This brings them to about mid 90’s tech… They’ll be able to make microwave ovens, tamagotchis, and a counterfeit N64 that runs a game called “Mushroom Plumber 3D”
Fun fact about tamigotchis, a couple years ago I was looking up if they still made them and I ran across something talking about the tech in modern versions and apparently the newest version of them at the time was running a variant of the MOS6502 microprocessor. This is the same microprocessor that Commodore used a variant of in the Commodore 64.
Not literally a tamagachi, but if you want to go down the super niche rabbit hole that’ll include interfacing a TV and keyboard to a 6502 processor, there’s a guy named Ben Eater who does a great job covering that stuff. eater.net or search his name on YouTube.
I mean you could technically do it with any microprocessor if you’ve got enough time and patience, though in a lot of cases you’d need to essentially build a whole computer around it.
When I saw this reply, I thought you were talking about my post morphing into Macho Man Randy Savage as a dragon, just to stop a usa public shooting by throwing the shooter into the sun, and engulphing the entire universe in flames…thus killing all of existance.
In fairness, that was a pretty solid era. It wasn’t peak tech but I’d be ok going back.
It was probably a mistake for society to advance beyond the era when computers weren’t super portable and phones were just “smartish.” Like that BlackBerry era where you could communicate and get news if you needed it but it was enough of a hassle that you usually just waited until you were at home or the office to get caught up.
AKSHUALLY (not sticking up for Russia here), it’s mostly dependent on how much energy they want to waste. They could make massive dies of whatever if they can power it. Probably with oil. It’ll never be up to par with “modern” tech, but this is one of those things that seems to unlock a modern society.
If they can source materials, and improve on the process to be competitive, it’s another dumb fucking race that humanity has to endure.
You are limited on frequency with older nodes, and while that often isn’t a huge deal, it can mean a lot for things like flight control computers in missiles and crap, forcing the use of expensive analog buffers (if that even fits the situation)
Sure but weren’t they raiding washing machines to get chips for their tanks? This is a pretty big step to avoid embargos and pretty significant that they need to do it.
This brings them to about mid 90’s tech… They’ll be able to make microwave ovens, tamagotchis, and a counterfeit N64 that runs a game called “Mushroom Plumber 3D”
I found the box art for Mushroom Plumber 64
It’s a me. Tovarich.
Fun fact about tamigotchis, a couple years ago I was looking up if they still made them and I ran across something talking about the tech in modern versions and apparently the newest version of them at the time was running a variant of the MOS6502 microprocessor. This is the same microprocessor that Commodore used a variant of in the Commodore 64.
Are you saying we could have hooked a keyboard and TV to a tamagachi, and used it as a text editor?
I’m not sure why I’d want to do that…but now I want to do that.
That kinda sounds like animal abuse.
Not literally a tamagachi, but if you want to go down the super niche rabbit hole that’ll include interfacing a TV and keyboard to a 6502 processor, there’s a guy named Ben Eater who does a great job covering that stuff. eater.net or search his name on YouTube.
Like is it capable of that sure, could you actually do that with a modern tamagotchi, probably not.
I mean you could technically do it with any microprocessor if you’ve got enough time and patience, though in a lot of cases you’d need to essentially build a whole computer around it.
you’d have to graft on a lot of IO that doesn’t exist but probably. good project to show off on hackaday.
That is some Matrix s…t right there
When I saw this reply, I thought you were talking about my post morphing into Macho Man Randy Savage as a dragon, just to stop a usa public shooting by throwing the shooter into the sun, and engulphing the entire universe in flames…thus killing all of existance.
My Pentium II back in the day ran Diablo, StarCraft and AoE. So way more than a Tamagotchi. Glorious Mother Russia bringing back the good old days…
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“Dash through the Gulag, collect potatoes, and save the Motherland in Mushroom Plumber 3D!”
YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL VODKA STILLS
In fairness, that was a pretty solid era. It wasn’t peak tech but I’d be ok going back.
It was probably a mistake for society to advance beyond the era when computers weren’t super portable and phones were just “smartish.” Like that BlackBerry era where you could communicate and get news if you needed it but it was enough of a hassle that you usually just waited until you were at home or the office to get caught up.
AKSHUALLY (not sticking up for Russia here), it’s mostly dependent on how much energy they want to waste. They could make massive dies of whatever if they can power it. Probably with oil. It’ll never be up to par with “modern” tech, but this is one of those things that seems to unlock a modern society.
If they can source materials, and improve on the process to be competitive, it’s another dumb fucking race that humanity has to endure.
You are limited on frequency with older nodes, and while that often isn’t a huge deal, it can mean a lot for things like flight control computers in missiles and crap, forcing the use of expensive analog buffers (if that even fits the situation)
Nope, just the pulse. It’s unfortunate but true. Be a bigger person and stand up for better options.
What are you even saying? This comment doesn’t make any sense.
… And combat jet MC’s or brains for missiles\simple suicide drones.
N64 is sufficiently good for a lot of things.
If this is real. Living in Russia I doubt that.
Sure but weren’t they raiding washing machines to get chips for their tanks? This is a pretty big step to avoid embargos and pretty significant that they need to do it.
And all the Furbys their little hearts desire!