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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months ago

Implementing a spellchecker on 64 kB of RAM back in the 1970s led to a compression algorithm that's technically unbeaten and part of it is still in use today

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Implementing a spellchecker on 64 kB of RAM back in the 1970s led to a compression algorithm that's technically unbeaten and part of it is still in use today

www.pcgamer.com

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months ago
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The trick, it turns out, is to use an awful lot of clever and complicated math.
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    Check out demoscene. The mind-blowing things they create with only with kilobytes…

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      I had a zx81, 1k ram, still could play pong.

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      Yeah. The average NES game was only 200kb.

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      Here’s one of my recent-ish faves on GB, music is so damn catchy

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GleZBHhOsmE

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      Thanks for this. Got a burst of nostalgia

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