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From: rs108@mdx.ac.uk (Robert Swan)
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Subject: Re: Interesting experiment
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 15:37:51 GMT
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Yep, Ive tried it with an older grey playstation (it doesnt require
the swapping trick, its that old). havent checked about gradient
stuff, but it definately cant chuck as much around in one vsync.
wierd, eh?

Robert Swan


On Sun, 3 May 1998 11:50:26 +0100, "Mark Wilson"
<m.wilson@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>I was bored this morning so I thought I'd see if I could use my standard
>grey Playstation to run the Yaroze stuff on. I needed to use the disc swap
>trick to get the terminal to run, but apart from that it all worked fine.
>
>I downloaded my current pet project, ran it and it looked different. It
>seemed as if the dithering on gouraud shaded polygons wasn't as effective,
>resulting in noticeable banding. It was also running quite a bit slower than
>on the Yaroze, with a VSync interval of 197 lines as opposed to 182 lines.
>
>My grey station is one of the early models (SCPH-1002) so I'm wondering
>whether this difference is down to changes to the design or simply because
>my old box is knackered.
>
>Mark
>
>