"Because there are so many technological world-firsts in the demo, and because we’re bending the hardware in ways that people have never thought to do so, it’s only fair that we try to explain exactly how this was achieved."
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Apr 10, 2015
Amazing demo gets 1000 colors out of 4-color CGA PC card from 1981
Fantastic Commodore 64 glitch-music-art demo in just 256 bytes
Lunus Sakesson’s 256 byte Commodore 64 demo “A Mind Is Born” took first place at the Oldskool 4K Intro compo at the Revision 2017 digital art festival. From his program notes: The demo is driven by its soundtrack, so in order to understand what the program needs to do, it helps to have a schematic […]
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Final Stage: incredible graphical demo shows what you can do with 4 kilobytes of source code
Graphical demos created with severe code-length limitations sometimes betray the techniques used to fit a world into a few kilobytes: tessellating textures, featureless fractals, repetitive sequences, and so on. Final Stage, by 0x4015, is not one of those demos. [via] Here it is rendered on a XEON x560 with a GTX 1070 video card and […]
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Watch random computer demos
tv.pouet.net plays a random computer demo. Then it plays another, and another, and on until you are bored of demos. [via HN] remember ! you’re watching a cheap copy ! always watch on real hardware if possible ! The picks aren’t limited to the usual Commodore highlights, either. I landed on some wild ZX Spectrum […]
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Redact, rework or sign PDFs effortlessly with this Mac app
Believe it or not, PDF files have been the go-to format for contracts and forms of any type since 1993. And sure, they’re easily shareable – but that’s about it. When you need to edit or sign a document – and you will – that’s when frustration can set in. Luckily, there are workarounds, and […]
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Celebrate 4/20 in style with deals on these smoking accessories
It’s 4/20! Smoke ’em if you got ’em – and if you haven’t got ’em, check out this roundup of deep discounts on pipes and other accessories. They’re all on sale, but you can take an extra discount off the final price courtesy of the Boing Boing store by using the online code 420SAVE. Freeze […]
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This smart sonic toothbrush packs 40,000 strokes per minute
Ever wonder if you’re cleaning your teeth well enough? If your last dentist visit has you getting a little more thorough about oral care, it might be time to save yourself some guesswork. A lot of electric toothbrushes promise deep cleaning, but there’s a Platinum Sonic Toothbrush that has power plus the simple but effective […]
