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my comment over there just made me recall this

this demo is the next one in a long arc of people doing absolutely remarkable things to the original PC. that series went 8088 corruption (pouet) -> 8088 domination -> 8088 mph and if you've never seen them before, you absolutely should

area 5150 has a recording of the production as well as an audience reaction recording from share day

it's astoundingly awesome

something I really enjoy about the scene is that the more you learn (about the technology, the math, the methodology), the deeper the appreciation of it gets

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[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

holy fuck

this is all of course impossible on the original IBM PC, which is why one of the YouTube videos on pouet is someone running it on their unmodified hardware to show it works perfectly

I’m about to see if I can find anything myself, but do you happen to know if they described their techniques anywhere? cause I can’t even begin to imagine how you’d make a CGA graphics adapter of all things do any of this

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

for mph they did, I haven't seen anything to the same level for 5150 as yet but also I haven't really gone digging

also

holy fuck

yeah that was about my reaction too

edit: the 8088 mph post. I think 5150 was a refinement of the mph techniques? e.g. that post has references to how they achieve wider colour. worth asking them, I guess