COMPUTE!’s Gazette Issue 9 - The Oasis BBS COMPUTE!’s Gazette Issue 9 brings UK micro history, VIC-20 hardware, Dennis Caswell, and fresh type-in programs.

COMPUTE!’s Gazette Issue 9 Covers UK Micros, VIC-20 Hardware, and New Type-In Programs
#COMPUTEsGazette #RetroComputing #Commodore64 #VIC20 #ZXSpectrum #CommanderX16 #Atari8bit #RetroGaming

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X16 YModem Transfer - The Oasis BBS X16 YModem Transfer follows Xiphod’s Commander X16 project, from BASIC tracing to fast C batch file uploads.

X16 YModem Transfer on Commander X16 Moves from BASIC Testbed to Fast C Uploads
#CommanderX16 #YModem #Xiphod #RetroComputing #SerialTransfer #RS232 #8BitComputing #CommanderX16Community

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Back from my day job business trip with a few orders to fulfill! But as teased, here's a video showing off TurboWave and TurboTracker using several PCM samples (and a few wavetables)

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Chiptune #ChipSky #Wavetables

DIY reflow oven is up and running which finally allowed me to test a Pimoroni Pico 2. This has PSRAM which can be used for sample store for the TurboWave. And...it works!

#TurboWave #PCM #Chiptune #Wavetable #CommanderX16

X16 YModem Batch Speeds Up TexElec Serial Transfers - The Oasis BBS X16 YModem Batch lands in Xiphod’s demo, showing fast multi-file transfers over the TexElec 16550 serial link. Watch it work.

X16 YModem Batch Speeds Up TexElec Serial Transfers
#CommanderX16 #RetroComputing #YModem #BBS #Serial #HomebrewComputing #MOS6502 #8bit #TexElec

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Been a little distracted with this for a few days but I finally got wave drawing working in TurboTracker! It's really fun!

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Chiptune #Chipsky #Wavetables #Chiptables

Prog8 XVI Editor - The Oasis BBS Prog8 XVI editor returns in Part 2 as Brett Estrade demos new commands, safer file handling, and the push past 256 lines.

Prog8 XVI Editor: CommodoreSam Revisits Part 2 on Commander X16 and OtterX
#Prog8 #XVIEditor #CommanderX16 #OtterX #MOS6502 #RetroComputing #Vim #Vi #DevTools #HomebrewSoftware #8Bit

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Not a great song, but a short demo showing that the TurboWave and TurboTracker both now support samples in addition to wavetables and noise!

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Chiptune #Chipsky #8bit

Vintage Programming Language - The Oasis BBS Vintage programming language update: Modern Retro Dev shares a new retro-friendly compiler with RPN math, pointers, and platform targets.

Vintage Programming Language: Modern Retro Dev’s New Compiler Experiment
#RetroComputing #CommanderX16 #Foenix #F256K #MOS6502 #GameDev #CompilerDev #ProgrammingLanguages #HomebrewComputing

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Rolling Girl Chiptune Brings Wowaka to the Commander X16 - The Oasis BBS Rolling Girl chiptune hits the Commander X16 in Furnace, as VoxelTek tackles a first major cover with bold tracker effects.

Rolling Girl Chiptune Brings Wowaka to the Commander X16
#CommanderX16 #Chiptune #FurnaceTracker #VoxelTek #Wowaka #RollingGirl #RetroComputing #TrackerMusic #8bitMusic

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Turbowave X1688 demo - The Oasis BBS Turbowave X1688 demo from Victim Cache highlights Turbo Tracker glide, pitchslide, detune, and more on the Commander X16.

TurboWave X1688 Demo: Victim Cache Shows Off Turbo Tracker Effects
#VictimCache #CommanderX16 #TurboWave #X1688 #TurboTracker #Chiptune #TrackerMusic #8bit #RetroComputing

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Showing off some new features in TurboWave and TurboTracker!

