DOOM (was: FS. Working PDP 11/83 deskside case (UK))

In article <31E0E6D2-C0C9-4A2E-8360-83BDF98363D6 at gmail.com>, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> writes: I have actually considered what it would take to get DOOM running in a retro environment. I haven't done the calculations, but I was thinking that if you did non-photorealistic rendering of the environment via hatch patterns that you *might* be able to accomplish something that had interactive rates using a display-list based graphics terminal. In my thought experiment, the only thing retro about this was the display; there would be a modern PC driving the data down the wire. I still doubt you could actually run the game engine on a PDP-11, however, due to the memory and performance constraints. The DOOM FAQ says that the minimum supported environment is a 386sx with 4MB of RAM and 4.8-12MB disk space. <http://www.gamers.org/docs/FAQ/doomfaq/sect1.html> -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>