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by setpatchaddress 1655 days ago
> There were analog HDTV standards before we all moved to digital

8-bit computers likely wouldn't be able to keep up with the bandwidth requirements of those systems either.

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Not the original 6510, but there are some very fast 8-bit processors out there. If you compress the color space, they may be able to flip every pixel 30 times per second.

Also, nothing stops you from implementing an 8-bit CPU with a modern process and push it into the multi gigahertz range except perhaps the fact it’ll be too small for current machinery to manipulate.