Source: https://c256foenix.com/

There has been kind of a heated discussion in the community in the last week, whether or not the Commander X16 of the 8BitGuy et al. is …. let’s say going into the right direction, given it’s a commercial product. And this discussion had (at least) one good point: it pointed us towards a development, which went completely unnoticed, at least to us.

If you don’t know it already, take the lollipop out of your mouth, you could choke. Take a look at the C256 Foenix.

You are back? Great. Stefany Allaire is the mastermind behind that operation. And what a fest. The Foenix project is not only about one machine, it is a whole series of 16 and 32 bit computers, that could have played in the same stadium as the Amiga and Atari ST but in a different league. Not only are the machines beautifully designed from the inside and outside, there are a couple of different choices when it comes to additional CPUs, graphics and sound engines and additional peripherals.

The software side of things is at least as glossy. Three options for an operating system, C compilers, Forth, Basic, Pascal, Smalltalk, LISP/Scheme and of course Assembler make the heart of a retro fan beat faster.

There are games in the making and we seriously hope, Stefany’s platform takes off. These are no FPGA based computers, they are the real thing equipped with real CPUs like the 65816, 68000, 68030 or i486DX2.

Looking for a new challenge? Go, have a look.