HackerNews Summary (2023-06-15 10PM)

Source: A video player for TRS-80 Model 1, 3 and 4

Summary
trsvid is a video player for TRS-80 Model 1, 3 and 4, capable of playing video and audio with high fidelity. It auto-detects the hardware and supports file formats of .tv1, .tv3, and .tv6.

Fact

📼 trsvid can play 60fps full-screen video and 15Khz audio with 5 or 6 bits per sample on TRS-80 Model 4.

🎶 YouTube banned the Model 3 version of The Pogue’s “Fairytale of New York” for being too similar to the original.

📺 TRS-80 Model 3 and Model 4P can play classic TV ads and intro sequences such as, Doctor Who and The Six Million Dollar Man.

💾 Even without a FreHD hard drive emulator, trsvid can browse the SD card for video files and see preview images of supported file formats.

Source: Miniatua Limited Edition

Summary
A fully animated 1:12 scale replica of WOPR, the iconic and influential computer from the 1983 sci-fi film “WarGames”, with hundreds of LEDs reproducing the original light patterns.

Fact

💻 The replica is a 1:12 scale model of WOPR.

🌟 WOPR, or War Operations Plan Response, is an iconic character in science fiction cinema.

💡 The replica features hundreds of LEDs that accurately recreate the light patterns of the original WOPR.

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