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Lee DunatoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·9 months ago

Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'

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Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'

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Lee DunatoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·9 months ago

The 1980s computer produces surprisingly gorgeous ray-traced results, but be prepared to measure performance by hour rather than second.

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i once took 12+ hours to raytrace on an 8mhz Amiga only to realize that it didn’t have any light sources and so was pitch black.
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  I share that memory. At least twice