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“8088 Corruption”

12:06:42 :: [technology &c., cognition] :: 123 words

From the old-dog-new-tricks dept.

Color video running at 30 frames per second, with audio, on an original 4.77MHz 8088 IBM PC Model 5150 with 640K RAM, CGA video, 10MB drive, and Sound Blaster Pro.
No tricks, this is for real! This kind of speed is only achievable using text mode (!) and 8088 assembler.
Programmer: Jim Leonard

That’s right, that’s six hundred forty kilobytes of RAM. Right. The video is great.

Can humans likewise expand our mental capacities or acquire new habits in this kind of dynamic way? I’m becoming less cynical on the topic. Gradually.

“8088 Corruption”

12:06:42 :: [technology &c., cognition] :: 123 words

From the old-dog-new-tricks dept.

Color video running at 30 frames per second, with audio, on an original 4.77MHz 8088 IBM PC Model 5150 with 640K RAM, CGA video, 10MB drive, and Sound Blaster Pro.
No tricks, this is for real! This kind of speed is only achievable using text mode (!) and 8088 assembler.
Programmer: Jim Leonard

That’s right, that’s six hundred forty kilobytes of RAM. Right. The video is great.

Can humans likewise expand our mental capacities or acquire new habits in this kind of dynamic way? I’m becoming less cynical on the topic. Gradually.