The link is on our home page, as well:

https://texelec.com/product/cx16-devboard-bundle/

If there's any change in the address for the second run, we'll be sure to post that here.

Re: News RE Batch 2 of Dev boards

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:40 pm
by free_stone
When will x16 be available in China? Looking forward to it! Don't forget, there are a group of 6502 computer enthusiasts in China, and they are also fans of David.