Ken T. wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:16:46 -0400, Lew wrote: >> So the good old days are a matter of degree and self-deception - it was >> easier to fool ourselves then that we could at least guess timings >> proportionately if not absolutely, but things definitely get more >> unpredictable over evolution. > > As I recall I could get exact timings on my 6502 based Commodore 64. The > issues you speak of simply weren't issues.
Let's not forget Elite for the 6502 exploiting predictable performance in order to switch graphics modes partway down the vsync! -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?u -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
