“These are also two excellent demo's on the XT”
Excellent demo pushing the XT hardware.
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Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 this video 8088 MPH link
Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture
69K views · Aug 14, 2022 · 10:12 · 2 HN recommenders · 5 mentions · discussed 2022–2024
Area 5150 is a demoscene production for the original 4.77MHz IBM PC with CGA graphics and PC speaker. This is the Evoke 2022 party version, captured from real hardware, and it won the Alternative Demo compo.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN treats it as a showcase of what clever tricks can squeeze out of 1981 hardware, and the sequel to 8088 MPH.
“This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is”HN comment, 2024
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“This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is”
Impressive demo using clever tricks on old hardware.
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Makes me think about the area 5150 demo this video edit: This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is link
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A few more related links: [0]: "Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture" this video [1]: "Area 5150 demo on IBM 5153 CGA Monitor: 60fps CRT video" link
“the sequel is Area 5150”
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It's about an emulator being able to run the very impressive 8088MPH "demo", which uses a bunch of hardware tricks to pull off stuff you wouldn't expect a 4.77mhz/640kb RAM/4 colour/PC speaker could do. link the sequel is Area 5150 this video
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PC speaker: - 8088 mph demo: link - Area 5150 demo: this video - Stormlord (game, 1989): link (unfortunately doesn't keep intro screen around for long) - A nice video explaining PC speaker with examples (also features Chronos from ZX Spectrum): link