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1. cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 15:09:18 JST cool_boy_mew
   Well I'll be fucking damned
   
   Someone actually made an NES hardware clone using the actual most important NES chips (CPU and PPU) that they acquired somehow
   
   https://www.crowdsupply.com/tall-dog-electronics/tinynes#products
   
   That's pretty much the closest thing to a new release of the thing using as much as the original hardware as possible
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   • ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:00 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @coolboymew It's a neat novelty but I'd rather use a FPGA implementation like a mister instead. I feel like I'd get more bang for my buck.
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   • NEETzsche (neetzsche@iddqd.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:17 JST NEETzsche

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     • dew_the_dew :verified:
     @dew_the_dew @coolboymew It has a lot of potential. But I think for that potential to realize normies and zoomers are going to have to become more willing to touch grass again. The covid shutdowns normalized always online shit in a population that isn't suited for it.
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   • NEETzsche (neetzsche@iddqd.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:18 JST NEETzsche

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     • dew_the_dew :verified:
     @dew_the_dew @coolboymew If we're being honest, the point of this device is nostalgia. It's why I said carts were based, as in past tense. If a modern console used cartridges, it had a better store way more data than the old ones did. There is some theoretical advantage to them even now though; you could put special hardware into them, like ASICs and shit. I just get the impression that nobody's inclined to do that sort of thing anymore because game design at this point is rather stagnant
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   • dew_the_dew :verified: (dew_the_dew@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:18 JST dew_the_dew :verified:

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     • NEETzsche
     stagnant indeed. i thing augmented reality gaming has some potential.
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   • NEETzsche (neetzsche@iddqd.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:19 JST NEETzsche

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     • dew_the_dew :verified:
     @dew_the_dew @coolboymew Carts were based. Disks are for metrosexuals and streaming is for trannoids.
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   • dew_the_dew :verified: (dew_the_dew@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:19 JST dew_the_dew :verified:

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     • NEETzsche
     sure but you could fit every game ever released for the NES and an emulator inside something the same size as that device that you could also plug a classic controller into.
   • dew_the_dew :verified: (dew_the_dew@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 00:19:20 JST dew_the_dew :verified:

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     i guess if you miss blowing on cartridges that much
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 01:40:07 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • ooignignoktoo
     • EconomicHitman
     @Economic_Hitman @ooignignoktoo ???
     
     Good luck replicating a CPU/old GPU
   • EconomicHitman (economic_hitman@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 01:40:08 JST EconomicHitman

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     • ooignignoktoo
     I'm not sure I understand what's going on here. Did the TinyNES guy get chips that were made by Nintendo? If so, how can he claim his project is entirely open-source hardware?
     @ooignignoktoo @coolboymew
   • EconomicHitman (economic_hitman@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 01:50:15 JST EconomicHitman

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     • ooignignoktoo
     Right. I'm just asking, if he's using proprietary chips (because they are originals, manufactured by Nintendo) how can he claim this is an open source project?
     @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 01:50:15 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • ooignignoktoo
     • EconomicHitman
     @Economic_Hitman @ooignignoktoo Is your own CPU open source? Nope, how can any open source project be?
     
     I mean, it's a ridiculous objection, especially since it aims for 100% compatibility. Also there's no way he got it from Nintendo, probably got surplus from the manufacturer and there's chances the CPU was used for other stuff too
   • EconomicHitman (economic_hitman@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 01:58:52 JST EconomicHitman

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     • ooignignoktoo
     ah ok got it. Thanks.
     @coolboymew @ooignignoktoo
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   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 02:19:18 JST mangeurdenuage

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     @coolboymew
     >These chips aren’t made anymore, so they’re a bit tricky to find. Fortunately, I’ve already managed to secure enough of them for this production run. They’re in-hand and have already been tested. The TinyNES main board is built with IC sockets to mount these chips, so they don’t need to be permanently soldered.
     :akkojustright:
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   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 02:21:10 JST mangeurdenuage

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     @coolboymew
     >TinyNES is fully open source hardware. The design (mechanical, electrical, and aesthetic) is licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) license.
     Better than nothing, there's no software as far as I know for this outside the cartridge games so :shrugz:
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   • Ademan (ademan@thebag.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 02:23:05 JST Ademan

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     Honestly I’m more interested in things like the MiSTeR project at this point. Not only does it potentially enable perfect emulation, but it facilitates the testing and production of compatible clone hardware. The stock of authentic chips will be gone eventually, and then we’ll only have FPGA’s and hopefully clones…

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   • ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 02:34:21 JST ooignignoktoo

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     • EconomicHitman
     @coolboymew @Economic_Hitman
     
     Exactly. I wish they could've had repliactions of SHVC_CPU_01 motherboard SNES cpu and ppu's a lot of those board variants are starting to die nowadays. Since the NES is closing in on 40 years old I'm reluctant on investing in a CPU or PPU not knowing of it's longevity from decades of wear and use.