Actually, for me it is strange. Why you need a 32bit 68020 processor, if QL was able to produce flicker-free 3D? Sorry to say, but you just prove that 68020 with eg 16Mhz is able to produce flicker-free 3D, but we already knew it from Atari and Amiga. In fact I am a big fan of Sir Sinclair comuters, and QL was a great computer of it's time. I am impressed by the Miracle card itself too.
But the statement above is really misleading. QL was not capable to do it. C64 with SuperCPU the same story
@MMSZoli This demo and earlier 3D demos were written on a standard QL, 100% assembler using Hisoft's Devpac QL (Andrew Pennel) and targeted frame rendering speed above anything else taking advantage of the 68k instruction set. (e.g. movem instruction used to clear 40bytes per instruction to clear the viewport; jump code to eliminate iteration delays). Development continued when in late 1989 a 256k memory expansion (Trump Card) increased performance by ~28%
@Lachlant1984 The Super Gold Card is fitted in the internal expansion slot of the QL. The expansion slot is located at the left hand side of the QL. The golden heatsink and the peripheral connectors are all you can see of the Super Gold Card. 3/4 of the card are inside the QL.
Are the Super Gold card still available?
markscheck 2 months ago in playlist QL forever . . .
Actually, for me it is strange. Why you need a 32bit 68020 processor, if QL was able to produce flicker-free 3D? Sorry to say, but you just prove that 68020 with eg 16Mhz is able to produce flicker-free 3D, but we already knew it from Atari and Amiga. In fact I am a big fan of Sir Sinclair comuters, and QL was a great computer of it's time. I am impressed by the Miracle card itself too.
But the statement above is really misleading. QL was not capable to do it. C64 with SuperCPU the same story
MMSZoli 1 year ago
@MMSZoli This demo and earlier 3D demos were written on a standard QL, 100% assembler using Hisoft's Devpac QL (Andrew Pennel) and targeted frame rendering speed above anything else taking advantage of the 68k instruction set. (e.g. movem instruction used to clear 40bytes per instruction to clear the viewport; jump code to eliminate iteration delays). Development continued when in late 1989 a 256k memory expansion (Trump Card) increased performance by ~28%
A bog standard QL was indeed capable!
CodenameWarlord 1 year ago
quite amazing honestly.
revolutionactiondk 1 year ago
ty for the upload :-)
hewey999 1 year ago
very interesting, thanks
dronespace 1 year ago
Very cool. Didn't think the QL had it in it.
nickmctrick 1 year ago
This looks fantastic!!! Is there any possibility to create sth new around this 3D engine??
thorsinclair 1 year ago
That's pretty impressive. Is the add on card actually installed inside the QL, or is it in the black box next to the unit?
Lachlant1984 1 year ago
@Lachlant1984 The Super Gold Card is fitted in the internal expansion slot of the QL. The expansion slot is located at the left hand side of the QL. The golden heatsink and the peripheral connectors are all you can see of the Super Gold Card. 3/4 of the card are inside the QL.
QLvsJaguar 1 year ago