2026-04-21T17:54:44Z https://yabu.me Tommy Þ https://yabu.me/npub1d2ls4xpt4w2nc72rftm6d8mrk3c0rup7ug5nn242kn0367lwqt6qhsykzg https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/108/208/592/085/234/687/original/2de2061756a284cb.jpeg https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/108/208/592/085/234/687/original/2de2061756a284cb.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhqlv6f0h5tfa82ml942aul5v8z495092mvesu5g9w5d908ne8wczyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0ga0xgsj #superbOwl<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/113/975/721/567/013/105/original/18e14be460f6ade8.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-09T20:05:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0h0z3pa3959ev3d07f97ckrhaws60flzra2l6kyaks6vlk8l923gzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gfyhx69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0520s6pghwqeg8syf7t57c6lxtzhn2ekn22l8m5fmmr6338kc4pgad7f7r'>nevent1q…7f7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m confused by this. How does this work?<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/113/832/369/693/570/327/original/eb76ae8c46c8be0f.png"> <br/> 2025-01-15T12:30:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3h7vc9csl8ms7l2p8d4tthcmpjk8d4es6q9m57p8pxx8666qn6gzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gr5h8rr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4ehht93tdx7874mkkkyz2t85hde8p2ehk89gqrcq9q4ke65rvkst9fvlu'>nevent1q…fvlu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s not even the biggest issue. But my point stand, the gigatron design would have been too impractical and too expensive in 1979. 2024-12-20T15:06:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cxx48mu0ggkj2q44k46serkrxemfv0t74cm8kepfzek9w69de5gzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gnkypet In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfytpjuntx5hngp5eeephz4t7egfq5symn2yja0y4cn3mrdvmyaspm98c3'>nevent1q…98c3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for supporting my point. It was DRAMA not SRAM and it was 8 chips not one. If you can build a Gigatron with DRAM then I will agree (but memory was still the main expense). 2024-12-20T15:03:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e6tfjtneqzcljl2eqtvhdxvppx3ctx498463nftuzdcakaauyaczyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0guf8ne4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfruplxnwju2qnfc9y0rsyxvz5344h3vs46r7ms4wepcejxx5k38spky6gu'>nevent1q…y6gu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That was quite late, way past the 8-bit golden years, and that took many chips. Memory was very expensive until the 80es. 2024-12-20T14:58:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8kefv3mlw5mjdl7u85zqg99vrhwwuv0e08xwpqjx9jlknuzuz9gzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gv3jpuf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhsdrt2lf9kn2geam6utgkm9ru0nhchw0yvyztfvlht2j0frcmlqhsqny8'>nevent1q…qny8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is gigatron the design that depend on a huge sram that wouldn’t have existed in the heyday of TTL logic? 2024-12-20T07:23:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvlpkvdlwek4mp4r6wnmjxv3nx444cgs40gd5hgrnpf7vdjt6sxeszyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gfpd8ey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw38g7maqqk6x5ujlwgdu207232945je9np80e983pp0e6jk2w6sqkkar7q'>nevent1q…ar7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m still reading the long blog, but many of the links have gone 404. If anyone have a pointer to the C implementation, kindly share. 2024-11-18T17:14:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw38g7maqqk6x5ujlwgdu207232945je9np80e983pp0e6jk2w6sqzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gf26ljz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswp93rqwu256plkfqm4u3y00fc7k5vz2nkwa6dmvvkp6v9eyql8zqs5wfke'>nevent1q…wfke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a comment by “tcdev” stating that “I&#39;m currently reverse-engineering Knight Lore”<br/><br/>I think it’s this one: <a href="http://retroports.blogspot.com/2016/01/c-implementation-of-knight-lore-complete.html">http://retroports.blogspot.com/2016/01/c-implementation-of-knight-lore-complete.html</a><br/><br/>EDIT: this has a bit of detail on the rendering algorithm: <a href="https://retroports.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-fat-lady-hasnt-started-singing-just.html">https://retroports.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-fat-lady-hasnt-started-singing-just.html</a> 2024-11-18T06:24:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspqx2qyv5037c9nd2czjcdlyqvy9lc38vukwhtme73e787zrkshhqzyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0g7wk6kt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8886jeyf0chdggecxahh57t05yusynw5trgh6n336tayv8n0luglxqxjy'>nevent1q…qxjy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh awesome. I always wanted to recreate graphics like this (Zaxxon and Alien8 were the first I saw). 2024-11-16T22:29:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2mu6cmavrzuwa2rtf6ne9lgnh5fjqtzqulhdcr5qavyumy6ymwczyp4t7z5c9w4e20regd900f5lvw68pu0s8m3zjwd2426d78tmacp0gmmmme9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgxezdvfcz4gszmh7xkxcf7kh0455yun8grh5fu8u8f3d5akvhyqzxg8rw'>nevent1q…g8rw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Serious question: how does the effort used to get to the current performance level for BF compare to what it would have taken for something less insane, say the LCC VM (which formed the bases for the Quake III VM). 2024-09-30T23:31:42Z