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Welcome to the Foenix Project! Here you will find a series of brand new computers lovingly made by Stefany Allaire in the style of the early 16 and 32 bit machines of lore!  This is your chance to be a participant in the development of a new platform -- to start with a brand new machine akin to a high-end Atari or Amiga, write its very first programs, see what it can do, push its limits, and experience something new!  Models are available with a 65C02 CPU, 65816 CPU, a 680x0 series CPU, or both, with more CPU options planned for the future.
 
Welcome to the Foenix Project! Here you will find a series of brand new computers lovingly made by Stefany Allaire in the style of the early 16 and 32 bit machines of lore!  This is your chance to be a participant in the development of a new platform -- to start with a brand new machine akin to a high-end Atari or Amiga, write its very first programs, see what it can do, push its limits, and experience something new!  Models are available with a 65C02 CPU, 65816 CPU, a 680x0 series CPU, or both, with more CPU options planned for the future.
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Order your computer at https://c256foenix.com
  
 
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Revision as of 16:08, 18 October 2022

THE FOENIX WIKI

Welcome to the Foenix Project! Here you will find a series of brand new computers lovingly made by Stefany Allaire in the style of the early 16 and 32 bit machines of lore! This is your chance to be a participant in the development of a new platform -- to start with a brand new machine akin to a high-end Atari or Amiga, write its very first programs, see what it can do, push its limits, and experience something new! Models are available with a 65C02 CPU, 65816 CPU, a 680x0 series CPU, or both, with more CPU options planned for the future. Order your computer at https://c256foenix.com

F256 Jr C256 Foenix FMX C256 Foenix U A2560U A2560K Gen X
Final F256Jr.jpg C256FoenixFMX RevC4B.2.25.jpg C256FoenixUBare.jpg A2560U Board.jpg A2560K.png Gen X Cube - 50%.png
Released Year: 2022/2023 2019 2021 2021/2022 2021 2022
Active: Yes Discontinued Hold* Hold* Yes Yes
CPU: W65C02 @ 6Mhz W65C816 @ 14Mhz W65C816 @ 14Mhz MC68SEC000 @ 20Mhz MC68040V @ 25Mhz W65C816 @ 14Mhz + 32bits CPU**
System Memory: 256K SRAM 4M SRAM 2/4M SRAM 4M SRAM 4M SRAM/64M SDRAM 4M SRAM/64M SDRAM
Video Memory: Shared 4M SRAM 2M SRAM 2M SRAM 8M SRAM 8M SRAM
Graphic Chipset: TinyVICKY - CFP9599 VICKY II + GABE FATVICKY - CFP95168B FATVICKY - CFP9171-68k VICKY III - CFP95179K VICKY III - CFP95179X
Internal Audio: 2x PSG (Sn76489) TBD 1x Gideon SID 1x Gideon SID 2x GideonSID / 1x OPM / 1x OPN2 / 2x PSG 1x OPM / 1x OPN2 / 2x PSG
External Audio: 2x SID^^ 1x OPL3/1x OPM /1x OPN2/ 1x OPL3 1x OPL3 1x OPL3 2x SID^^/1x OPM /1x OPN2/1x PSG/1x OPL3 2x SID^^/1x OPM/1x OPN2/1x PSG/1x OPL3
CODEC : TBD 1x 48KHz 1x 48KHz 1x 48KHz 1x 48KHz/1x 44.1KHz 1x 48KHz/1x 44.1KHz
Audio I/O: HP Jack/Line-Out HP Jack/Line-In/Out HP Jack/Line-Out HP Jack/Line-Out HP Jack/Line-In/Out HP Jack/Line-In/Out
Media IO: IEC/SDCARD SDCARD/IDE/FLOPPY SDCARD/IDE SDCARD/IDE SDCARD/IDE/FLOPPY SDCARD/IDE/FLOPPY
COM IO: Simple Serial/WIFI*** 2x Serial/ 1x Parallel 1x Simple Serial 1x Simple Serial 2x Serial/1x Parallel/Eth 2x Serial/1x Parallel/Eth
Joystick Posts: 2x ATARI + NES/SNES Port****^ 4x ATARI / 2x NES/SNES^ 2x ATARI And/Or NES/SNES^ 2x ATARI And/Or NES/SNES^ 2x ATARI And/Or NES/SNES^ 4x ATARI & 4x NES & 4x SNES
PCB Form Factor: STD Mini-ITX 10" x 6.2" 7.13" x 4.4" 7.13" x 4.4" 12" x 5.5" 9" x 9"
Power Supply: ATX PS Plug +12V 2.5mm Barrel +12V 2.5mm Barrel +12V 2.5mm Barrel 4pins +5V/+12V ATX PS Plug
Tech Manual: JR TM NONE TBP Later A2560K UM A2560K UM Coming Soon
Usder Manual: F256 JR UM In Progress NONE TBD TBD TBD TBD

(*): Due to FPGA's availability and abusive cost, those models are presently on hold.

(**): The concept behind the GenX is its ability to support different processors through a modular system.

(***): The WIFI communication is achieved through a ESP32/WIFI (Feather) Type board and it is optional.

(****): The RevA of the board doesn't have an extra 9Pins connector to interface with NES/SNES Adapter.

(^): An external NES/SNES interface box is needed, so this is extra.

(^^): The External SIDs are Sockets only, they must be populated by the owner.

OPM = YM2151, OPN2 = YM2612

All Foenix systems include the following base features:

Graphics Layers Sound Ports
320x240x60fps 16x16 mouse pointer 2x Gideon FPGASID SD Card slot
400x300x60fps 8x8 character plane 16-bit stereo CODEC 2x PS/2 (kbd/mouse)
640x480x60fps 64 16x16x256 sprites TI SN76489 (Sega, Cabinets) Stereo 1/8" headphone
800x600x60fps 4x 16x16x256 tile planes Yamaha OPL3 (Sound Blaster) Stereo RCA Line In/Out
24-bit RGB color space 2x 256-color bitmap planes 3KHz piezo beeper 2.5" internal IDE HDD

Additional features vary by class of unit:

65816 680x0
Basic C256U A2560U Basic units with 3-wire serial and an expansion port.
Luxury C256FMX A2560K Expanded units with MIDI, floppy, 9-wire serial, 25-pin parallel, and more!
Explorer Gen-X All of the above plus support for two CPUs!

Get Started

Compare the different models: F256JR, C256-FMX, C256U, A2560U, A2560K, Gen-X

Explore the documentation: C256, A2560, ICs

Join the Discord,

Order your computer at https://c256foenix.com, and

Join in the fun!

FAQ

Is this another FPGA Retro like the MiSTer?

  • No! These machines are the real thing. You'll be running on a real 65816, 68000, 68040, i486dx2, etc. :).

Are these machines compatible with the C64? C128? Amiga? Atari-ST? IBM-PC?

  • No! This is not a MEGA65, a Vampire, or an Ultimate64. We already have those platforms. This is something new and different!

Is there an emulator?

Is the hardware "Open Source"?

  • The schematics are available for download from the Discord. The FPGA code is presently closed-source to keep the platform from becoming fragmented.

Are there any programming tutorials for the Foenix?

Happy hacking!