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Yes. It was 16bit code. I ran it on my 8mhz 286, it ran smoothly. On a 386 like my AMD 386/DX-40mhz it ran smoother than butter, with a 486/66 is was essential

Yes. It was 16bit code. I ran it on my 8mhz 286, it ran smoothly. On a 386 like my AMD 386/DX-40mhz it ran smoother than butter, with a 486/66 is was essentially too fast.

kragen 2y ago
Wow! I appreciate the report. I never saw anything like this on my 286, but I didn't have a VGA on it either.
- Grosvenor 2y ago
  It was amazing to see back in the day. Unfortunately it kind of ruins you for the rest of time knowing what can be.
  - kragen 2y ago
    Interesting, I wonder how.
    - Grosvenor 2y ago
      https://pastebin.com/RuVsnCyq https://pastebin.com/RuVsnCyq Here's the author describing how it was done. Note the 64K data sizes. So they fit into one 16bit segment.
      - kragen 2y ago
        If I'm understanding this correctly, in 01993, Tim Clarke independently reinvented the painter's-algorithm variant of the VoxelSpace algorithm used in Comanche the year before.
      - kragen 2y ago
        This is fantastic, thanks!