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Re: What will we look like in 30 years?

Posted on 2016-08-22, 07:48

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Sammy wrote: But a Laptop has allready a Display, for a C64 you need a Monitor or a TV. Thats around 7 Watts + 30 till 50 Watts. You can also use a small, power-efficient LCD screen for a C64. Would still be less power than a modern laptop.

Re: What will we look like in 30 years?

Posted on 2016-08-22, 07:11

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I think energy convervation and resources will be an even bigger concern so old hardware may be an issue but no reason this old hardware shouldn't be emulated fully by then even if it isn't legal. This is an interesting one... If we look at today... a C64 or an Amiga only needs a handful of watts. …

Re: What will we look like in 30 years?

Posted on 2016-08-21, 20:30

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I wonder about that as well. For me, when I grew up, there wasn't that much nostalgia really. I mean, once you upgraded to a new computer, the old stuff wasn't that interesting anymore. Although... some games on the C64 were quite unique, and we kept playing them from time to time (eg games like …

Re: matrox to use amd gpu's

Posted on 2016-08-21, 17:38

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Obviously, because 0s sent via DVI are more 0 than HDMI, and 1s sent via DVI are more 1 than HDMI. (Seriously though, even with digital interfaces, you can obviously still have differences in image quality. But then it's about whether a certain mode is supported or not. Eg, there are bandwidth …

Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?

Posted on 2016-08-21, 11:19

Please educate yourself about sample-and-hold and motion blur. Why? Because I don't share your opinion? Your links support my point: LCD screens can use various techniques to reduce motion blur and improve response time, including pulsing strategies, ramping and dark frame insertion. End of …

Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?

Posted on 2016-08-21, 10:34

The phosphor persistence with "modern" (early 2000s) PC CRT monitors to motion blur is nothing compared to LCDs sample-and-hold nature. I would argue that "modern" LCD screens have very little motion blur as well. I don't know what kind of crappy LCDs you've used, but in recent years, motion blur …

Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?

Posted on 2016-08-20, 18:23

I suppose there is no demo out there that has ever intentionally really tried to make use of the slow phosphor decay of the IBM 5151 monitor and its compatibles using a Hercules card. Something you couldn't capture through a capture card. Well, when making a demo, you have to deal with it. Either …

Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?

Posted on 2016-08-20, 13:00

CRTs don't have motion blur Phosphor persistence is a thing. Indeed... I tried to do a smooth scroller on Hercules... This is what my 5151 made of it: https://youtu.be/YphXvVRoifw Granted, colour CRTs tend to have phosphor with much lower persistence than mono screens, but the effect is still there …

Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2016-08-19, 15:31

hey, does anyone know how much did a PCX2 cost when released? internet says "cheap", "aggressively priced", and "prices lowered soon after release", but no actual price tags attached anywhere, or so it would seem. thanks. Here's an ad in PC Magazine from November 1997: https://books.google.nl/books …

Re: Sound Blaster 1.X/2.0 on-board speaker?

Posted on 2016-08-17, 14:14

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What was the on-board speaker on the Sound Blaster 1.X/2.0 used for? You mean there's a speaker on these cards? I don't know of any. The only thing I know is that you can connect your PC speaker to the Sound Blaster headers, which allows you to hear the SB through it. Afaik the line-out is still …

Re: DOSBOX fork with better FM synthesis?

Posted on 2016-08-15, 14:48

James-F wrote: A horrible recording Using mp3 is not a good idea for this. Regular WAV or FLAC would be better for comparison. Now you can't tell whether the distortion is caused by inaccurate emulation, or if it is aliasing from the mp3 codec used.

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