#CommanderX16 #TurboWave #TurboTracker #Wavetables #Chipsky #Chiptunes

The #OtterX is quickly becoming my favorite retro PC! It has some amazing titles, most of which are free! #CommanderX16 #Commodore64 #retro

Checkout some of these great titles in my video here:

youtu.be/pQNeng-YuHE

It's not very pretty but the 2nd revision TurboWave X1688 card design seems to work! I don't yet have my reflow oven so used a hot air station and the SMD parts were quite sketch. But it works! And with a 24MHz crystal (so UART runs at 1.5mbit)

#TurboWave #CommanderX16 #Chiptune #Wavetable

VERA Addressing Trick - The Oasis BBS Learn the VERA addressing trick on Commander X16: dual pointers, stride auto step, and IRQ-safe register saves. Watch Lupe Darksnout.

VERA Addressing Trick: Lupe Darksnout Flips the Commander X16 Display
#CommanderX16 #VERA #RetroComputing #MOS6502 #65C02 #AssemblyLanguage #GameDev #Homebrew #RetroDev #VRAM

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X16 Homebrew Highlights from 2025 - The Oasis BBS X16 homebrew highlights from 2025: Solitaire, GalaX16, Deep Scavenger, Another World, and Hazard on cartridge. Watch the demo.

X16 Homebrew Highlights from 2025
#CommanderX16 #RetroComputing #HomebrewGames #8bit #MOS6502 #GameDev #IndieDev #Solitaire #AnotherWorld #YM2151

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So I was going to wait a few weeks..but I couldn't wait to do a video on this amazing product! #CommanderX16 #OtterX #commodore #C64

The OtterX is an amazing little platform that you just gotta check out:

Video: youtu.be/6zUnTO2tncE

Unpopulated PCB of the TW1688 v0.2TH

2nd revision of the TurboWave X1688 PCBs have arrived! Stencil and parts also arrived. Now I just need a toaster oven...

#TurboWave #CommanderX16 #8bit #Chiptune #Wavetable

I didn't make a video of it this time, but I fixed the infinite pattern scroll for TurboTracker (and some other bugs). Scroll was ported from DreamTracker but the pattern format is quite different so it took some fiddling around.

#TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Wavetable #8bit #Chiptune

Video and audio capture from my real #CommanderX16 with my #TurboWaveX1688 8-bit wavetable card using #TurboTracker. First almost respectable demosong using hard drawn waves, volume envelopes and noise.

Working on the Wave editor for TurboTracker. It's now MVP! Meaning there's more to do but it works enough to use. Instruments are next!

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Chiptune #Wavetable

Took a break from programming to make a 2nd PCB revision for TurboWave X1688. My ability to attach image is still busted :/ but big change is that it's mostly through hole. The few SMD-only components I'm looking at assembling myself.

#TurboWave #CommanderX16 #ChipSky #Chiptune #8bit #Wavetable

XVI: Building a vi-Style Editor for Commander X16 in Prog8 - The Oasis BBS XVI is a vi-style editor for Commander X16. Brett Estrade shows how Prog8 and structs power paging, modes, and file loading.

XVI: Building a vi-Style Editor for Commander X16 in Prog8
#CommanderX16 #Prog8 #XVIEditor #MOS6502 #RetroComputing #HomebrewDev #Commodore64 #Commodore128 #PET #OtterX
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I made some pretty great progress made today on #TurboWave and #TurboTracker! Added functions to transfer wave data back and forth (and mess with it in the UI). Still LOTS to do, but that was a big step!

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#CommanderX16 #Chiptune #Chipsky #8bit #Wavetables

Testing out a 4 effect per row/chan pattern format for TurboTracker and thought I'd share a quick short jingle as the last post of 2025. Here's hoping for better things in 2026!

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #Chiptune #CommanderX16 #WaveTable

Another quick update to TurboTracker/TurboWave and then it's back to working on WaveBoy for a bit.

Showing off being able to swap between wave frames including saw, sine, tri, and buzzy noise, PW (1/8,1/4,1/2).

#TurboWave #TurboTracker #CommanderX16 #Chiptunes

Here's the very start of the TurboTracker fork making noise on the real TurboWave card! This is minimum-viable. Many features still need to be implemented. So far so good though!

#CommanderX16 #TurboTracker #TurboWave #Chiptune #Wavetable

It's alive!!!!

#Turbowave #CommanderX16

Look what arrived! 1st prototype for the TurboWave X1688!

Being the first prototype I don't have high expectations. Even if it doesn't work, I still made great progress on WaveBoy today. Here's hoping at least parts of this card work though!

#TurboWave #Prototype #Chiptune #CommanderX16