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Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture
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Area 5150 is a demoscene production for the original 4.77MHz IBM PC with CGA graphics and PC speaker. This is the Evoke 2022 party version, captured from real hardware, and it won the Alternative Demo compo.
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HN treats it as a showcase of what clever tricks can squeeze out of 1981 hardware, and the sequel to 8088 MPH.
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Love how people are still pushing old hardware. These are also two excellent demo's on the XT: Area 5150 [VIDEO] 8088 MPH [LINK]
Read original comment ↗Makes me think about the area 5150 demo [VIDEO] edit: This comment really summarizes just how impressive the demo is [LINK]
Read original comment ↗A few more related links: [0]: "Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture" [VIDEO] [1]: "Area 5150 demo on IBM 5153 CGA Monitor: 60fps CRT video" [LINK]
Read original comment ↗It's about an emulator being able to run the very impressive 8088MPH "demo", which uses a bunch of hardware tricks to pull off stuff you wouldn't expect a 4.77mhz/640kb RAM/4 colour/PC speaker could do. [LINK] the sequel is Area 5150 [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗PC speaker: - 8088 mph demo: [LINK] - Area 5150 demo: [VIDEO] - 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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