Commander X16

Update:

I took the board out of the case again and gave it a light blast with some compressed air. I tested it outside of the case and the sound is normal now. I put it back in my case and everything is good to go. Must've been something shorting it.

Hmm, all I can say is I've used 3W USB-powered speakers on the X16 and had no issue. And I powered them from the X16 itself (just cut the USB cable and find 5V somewhere). Not outstanding speakers, but definitely loud enough to fill a room easily. I've found these "loop noise isolators" t...

TomXP411 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:21 am What power supply are you using for the system? Does it have a working -12V line?

I’m using the pico atx with the 24 pin connector connected, from TexElec. That is connected to the 12v universal adapter from TexElec

I just got my commander x16. Everything seems to be working well. The only issue is that the sound output is very low. I bought some four watt speakers from amazon and have connected them, but the sound is very faint even when volume is all the way up. I tried a second pair of speakers and received ...

I am new to 8 bit computing (I missed the era by a few years). I studied computer science in college and work as a software engineer, but I feel like my program was really lacking in terms of low level coding/operating system fundamentals/memory management, etc. I found the C16 project because I tho...