It’s well-known that you should measure the performance of your code, and not rely only on the opcode’s “cycle counts”. But how fast is an IBM PC 5150 compared to a PCjr ? or to a Tandy 1000? or how fast is the Tandy 1000 HX in fast mode (7.16Mhz) compared to the slow modeContinue reading “Performance of the 8088 on PC, PCjr and Tandy 1000”
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Tandy 64, and intro for the Tandy 1000 and more
With PVM with released an intro for the Tandy 1000 HX. The Tandy 1000 HX uses the Intel 8088-2 CPU. Which is a suuuuper slow CPU (slower than the 8086). With all its wait states and its limitations on the video card (no hardware sprites, no charset redefinition) it makes it comparable with a CommodoreContinue reading “Tandy 64, and intro for the Tandy 1000 and more”
Long time no see: UniJoystiCle for all platforms
I’ve been busy. I still have no spare time to work on my retro projects, but I have a plan. And it can’t fail. I plan to port the UniJoystiCle + The Uni Games to the following platforms: Commodore VIC 20: UniJoystiCle (single joystick) + The Uni Games Commodore PET: UniJoystiCle in expansion port (singleContinue reading “Long time no see: UniJoystiCle for all platforms”
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