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Textmode, tilemaps, framebuffers and sprites all have something in common. They were (and still are) basic concepts used for the display of bright pixels on otherwise black monitors.

Modern graphics technology is, of course, several iterations ahead. But its capabilities for parallelizing matrix multiplication are being used for other exciting topics today.

Enough digressing.

Nicole Branagan known to most as @nicole_express is one of the constants when it comes to retro hard- and software research. Her latest post is about the Arcade version of Popeye ⚓️ and all the challenges one faces, when trying to convince slightly aging hardware, to play back their video signal using current digital upscalers.

Not an easy task. But if that were the case, we wouldn't have such excellent reading and learning material from Nicole.

If you haven't bookmarked her blog yet, now's your chance. Free of charge.

Oh, and fun fact: Popeye is still alive!