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Come by and see us! We’ll have items for sale and will be showing off the NEW PicoMEM 2 by FreddyV… COMING SOON!

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Commander X16 ROM Cartridge

This cartridge allows access to the 3.5MB of additional ROM space of the Commander X16 offers via banking. It also allows up to 512KB of EEPROM storage using four Onsemi CAT24M01 I²C EEPROMs, each supporting over a million writes and rated for 100 years of data retention—ideal for save-state data and other persistent storage. The cartridge ships completely assembled with one blank 512KB…

Commander X16 ROM Card

This expansion board enables prototyping, cartridge development, or ROM extensions for the Commander X16 by utilizing its available 3.5MB of additional ROM space via banking. It also includes 512KB of EEPROM storage using four Onsemi CAT24M01 I²C EEPROMs, each supporting over a million writes and rated for 100 years of data retention—ideal for save-state data and other persistent storage. By…

Commander X16 Card Bracket ONLY

Additional bracket for your Commander X16 card.

8" Floppy Power Adapter

This custom-built power adapter is designed to provide power to most 8-inch floppy drives, which use a 6-pin AMP Mate-N-Lok connector. The adapter ensures compatibility with a wide range of vintage floppy drives by offering multiple voltage outputs. Connector Details Drive Side: Standard 6-pin AMP Mate-N-Lok connector, used by most 8-inch floppy drives. Power Input Side: A small PCB featuring…

Replacement ROM Chip for Lo-tech CF Adapter

Pre-programmed Replacement ROM Chip for the Lo-tech CF Adapter.

New items in stock and product updates

Hello everyone! TLDR alert! But… we have three new boards to announce! We also have an update on a few older products but first, we are officially announcing the release of the X16 Dual MIDI / Wavetable Card. This card will allow you to drive your external MIDI equipment, as well as a standard 26-pin wavetable module from your Commander X16! Melodious now supports MIDI playback and you can…

Commander X16 Dual MIDI / Wavetable Card

The X16 Dual Midi / Wavetable card uses a high-speed dual UART IC which operates up to 1Mbps. It comes with the cables needed for one standard MIDI input and one MIDI output. The second MIDI output is connected to a standard wavetable header on the card itself. An optional breakout board will allow the use of both interfaces with standard 5 pin DIN connectors. Dual High-Speed UART – Dual MIDI…

Commander X16 MIDI Breakout Board

This card is only meant to be used with the Commander X16 Dual MIDI / Wavetable card. The MIDI card has a female DB9 port on the rear of the card which this module is designed to be used with. This breakout board was designed to be a bit more flexible and reliable than the dongles for serious MIDI use. It has 2 MIDI Inputs and MIDI Outputs to allow 32 channels of MIDI control to multiple…

Little Dreamer Wavetable Module

The Little Dreamer is a wavetable module which was designed for use on the Commander X16 Midi card or any PC sound card or computer which uses a standard 26-Pin wavetable header, such as the one present on many Sound Blaster cards. The Heart of the Module – Dream SAM2695 General MIDI single IC Synthesizer Max 64 Voice Polyphony (38 voices with Reverb, Chorus & Spatial Effects) Standard 26-Pin…

USB MIDI Wavetable Header

The USB MIDI Wavetable Header allows you to easily connect a Wavetable module to a modern PC. The card uses a WCH CH345 USB to MIDI IC and a small +/-12V module along with a standard 26 pin wavetable header, like the one used on the Sound Blaster. UART based MIDI via the WCH CH345 USB to MIDI IC Plug and Play Support for most Modern OSs Standard 26-Pin Wavetable Header Pinout for Maximum…

I2S / AdLib Module for the PicoMEM

The I2S / Adlib module was constructed to plug directly into the PicoMEM we sell and requires no soldering. There may be future sound chips supported in later updates and this will work for those as well. We include a right-angle audio extension cable to allow easily roting the cable through the back of the system. The cable is approximately 1 ft / 25cm long to allow for a little…

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MicroUSB OTG 4 Port USB Hub for the PicoMEM

This hub is designed to plug directly into the microUSB port on the Raspberry Pi Pico module on the PicoMEM. With support enabled, modern USB mice, keyboards, and joysticks may be used. Including Xbox and PS4 controllers! This is a non-powered hub, so it will have limited output current. We tested with two Xbox controllers and two mice with no problem, but not all situations have been tested. …

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Commander X16 921.6Kbps Serial & ESP32 Network Card

The X16 Serial Card is based on a dual high-speed UART capable of running up to 921.6Kbps. Relive your glory days or experience BBS connectivity for the first time with the integrated ESP32 microcontroller which acts as your connection to the Internet! Physical Serial Port with 9-Pin Male Connector (DE9 / DB9) High-speed RS-232 Transceiver IC Full RS-232 Hand-Shaking support RX/TX, RTS/CTS,…

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Commander X16 Riser Board for the Lazer3D Pizza Box Case

This riser board will allow you to add one card to the Lazer3D low-profile “Pizza Box” case. It may be useful in other low-profile cases with horizontal slots but it may not line up properly. When installing first power off the machine. Orient the riser so that the slot faces left away from the VERA in the right-most slot (EXP4). Install your expansion card and power back on and enjoy!

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PicoMEM by FreddyV - All in One 8-Bit ISA Expansion Card

The PicoMEM is an 8-bit ISA expansion card based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller. It offers a ton of features and aims to be an all-in-one solution for ISA-based vintage PCs. Features: An integrated bootable ROM allows in-system configuration and booting from any vintage system with Option ROM support. Press S at boot to configure and select disk images, memory settings and…

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The Lo-tech Yamaha C1 IDE Adapter is available for sale!

I know it’s hard to believe but we finally have the long awaited Yamaha C1 IDE Adapter ready for sale!

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