Kevin Williams
Experienced Member
Hello Everyone!
For many months this year, we have been working with David Murray, The 8-Bit Guy, to design the motherboard for his "Dream Computer". This machine is now known as the Commander X16. David originally posted a video on this project back in February 2019.
Part 1 of the video is here: https://youtu.be/ayh0qebfD2g
Part 2 was released today, and it shows how much progress our team has made in the last six months: https://youtu.be/sg-6Cjzzg8s
Since that time, we worked with many different products, parts, and team members before we were able to finally settle on a basic architecture. We still have a lot of work to do, but now that the prototype of both the motherboard and video card are in-hand and working, it feels like real momentum to me! As such, I thought it would be nice to have a discussion group for this project.
I can not share schematics, or code for the video card at this point. Not only would we like to ensure that... uh hum... "parallel" projects do not emerge before we are complete, but we are also not complete yet. It would be premature to release more than the memory map, etc. as bad information may just forever float around. It is far better to wait until we have everything nailed down.
I would like to thank the team members:
Frank van den Hoef - Vera Video Module
Michael Steil - Kernel (kernal? :D) Development / Coding
Michael Allison - Monitor / Assembler Coding
Christian Simpson (Perifractic) - Case/Logo Design & Documentation
Andrew Owen - Case Design
Lorin Millsap - HW/SW Design Advisory
And of course thanks so much to David Murray for making this all possible!
This is by no means a comprehensive list of the contributors, however I will talk to Christian about adding a special thanks section in the documentation to name everyone who contributed to the project.
Here are links to current resources:
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommanderX16/
Emulator (WIP): https://github.com/commanderx16
Also, be sure to see David Murray, The 8-Bit Guy, in person at VCF Midwest in just a few days! He will have a working prototype with him that you can actually put your hands on! This will be the first time it has been seen in public, so get there if you are able.
Thanks so much for all of the support from the vintage community as well! There is no better community on the Internet in my opinion, heck, half of you guys probably built the Internet to begin with!
Kevin Williams
https://texelec.com
For many months this year, we have been working with David Murray, The 8-Bit Guy, to design the motherboard for his "Dream Computer". This machine is now known as the Commander X16. David originally posted a video on this project back in February 2019.
Part 1 of the video is here: https://youtu.be/ayh0qebfD2g
Part 2 was released today, and it shows how much progress our team has made in the last six months: https://youtu.be/sg-6Cjzzg8s
Since that time, we worked with many different products, parts, and team members before we were able to finally settle on a basic architecture. We still have a lot of work to do, but now that the prototype of both the motherboard and video card are in-hand and working, it feels like real momentum to me! As such, I thought it would be nice to have a discussion group for this project.
I can not share schematics, or code for the video card at this point. Not only would we like to ensure that... uh hum... "parallel" projects do not emerge before we are complete, but we are also not complete yet. It would be premature to release more than the memory map, etc. as bad information may just forever float around. It is far better to wait until we have everything nailed down.
I would like to thank the team members:
Frank van den Hoef - Vera Video Module
Michael Steil - Kernel (kernal? :D) Development / Coding
Michael Allison - Monitor / Assembler Coding
Christian Simpson (Perifractic) - Case/Logo Design & Documentation
Andrew Owen - Case Design
Lorin Millsap - HW/SW Design Advisory
And of course thanks so much to David Murray for making this all possible!
This is by no means a comprehensive list of the contributors, however I will talk to Christian about adding a special thanks section in the documentation to name everyone who contributed to the project.
Here are links to current resources:
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommanderX16/
Emulator (WIP): https://github.com/commanderx16
Also, be sure to see David Murray, The 8-Bit Guy, in person at VCF Midwest in just a few days! He will have a working prototype with him that you can actually put your hands on! This will be the first time it has been seen in public, so get there if you are able.
Thanks so much for all of the support from the vintage community as well! There is no better community on the Internet in my opinion, heck, half of you guys probably built the Internet to begin with!
Kevin Williams
https://texelec.com