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Clip of Deater's new work, an Apple II rendition of the 2024 ZX Spectrum demo Scroll Block by Otomata Labs.

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Deater's take on the first parts of the Atari XL/XE "Rewind 2" demo on the enhanced 128K Apple IIe with Mockingboard.

http://deater.net/weave/vmwprod/rewind2/

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Watching some demos on the 800XL

#Atari800XL #Atari #A8 #demoscene #scenedemo #demo #video #PVM #CRT #SIO2SD #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #svideo #chromaluma

Motus by SMFX (2019) on my Atari 520ST

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I am considering the configuration of my Amiga 2000 w/ 68020 accelerator... I would appreciate opinions from drivers of slotted Amigas, here.

I have an Amiga 2000 with SCSI + SCSI2SD, 4MB 16-bit FAST RAM, 1MB CHIP RAM, etc. It also has an A2620 68020 accelerator (14MHz) with 2MB 32-bit FAST RAM which is meager, but makes things noticeably faster on the Workbench. Most of what I do on this is watch demos and play games, though. All I do on desktop, really, is use AmiTCP and ncftp to bring files over and run IMP sometimes.

I recently downloaded the Amiga demo 'Downslope' and noticed it's less fluid / smooth with the accelerator enabled. I've seen this before here and there, but assumed that the accelerator was doing my a solid in demos - giving a bit of a boost.

I commented about this in the Pouet 'Downslope' thread and the developer came in and commented,

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"Accelerators often introduce an asynchronicity between CPU and chip memory, which adds to chip access latency.
This can be worsened by the occurrance of many interrupts, which can cause additional strain on memory on a higher CPU.
If we are unlucky, not even the much faster execution time of the higher CPU can make up for the additional latencies and strain on chip memory.
It's a matter of focus on the target. There are side effects on higher CPUs which are difficult to anticipate, and usually you have only a limited number of machines for testing."
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This makes sense, I suppose. Is this common? Are people with '030, '040, '060 accelerators having a lesser experience with demos due to CHIP RAM latency than with base '000? Certainly in some scenarios the more powerful CPU helps hugely for demos and games alike - I've seen this on my '020. But, yes -- demos are the most tightly coded of all Amiga apps, certainly. To the metal, etc.

So I am wondering now, should I remove the accelerator to get the most out of OCS/ECS demos on the system? Yes, I can disable the accelerator with a right mouse click at reboot, but that gets in the way of keeping Degrader's PAL state in effect, causing a hassle. (it's an NTSC A2000, unfortunately).

Anyone been down this road? Thoughts?

#Amiga #Commodore #CommodoreAmiga #A2000 #A2500 #MC68000 #MC68020 #MC68030 #demo #demos #demoscene #scenedemo #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintagecomputers #retrocomputers #retrogaming #hardware #vintaghardware #A2620 #A2630 #DaveHaynie #ZorroII #terriblefire #oldcomputers

Antics in the ByteCellar on a Sunday afternoon

#NoMansSky #AppleII #SciFi #vintagecomputing #HelloGames #retrocomputing #gaming #games #gameplay #video #PCgaming #apple2forever #NMS #mac #Apple #scenedemo #setups #ByteCellar

Nice nod to demos of olde in this Damage release called '1976,' running here on the Mac Studio.

Very nice vibe and the full-screen render on my "square" display is an unexpected treat!

#demo #demoscene #scenedemo #Mac #macOS #Apple #MacStudio #video #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #nostalgia #LG #LGDualUp #DualUp #ByteCellar

'Arrested Development' scenedemo (Apple Silicon-native) running on the Mac Studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejCxoFx_NQo

#demo #demoscene #scenedemo #Apple #Mac #macOS #AppleSilicon #chiptune #setup #desk #system #LGDualUp #LCD #desktoys #video #YouTube

Spaceballs - Korreks (2015) demo tonight on the Amiga 2000

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65967

#demo #Spaceballs #Amiga #scenedemo #demoscene #Commodore #CommodoreAmiga #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #chiptune #trackertunes #CRT #retrocomputers #MODs #video #retrowave #ByteCellar

Enjoying some DOS demos on the 486 last night,

#demo #demos #demoscene #scenedemo #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #msdos #PC #retro #retrogaming #CRT #GUS #chiptune

‘Tis the season ... for the thirteenth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup, so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which I think we could all especially use this year). With scanlines. Enjoy!

https://bytecellar.com/2024/12/22/have-a-helping-of-8-bit-holiday-cheer-2023-edition/

#Christmas #Holiday #demo #demos #demoscene #scenedemo #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrogaming #Amiga #C64 #Amstrad #AppleII #Commodore #ZXSpectrum #SegaGenesis #blog #video #ByteCellar

That rainbow Apple logo LED kit (WIP) might just be _too_ bright...

#tracker #trackermusic #VUmeter #soundtracker #CubicPlayer #DOS #MSDOS #chiptune #chiptunes #retrowave #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #demo #demoscene #scenedemo #music #mancave #video #blog #ByteCellar #LED #CRT #DasBlinkenlights

CRTwave ViBeS

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Photo of my Amiga 2000 (taken in 1989) running the scenedemo Raster Magic by Megaforce.

The Amiga is equipped with a BridgeBoard, hence the internal and external 5.25" floppy drives, with a SupraModem 2400 atop the latter. The CRT is a Commodore 1084S. Pack-in poster from the game Starglider on the wall to the left.

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=13481

#Amiga #demoscene #scenedemo #megaforce #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #A2000 #Amiga2000 #Commodore #CRT #nostalgia #photo