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Habr

Звуки музыки Sega Mega Drive

Сегодня в центре нашего внимания Sega Mega Drive, она же Genesis — называйте как хотите, всё равно все понимают, что речь идёт о некогда популярнейшей в наших краях 16-битной консоли. Comix Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ultimate Mortal Kombat — вот это вот всё. Но речь пойдёт не о платформе в целом, а об одной специфической её части: звуковой системе и звуках, которые она издавала. Изучим железную и программную части, вспомним холивары, послушаем кое-какую музыку. Как обычно, я занимаюсь не простым пересказом сомнительных источников, а сложным: пропускаю их через личный опыт. Когда-то давно я разработал несколько homebrew-игр для этой платформы, а также пару музыкальных редакторов — ныне забытых, но в определённый исторический период сыгравших свою роль. Этот бэкграунд даёт мне возможность сорвать покровы и рассказать всю правду о некоторых не самых очевидных моментах. Приступим!

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#звук #музыка #игры #видеоигры #игровая_приставка #консоль #игровая_консоль #синтезатор #ym2612 #sn76489 #fm #psg #fmсинтез #сэмплы #цифровой_звук #zilog_z80 #z80 #motorola_68000 #68000 #68k #sega #sega_genesis #sega_mega_drive #16bit #16bit_games #ruvds_статьи

ХабрЗвуки музыки Sega Mega DriveСегодня в центре нашего внимания Sega Mega Drive, она же Genesis — называйте как хотите, всё равно все понимают, что речь идёт о некогда популярнейшей в наших краях 16-битной консоли. Comix Zone,...
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Erik van Straten

@cas : slow?

Mwah, after asm hacking (6510) I learned Pascal with an "editor", compiler and linker loaded from multiple cassette tapes (one at a time) on my Commodore 64 (more than 40 years ago).

Later I learned 68HC11 asm which was a nice CPU too, slightly better than 6502 (or 6510). Of course the 68000 was a giant step (considering Zilog Z80 and Intel 8080 via 8086 to 80286 CPU's).

Nice to see that there are still people who love to hack low level stuff. The world will keep needing those who understand "basic" building blocks!

@never_released

#6502CPU#C64#68HC11
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Scott Small 🇨🇦

I finally have a working 1.44MB floppy drive in my Mac SE... after two previous failed repair attempts last year 😅

Spent much of the day cleaning, greasing, and changing out the gears on the eject motor. Unlike the last drive I tried with, this one actually powered up and booted the system. So the SE is off the repair bench and back home on the Tower of Power!

I've amassed quite the collection of broken floppy drives though:
- Mac 800k that originally came with the SE, needs cleaning and a new eject gear
- Mac 1.44MB, mechanically working great but has an electrical fault
- Amiga 880k, needs cleaning, also PCB had a leaky cap and there's corrosion

Also, while I had the SE open, I installed the MacEffects Performer 030 accelerator PDS card and it's a speedy boy now at 16 Mhz. Not as fast as the IIfx but fast enough that I'll probably upgrade it from System 6 to System 7 sometime this month.

#RetroComputing#VintageMac#68K
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Vector Hugo

The history of #vectorfonts, #digital #typography, and #DTP starts with a #typefoundry known as #URW and an almost unknown pioneer. Peter Karow came up with the concept of #scaleable #vector #fonts when only a few nerds knew what #Bernstein has to do with #CAD.
youtu.be/uOsYMctPRNg

That's why we illustrated the #portrait of Dr. Peter Karow in visual context of #DEC #MiniComputers. His #fontdesign software was running only on #digital #VAX11/780 systems at first. The name #Ikarus was given based on stability issues long before it was ported to #Apple #Mac #Computers with #68K #CPU. When #Adobe came up with #PostScript fonts, #TrueType, and their ATM #TypeManager, it wasn't good news for URW. But #AltSys offering #Fontographer way cheaper on #Macintosh was fatal, even without tablet. On top of that #PierreBeziér promoted the cheap competitor.

SVG vector portrait of Peter Karow in front of the 32Bit DEC VAX11/780 computer with Ikarus
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