@BenjaminDEKR: Based Japan update #234908: This guy is using a PiTrex open-source hardware cartridge expansion to connect directly int…
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PiTrex is an open-source hardware cartridge expansion that connects a Raspberry Pi to the Vectrex console, replacing its 1980s CPU and allowing direct control of the original display and sound hardware.
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Based Japan update #234908:
This individual is using a PiTrex open-source hardware cartridge expansion to connect directly to the standard cartridge port of the Vectrex.
PiTrex essentially replaces the 1980s CPU within the Vectrex console.
The Raspberry Pi’s 1GHz ARM processor then takes direct, low-level control of the console’s original high-resolution analog vector display and sound hardware.
shige-ruuu (@shige_ruuu): So just by attaching this tiny circuit, performance undergoes a radical transformation?! Did the light-speed ship really possess this much hidden potential all along?!
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