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The Atari 2600 says, "Hold my beer." https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318978-movie-cart/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318978-movie-cart/
by reaperducer 3y ago
The Atari 2600 says, "Hold my beer."
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318978-movie-cart/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318978-movie-cart/
- mrguyorama 3y ago>It uses a 16mips pic (64hz 4-cycle) driving 1K of an 8k dual port ram. This is much closer to the "Reverse Emulation" of the NES that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9WRwCiSr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9WRwCiSr0 did than playing a movie on the actual device. Using the original hardware as nothing more than an RF output interface is clearly not the same work, though just like in the reverse emulation of the NES, it is still a neat thing. The reason video on original IBM 5150s is so neat to most people is that it could have reasonably been done in it's heyday if we could take knowledge and algorithms back in time, which the reverse emulation versions could not.
- reaperducer 3y agoIt was common, especially in the later days of the 2600, for cartridges to include helper circuitry including RAM and even sound chips.