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Here are the two last demos for OricExos:

Mining Bitcoin on an OricExos


Thanks to OPTION8 for the original source code: https://github.com/option8/8BITCOIN
More explanation and good info MINING BITCOIN ON AN APPLE II, A HIGHLY IMPRACTICAL GUIDE.
One interesting quote from it:

TL;DR: Mining Bitcoin on a 1MHz 8-bit processor will cost you more than the world’s combined economies, and take roughly 256 trillion years.

Obviously with OricExos you will need ONLY 64 trillion years !

OricExos as 9-Channel Sound Player


This tune runs on 3x AY-3-8912 using all 9 channels. For OricExos I used to split it in 3 YM files - one per each slave.

I'll update the OricExos emulator next days so you can run the demos yourselves.
In above videos don't pay attention to the strange colors for now - Oricutron AVI capture is only 4-bit - I'll fix this with the update.

BTW, about the Reddit Christmas Music contest:
If someone provide sample (AY,YM,PT3) of holiday music with (best) 12-channels we have time to enter the contest with the real OricExos!

Cool

For the music, maybe waskol could help?
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2036#p20718

I don't think there are multi-ym versions of christmas musics available, but possibly in midi format, now, not sure how to convert that.

About the multi-channel audio: I used ArkosTracker 2.
I found in its samples this 9-channels tune (i.e. in sub directory: songs/ArkosTracker2/9Channels/The Last V8.aks).
The export is easy: from File menu Export as YM, and you can save every 3-ch. PSG as standalone file.
I think this will work for midis too!

2020-01-02:

Last 2 demos are re-captured and updated:

OricExos Bitcoin Miner (new)

OricExos as 9-Channel Sound Player (new)

OricExos emulator updated:
* new AVI-file creator and codec which allow full-color video recording;
* all demos can be loaded from disks/ sub-directory;
* improved multi-channel sound mixer.

Try this update and enjoy multi-colors and multi-sound!

BTW, If I recall correctly there was report about sound quality corruption in Oricutron?
Please, use OricExos emulator to load some audio demos and compare the playback vs. Oricutron - if it sounds better I can update Oricutron too - your opinions are important!

Wow, the only thing that could possibly be cooler than this is a real OricExos sitting on my table in front of me ..

NICE work!

At first glance the sound sounds good, but I'm in the process of upgrading my main computer before the Windows 7 end of line deadline, so proper examination will comes next

I want this, but .. non-destructible.. I guess the video mixing is the missing component to make that happen..