vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 yearswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down12
arrow-up1240arrow-down1external-linkSNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 yearswww.tomshardware.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareKane@femboys.bizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·edit-22 days agoIt 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.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoCongress will move swiftly to ban old consoles from competing with young consoles.
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWouldn’t be the weirdest thing, binning consoles and diskdrives is a common strat.
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.
Congress will move swiftly to ban old consoles from competing with young consoles.
Wouldn’t be the weirdest thing, binning consoles and diskdrives is a common strat.