8-Bit Wall of Doom
8-Bit Wall of Doom
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A General MIDI demo - Part 3a of the 3 part series on General MIDI for 8-bit computers
Part 'a' of the 3rd'ish video builds on Part 2 and its MIDI discussion. Recall that we started with the intrinsics of MIDI beginning with MIDI 'Note On' and ended with 'Program Change'. This video takes the next step, focusing on General MIDI, specifically.
A note to Foenix owners and perspective Foenix F256K2 buyers: Everything we are covering in this video is directly applicable to the DREAM IC capability that will be integrated into the 'K2' system. And for F256 Jr. and F256K (non-'K2' owners), you too can have some fun with MIDI, General MIDI, and the same DREAM IC that will be built into the 'K2' system. Part 3b of this series, will include a demo of some SuperBASIC techniques to 'tal...
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MIDI v1 for the masses - Part 2 of the 3 part series on General MIDI for 8-bit computers
Просмотров 1152 месяца назад
This 2nd video (of the 3-part survey on General MIDI) takes a 1/2 a step backwards to discuss MIDI, via the v1.0 specification. The video starts with a quick 5 minute tour of my “Keyboard Room”, to walk through a subset of important and historic synthesizers from the mid '70s to the mid 2020s, stopping at signposts for three examples of how MIDI functions as follows: Example 1: A generic MIDI k...
ATARI 8-bit meets the SAM2695 - General MIDI for the masses
Просмотров 3012 месяца назад
This video is #1 of a planned 3-part series on General MIDI and we begin with a product designed for the ATARI 8-bit line of microcomputers leveraging the DREAM 2695 General MIDI Synth IC known as the JIL_SAMMER, a DREAM chip and supporting circuitry crammed into an ATARI SIO connector from Lotharek.PL (Poland). This video includes a primer on the basics of FujiNet and examines a handful of .mi...
8-Bit Wall of Doom - 'Studio' tour - walk through of some gear plus, what's next for this channel
Просмотров 2092 месяца назад
This video provides a glimpse into the 8-Bit WoD 'studio', aka the place where I keep 95% of my vintage gear and record the videos that have been published on this channel thus far. The idea here is to share my philosophy which is to use (not stockpile) these wonderful systems, to show one approach to manage the mess, and to hopefully provoke a few requests on what you (the viewer) might want t...
Foenix F256 meets its match - the FNX6809 and a port of NitrOS-9 Level 2
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.3 месяца назад
This video provides a first look at the FNX6809 drop-in CPU replacement, which is a FPGA based MC6809 core, designed to replace the stock WDC65C02 CPU in your Foenix F256 Jr. or Foenix F256K. As we often do on this channel, we begin with some light history and then delve into some noteworthy features of the original Motorola CPU, including famous use cases and the folks behind the scenes that w...
12DoC SID - hacking the PETSCII graphics & demo structure (part 5 of 12)
Просмотров 657 месяцев назад
Episode #5 is all about Commodore's use of PETSCII graphics, sprite graphics, smooth scrolling (sort of), animation, and general program structure of the "Christmas Album" demo. You are likely to be surprised by what you are about to see, especially if you owned (or currently own) a Commodore 64 or varient, are familiar with its features, and have done any coding using these features. One of th...
12DoC SID - exploring PWM on a Juno 106 and in SIDlab (part 4 of 12)
Просмотров 907 месяцев назад
This episode took nearly a week to produce (including an unplanned foray into coding a SID specific application called SIDlab, to be released shortly for a F256 near you). We start, this features a few topics that pertain to synths and SID and then take a deep dive from the 5 meter platform to discuss Pulse Width Modulation starting with a Minimoog, then to a Roland Juno 106 and finally, on a S...
12DoC SID - FoeniXmas and SIDlab prototype demo (part 3 of 12)
Просмотров 837 месяцев назад
In this episode, we demonstrate the FoeniXmas23.pgx program, discussing the SuperBASIC loader and graphics briefly, then move on to the main event which is a demo of the work-in-progress SID Player and it's 'guru' mode which displays and interprets roll data along with timing information, providing the opportunity to slow the beat waaaaaaay down as to see registers change as heard. The format o...
12DoC SID - synth basics via 1976 Minimoog (part 2 of 12)
Просмотров 2438 месяцев назад
Picking up from episode 1 of 12, we introduce analog synthesis with the use of a 1976 Moog Minimoog, move on with a deep dive into the MOS 6581 spec sheet / datasheet, and then examine some of the Christmas Album song data in context, reviewing what we've learned. This video is about 3x longer than I intended, but with a 7 minute Minimoog discussion embedded, it was difficult to cover the two o...
