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How a Character LCD works Part 1

How a Character LCD works Part 1

1.3M views • 9 years ago

The 8-Bit Guy explains how character LCD screens work and how to control them directly, first part of a series.

Topic match · Demoscene & retrocomputing

I made a NES emulator in 15 minutes

I made a NES emulator in 15 minutes

389K views • 14 years ago

Bisqwit writes a NES emulator in C++ in about 15 minutes of tool-assisted, sped-up coding, narrated with captions. It shows an accurate emulator built with a compile-time generated 6502 instruction table. Part 2 covers compiling and running it.

Topic match · Demoscene & retrocomputing

I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors

I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors

905K views • 15 years ago

Bisqwit writes a raytracer from scratch in C++ for DOS, rendering in the 16-color VGA palette at 640x480. The video also covers color quantization and ordered dithering.

Topic match · Demoscene & retrocomputing

U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794

U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794

225K views • 8 years ago

A 1953 US Navy training film on the basic mechanisms in fire control computers: shafts, gears, cams and differentials. It shows how these mechanical parts compute ship and target firing solutions.