13 Jan
2013
13 Jan
'13
6:28 a.m.
On 12 January 2013 21:40, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Looks legit. I also notice that they reduced the
fidelity of the game
considerably in order to make it fit.
Indeed.
Compare the sound and graphics hardware present on the
spectrum to
that present on a PDP-11, i.e. none.
Well, fair point, but then again, I was addressing the angle of
whether a PDP could possibly have the CPU power & storage needed. I
think that vid suggests the answer could be "yes" /on that front./
The closest stock unit I can think of that has enough
hardware to be
comparable to an 80s home/gaming microcomputer is the Terak. (It has
the ability to produce limited audio.)
Interesting. Had to Google that. Sounds fun!
An alternative: what was the Russian home computer which was PDP-compatible?
However, I wouldn't want to be the guy that has to
take the DOOM
source and recode everything in assembly language in order to make it
fit in the machine.
:?)
I find myself quite intrigued by the possibility of a PDP/11 with
graphics. That would be something I would quite like to play with.
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