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   Javascript TRS-80 Performance: Firefox, IE9 still slow(people.cs.ubc.ca)

   37 points by pnp 16y ago|20 comments
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   by pnp 16y ago

   Agree on the bug tracker fail. The classification of bugs is way too primitive for a such a large project. For example, when I reported a bug, I was surprised there seemed to be no (obvious) way to search/mark bugs by release. I had no way
3. 33.▲
   by pnp 16y ago

   It would depend on the console. I worked on "Midway Arcade Treasures" (PS2, XBOX and GameCube) and none of the emulators in that package was based on MAME, including Spy Hunter.
4. 34.▲
   by pnp 16y ago

   You have asked an important question: how do you detect the keyboard layout (in Javascript) when using KeyUp/KeyDown events? A regular press event will provide the charCode but the press/release versions do not.
5. 35.▲
   by pnp 16y ago

   I immediately went for the personal computer articles. October 1977 "New home computers can change you lifestyle." May 1977 has an article on assembling you own computer (IMSAI)
6. 36.▲
   by pnp 16y ago

   I recall a related fact from simple statistical mechanics: the volume of high-dimensional sphere is concentrated almost exclusively near its surface. This fact allowed some nasty calculation of volume in state space to be approximated by th
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   6502 simulated at transistor level in Javascript(visual6502.org)

   123 points by pnp 16y ago|28 comments