Alternative 8-Bit Systems

The Alternative 8-Bit Systems section covers news for modern 8-bit systems that were influenced by the Commodore 64 such as the Commander X16, OtterX, Foenix 256, LC256, MEGA65 and more.

C256 FMX Rev C4

C256 Foenix November Update

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From the November 2019 Newsletter Finally... Here comes the C256 FMX Rev C4! The road to finally have a fully functional board (still under testing) has...
C256 FOENIX Rev CX Black Early Adopters Edition

C256 Foenix October Update

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From the October 2019 Newsletter: RevCX is to the RevC0 as RevB2 was to RevA... It is pretty obvious for anybody who has been following my...
MEGA65 Pre-Series Builds

MEGA65 Pre-Series Assembly Continues

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The C65 blog has posted a bunch of images showing 12 MEGA65 Pre-Series machines that have been completed. They report that the majority of...

How To Change The Drive Number Of The Internal MEGA65 Drives

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Paul Gardner-Stephen reports that he's been asked a bunch in the past how to change the drive numbers on the internal 3.5" drive on...
MEGA65 Pre-Series Lot

More MEGA65 Pre-Series Machine Assembled

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Paul Gardner-Stephen has released another update which makes three this month so far. In todays update he reports that assembly of the Pre-Series MEGA65's...
C65 Pre-Series Soldering

Things Are Heating Up With The MEGA65

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The month of September is going to be a busy one for the MEGA65 team. They have started the month of Sept off with...
C256 FOENIX FMX

C256 Foenix Project September Update

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From the September 2019 Newsletter: Revision Cxx Struggles As you can see, the migration from a very stable version like the Rev B2 to the Rev...
C256 Foenix MFX

C256 Foenix August Update

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From the August 2019 Newsletter Bring Up, Code Migration and Testing... At this point, one board has been assembled, already some issues have been found. Some...