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by fuzzix 4111 days ago
> There is no way in hell a 1.79Mhz 6502 can play streaming video.

It can't decode MPEG 4 real time, of course, but machines of this class are more than capable of streaming video.

ZX Spectrum streaming with a network interface (~3.5MHz Z80):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooi9rpx6ECM

Commodore 64 with lots of RAM (~1MHz 6510):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXLv7UosQXs

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I may be a sentimental old fool, but 8088 Domination genuinely brings a tear to my eye. The perfect timing of the "I WAS WRONG" reveal (i.e. "Oh look, this IS graphics mode") and the familiar breakdancer appearing - greatest callback in demo history. I really hope the room erupted into applause at that moment - just perfect.
They did :)