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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'

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Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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The 1980s computer produces surprisingly gorgeous ray-traced results, but be prepared to measure performance by hour rather than second.

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Still remember loading games from cassette tapes on this thing and the Z80.
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  “is it still loading or did it fail?”
  
  ah, plus ça change…

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