<![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> That...is....cool! I can't believe it! He actually put a game thru an oscilloscope! I can't believe it!

whiteknight

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> a late comment.. but seeing that many people don't really even know what a vector (aka: XY) display is, or why Atari used them in the golden age (hint: it was because RAM was expensive), It may come as a surprise that you can connect an oscilloscope directly to the real hardware in about 30 seconds and get the same result with no 'hacking' at all..

and if this works with a scope, you might as well just buy an Electrohome GO5 XY monitor off ebay for $100 (the monitor Asteroids used) and hook it up.. it costs less than a good scope and has a 19" screen. actually, screw that.. just buy the entire game for $400 and stop screwing around with mame and destroying our society. (uh.. sorry)

barco

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> ...or, how about you reread what you've written before hitting 'submit'?

hazzjm

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> no brainer, not 'bariner".
Just got my laptop back from IBM/Lenovo and the replacement keyboard is a little stiff. BTW kudos to IBM/Lenovo for turning around this RMA in 3 days. I dropped it off at officemax DHL kiosk on wednesday. IT was at my door 10 minutes ago. That doesnt suck.
Hey and Giz, how about an option to edit our posts. I know it opens a whole legal can of worms.
"he totally called me a steampunk apple fanboy, then changed it to be about quartz watches from the 80's" but c'mon.

calaverasgrandes

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> how to? did you guys read teh article? Apparently its a no bariner, once you get your head around teh software. Electrically it goes like this, 1/8th inch soundcard plug to bnc or bannana plug. Insert BNC or bannan plug into x and y connectors of o-scope. I am sure it takes some highly qualified techs to adjust the azimuth and range on the scope to bring the image in. I am gonna go look up Mame.
more importantly, where did this joker get the rom for teh game? Or does he actually have one of these lying around!

calaverasgrandes

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> That's the first time I've ever lol'd at an RSS feed tag.

edleob

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]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> I don't think I speak for myself when I say that any self-respecting electrical engineer would love to see instructions for how to do this.

cayton

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> I'd like to see a how-to. I have an old o-scope collecting dust.

spaceman37

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> my eyes hurt from watching!

trailingedge

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> @ILLUSTRIOUSCHIN

Most O-scopes have the ability to directly control the X and Y axis of the CRT beam by inputting a analog signal into the two X-Y inputs. In this clever case, the inventor is using the left and right speaker outputs as the beam controllers.

Pretty ingenious. This is pretty much how all vector graphics games work. Accept, they probably run a faster signal. Audio maxes at 22khz? Like the inventor said, just enough speed to get all the objects in the scene.

FrankenPC

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> @DSaddict: MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Its a program that emulates arcade machine hardware so you can run old (and new) arcade games on your computer.

satan gave me a taco

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> makes me kinda wish i knew what they were talking about. i didn't know you could MAME things besides animals and people.

just goes to show, you learn something new everyday!

B1663R

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> Very cool. Wish I knew this hack back in electronics class.

Michai

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> thats pretty crazy i dont see how thats possible

Illustrious Chin

]]> <![CDATA[Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope]]> Ok I have seen some pretty cool stuff done with an oscilloscope but nothing like this.....

Could of done without the Disco version of the StarWars theme though...

CountryDevil

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