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Re:The MAD Computer Program by tyingq on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @01:58PM (#18657796)
If anything, my simulation is being generous, at least for the C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4h9a2QGdQM

That is, drawing from BASIC though. Games weren't saddled with that, so they drew faster.

A comprehensive comparison would be hard, but just by straight instructions per second: An old 6502 is probably 1/2 a MIP with each instruction dealing with 8 bits. A new AMD Ryzen is 350,000 MIPS, with each instruction able to deal with 64 bits. So, 700k times faster, not including the difference between 8bit and 64bit.

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Re:The MAD Computer Program by arya169 on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:15PM (#18657930)
Man, that video makes me appreciate my old TI-83 so much more, even with its lower resolution...
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