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8088 MPH by Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE

Jim Leonard

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A groundbreaking demoscene production for the original IBM PC that pushes CGA graphics and the 8088 CPU beyond their documented limits.

Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE are proud to present 8088 MPH, a demo for the 1981 IBM PC + CGA. This demo competed in the oldskool compo at Revision 2015. This is the real composite output of a true IBM CGA card and 4.77MHz 8088 PC. This demo breaks all emulators :-) Downloads and comments: pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371 Technical explanation: trixter.oldskool.org/2015/04/07/8088-mph-we-break-all-your-e…

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What people say. Engineers point to this demo as a legendary feat of cycle-accurate retrocomputing that achieved 1024 colors on original CGA hardware.

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8088 MPH, a demo for the 1981 IBM PC + CGA
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userbinatoron Hacker News • Recommends

On “PC Speaker To Eleven”

The most amazing thing I've heard done with a PC speaker is in the last part of this equally amazing demo (starts at 6:37 --- the parts before have more "normal" beeper music): link to this video Explanation here: link
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…raged. No stone is left unturned. 8088MPH (by the same makers as 8088 Domination) is a very good example. For decades, nobody knew it would be possible to display 1024 colors, at the same time, on the original PC (which most nominally supports only 4 colors at the same time, which could be stretched to 8 with a trick). You can watch the demo here: link to this video And read about the methods used and invented here: link Sometimes, there are also additional constraints like size limits, which is especially popular on more advanced hardware like modern PCs. For example, the objective could be to make the most impressive demo in 1024 bytes.…
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On “Video playback on low-end MS-DOS machines”

Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 link 8088 MPH link to this video
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awfgylbcxhreyon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Don't Mess with Texas – TI-99/4A Megademo [video]”

This would be appallingly bad for an Amiga demo. The demo scene is alive and well, teaching old hardware new tricks decades after it was released. 8088 MPH demoed 1,000 colors on CGA a couple of years ago: link to this video
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baneon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Secret colours of the Commodore 64”

These kinds of tricks remind me a bit of how the Apple II produced color using the timing of the NTSC signal, or how Thexder tried to produce more colors link , or how the demo 8088 MPH produces more colors than the CGA composite mode was intended link to this video
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cr0shon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Why All of Our Games Look Like Crap”

I think you had a maladjusted TV or something. On a good TV or composite monitor, pixel art should have fairly sharp edges. Most televisions had adjustment controls for various thing (sharpness, contrast, tint, color, etc); so many people didn't know how to properly adjust them, though. My first video game system was a cheapo b/w pong clone knockoff thing from radio shack. My second was an Atari 2600. Later my parents bought me a TRS-80 Color Computer 2 with 16K (which eventually got upgraded to 32, then 64K), and then still later a Color Computer 3. An NES was in there somewhere, and I played on friend's Sega Genesis systems and C=64 computers (plus Apple IIe, PCjr, and others). Pixel art (…
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nitrogenon Hacker News • Mentions

On “86Box: Why Not Pentium III?”

To add an example to your arguments, the C64 and PC/XT demo scenes show what can be done with cycle accurate retrocomputing. Especially 8088mph: link to this video
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bitwizeon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in The Netherlands”

…Sagrada Família of software", referring to the intricately beautiful basilica whose architect didn't live to see the completion of: link He meant that he wanted to build something that took time and care, but it would last and amaze all who saw it with its beauty and impressive construction. I showed him 8088MPH, which took seven years to write: link to this video He said "OK, that's the Sagrada Família of software." Thinking on the Matrix sequels which, I know, do not exist, I came to a stunning realization: The Machines have a demoscene. Neo encounters a pair of programs who are trying to smuggle their daughter, Sati, into the Matrix. The Oracle told Neo that every program in the Matrix has a purpo…
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pixelfarmeron Hacker News • Mentions

On “Furnace – the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made”

PC speaker: - 8088 mph demo: link to this video - Area 5150 demo: link - Stormlord (game, 1989): link (unfortunately doesn't keep intro screen around for long) - A nice video explaining PC speaker with examples (also features Chronos from ZX Spectrum): link
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