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  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.nettoGaming@lemmy.mlSoftware Emulators vs FPGAs
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    6 months ago

    Why would you use FPGAs instead of either trying to make the emulation better or fixing the code to work on new instructions.

    And yea modding roms is more difficult but not as difficult as a. Trying to learn how the cpu on these old consoles function b. Learning how FPGAs work c. Programming these fpgas to worn like old consoles.

    Alternative is to look at the ROM in which case you would only have to modify the assembly to fix the quirks. Heck if it were a higher level language even a dumbass like me making dogshit on github might be able to do it.

    Modern CPUs are so much more powerful, even look at lower power more efficient ones like the one on steam deck that FPGAs feel wasteful. Obviously there might use cases for FPGAs while developing software emulators (I’ve seen it being used to capture video from memory to bypass DRM) especially as the old consoles themselves break.

    FPGAs get more and more accessible and cheaper every day. So for the future it will be way easier, cheaper and more accessible.

    And so are general purpose CPUs at a much faster rate.

    I’m more inclined to agree with the commentor on the other thread.

    “Software emulators: are free, run on everything from your PC, phone, your old PSP and probably twenty other things you have in your room right now, putting new life into old otherwise useless hardware FGPA: one-purpose landfill trash that consoomers buy because they can’t imagine investing time in something that doesn’t involve spending large amounts of money, getting dumb plastic shit to fill up your home”

    FPGAs get more and more accessible and cheaper every day. So for the future it will be way easier, cheaper and more accessible.


  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.nettoGaming@lemmy.mlSoftware Emulators vs FPGAs
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    6 months ago

    Isn’t it better and more accessible to mod existing roms to work with software emulators instead of doing the FPGA thing? It’ll help you preserve the game just the same way and won’t be as difficult as learning FPGA shit.

    The route most normal people think when some code is buggy is to modify the code instead of making a whole new CPU. The ROMs aren’t going to vanish just because there are no more CPUs which can run the same ROM.

    I think what the society society would benefit from is a centralized ROM Marketplace (Donation based) where you upload modded ROMs for obsolete consoles but of course because of how intellectual property works under capitalism this isn’t possible.

    As mentioned, FPGAs are super expensive, not very efficient and require a lot of knowledge of the underlying ICs.

    Also there are no FPGAs for PS2 and other modern consoles





  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.nettoMemes@lemmy.mlIn our lifetimes 🤞
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    8 months ago

    they can get to Europe because they are white enough. Its not an open air prison in the same way Gaza is.

    Russian bombing campaign is nothing like Gaza. Gazans can’t obtain Israeli citizenship, Palestinian passports aren’t widely recognized. Meanwhile both Ukrainian and Russian passports are internationally recognized.

    unless they accept Russian “citizenship”, that is

    A citizenship is a citizenship. No need for quotes, Russian citizens can get Russian passports, get access to Russian benefits and travel.

    Stop making silly comparisons.

    The only people who can be compared to the situation Palestinians are in right now are Rohingya Muslims.


  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.nettoMemes@lemmy.mlIn our lifetimes 🤞
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    8 months ago

    sure, make comparisons between Nazi Germany, Apartheid Israel and … Russia

    Are Ukrainians being crammed into a strip being bombed constantly without food or water? Russia despite being reactionary in many ways (eg LGBTQ rights) is relatively tolerant towards religious and ethnic minorities.

    Such malicious comparison. Fuck you.