The 12 days of [ Commodore's ] "Christmas Album" part 1 of 12
Просмотров 1098 месяцев назад
Between December 21st and December 24th of this year, I challenged myself to learn as much as I could from the aboriginal Christmas Demo in order to create something for the Foenix F256 that others could enjoy by the stroke of midnight. The result was the extraction and porting of the SID player code from the original Commodore 1982 project (the "Christmas Album"), into a standalone program for...
nanoEdit - Commodore (COMPUTE!) SpeedScript for the F256; December update
Просмотров 2198 месяцев назад
This is the first of my monthly updates on the nanoEdit project. In early September, I produced a quick 'teaser' style video with no dialog or details; it was the first working prototype of Charles Brannon's SpeedScript editor from the C64 that I was able to get running on a Foenix platform. (look for this video if you've not seen where I started) Since that time, I've completely torn apart and...
Commodore (COMPUTE!) SpeedScript for the F256; teaser (HD)
Просмотров 30011 месяцев назад
This placeholder video is the first working demo (with more to come) highlighting a port of Charles Brannon's SpeedScript editor from the C64 to the F256K (and Jr.). For those unaware, SpeedScript was ported to many 8-bit platforms and subsequently, to the IBM PC, and Commodore 128, Atari, etc. It is legendary to the extent that it was a full featured Word Processor released just months after v...
Foenix F256K - "Prototype to Prod": Documenting refinement of a new retro system w/ Commodore roots
Просмотров 619Год назад
This video takes a quick look at the Foenix F256K system from a hardware perspective, and specifically, its journey from early prototype to a finished product in less than 6 months. Retro enthusiasts that are just hearing the word "Foenix" will recognize many similarities between the Commodore 64 that some of us grew up with and the F256 line of computers. (Foenix also offer WDC 65C816 options ...
Foenix F256 - Kernel vs. Kernal (how did we get here) Part 2 of 3
Просмотров 485Год назад
This video continues where part 1 left off, focusing on F256 Kernels and specifically, the brief history of development and release from the [then] work-in-progress OpenKERNAL; onto the TinyCore MicroKernel official release; to the github publish of a revamped OpenKERNAL, complete with a tour of the structure and highlights of code. This is part 2 of 3 and is (as Open and *_Kernal is) Commodore...
Foenix F256 - "Foenix Rising" Journal Recap #4: Kernels, Kernals, & more (!!) mini-series
Просмотров 227Год назад
This video is produced in "Foenix Rising" Journal Recap format, which is to say that we review a recently written article as a guide to a topic; In this case, it's an article published in Dec. 2022 on [general] kernels from issue #4. Some of the content overlaps and supplements the recap from issue #5, which dealt with memory management (the MMU) so look for it elsewhere on this channel; also l...
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8c - Custom chars (closing the topic with a few register tweaks)
Просмотров 359Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8c - Custom chars (closing the topic with a few register tweaks)
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8b - Custom chars (extract, transform, load, sort of...)
Просмотров 354Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8b - Custom chars (extract, transform, load, sort of...)
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8a - Custom chars (pre-reqs; dealing with memory and I/O banks)
Просмотров 448Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 8a - Custom chars (pre-reqs; dealing with memory and I/O banks)
Foenix F256 - "Foenix Rising" Journal Recap #5: Using VICKY's MMU for a .asm bitmap graphics demo
Просмотров 415Год назад
Foenix F256 - "Foenix Rising" Journal Recap #5: Using VICKY's MMU for a .asm bitmap graphics demo
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 7 - Intro to Platform Graphic Features
Просмотров 785Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 7 - Intro to Platform Graphic Features
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC - What about "?" / PEEK(x) / POKE and errata for Part 6 - (1 minute)
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Foenix F256 SuperBASIC - What about "?" / PEEK(x) / POKE and errata for Part 6 - (1 minute)
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC XTRA - Preview of sprite content
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Foenix F256 SuperBASIC XTRA - Preview of sprite content
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 6 - DEMO1.BAS (impress friends & family)
Просмотров 886Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 6 - DEMO1.BAS (impress friends & family)
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 5 - Line #'s vs. PROCs & more
Просмотров 714Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 5 - Line #'s vs. PROCs & more
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 4 - Memory Use and considerations
Просмотров 685Год назад
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 4 - Memory Use and considerations
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 3 - Accessing SD and IEC Storage
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Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 3 - Accessing SD and IEC Storage
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 2 - Screen Editor Features, Navigation, and BASIC Keywords
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Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 2 - Screen Editor Features, Navigation, and BASIC Keywords
Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 1 - Intro (About this series)
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Foenix F256 SuperBASIC Part 1 - Intro (About this series)
Foenix F256K versus F256 Jr. - What's the difference?
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
Foenix F256K versus F256 Jr. - What's the difference?