Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRay tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1495
arrow-up1495external-linkRay tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'www.pcgamer.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 months agoNow write it in Z80 assembly instead of basic and see how much faster you can get it to run.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoSo true. When I switched from basic to assembler on a Trash 80 Model 1, it was truly night and day
Now write it in Z80 assembly instead of basic and see how much faster you can get it to run.
So true.
When I switched from basic to assembler on a Trash 80 Model 1, it was truly night and day