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vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years

www.tomshardware.com

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SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years

www.tomshardware.com

vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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The older it gets, the faster it goes.
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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    At the moment, the highest frequency submitted is 32,182 Hz. This increase is less than 1% of the original value of 32,000 Hz

    What was the original tolerance for these chips?

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      Ceramic resonators have a typical accuracy of +/-0.5%. An error of +182Hz is a +0.57% error rate.

      Here is a datasheet cited by the Wikipedia article. It says 0.5% initial error, another 0.3% over its full temperature range, and another 0.3% over 10 years of aging.

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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        I guess “SNES operating within spec after 30 years” doesn’t grab attention the same way.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Wouldn’t this be fun to find out is true of every computer? Dust off that old Eniac! That shits probably the fastest thing on earth now! 🤣

  • epyon22@programming.dev
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    How do you check?

    • brossman@infosec.pub
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      if you’ve got a snes and a flashcart, iirc the rom is available in the tasbot discord at discord.tas.bot. discussion is happening in #tasbot-dev

  • ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    Maybe in time consoles will be aged like fine wine or cheese.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      You don’t keep your Sega Genesis in an oaken cask?

      • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
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        My NES has notes of citrus

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    It is awesome to see how the environment affects electronics, and this is a prime example of such.

    It’s also funny that this is impacting speed runners lol, imagine having an advantage/disadvantage based on the age of your console.

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      Congress will move swiftly to ban old consoles from competing with young consoles.

    • charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works
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      sorry but you misspelled it twice. it’s adventiage

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