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It’s been updated many times since then!

That was a small fundraiser started to convert all articles into epubs, finished in 2022

Please see this: https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles > A suggestion from me is to provide sources, and also maybe an epub of this What do you mean?

Ah no worries! From my side I was only trying to explain more about the origins of the article, since I see it often mentioned/speculated in many forums. By the way, I'm always ope…

If you check the other articles about the PlayStation [1] and the Nintendo 64 [2], you'll see that the design of a 3D-capable console in the 90s was a significant challenge for eve…

Whoops indeed. I’ve just added the new info, thanks!

Author here! Surprised to see it shared! This article was the first one where I studied how a cryptography-based system worked and how it was subsequently broken, back in late 2019…

Much appreciated

Oh, this is actually a bug of the html template, until now I've never realised it was happening. I've just fixed it, thanks.

Yeah, it was mainly because the article got too long, so I had no option but to draw the line somewhere. There's still a tiny mention at the footer below the main motherboard image…

No nitpick is too small or too big :) I've just logged your comment on the repo ( https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles/issu... ) so I remember to take a look at …

Hi, this took me 6 months to write, I've also tried as hard as possible to cross check all my references, and include them in the article in a way the reader can find the citations…

Hi Hackernews, don't forget you can use the alternative edition without styles: https://classic.copetti.org/writings/consoles/xbox-360/ (works better with accessibility tools, like…

> Essentially, every single PS1 game 'faked' 3D by using the GTE (which was separate from the GPU) to project 3D points and polygons into a 2D rasterizer. While it's true that the …

Thanks. I was worried about the fact this console has so much going on inside, so if I end up writing too much (like 100k words) about it, the reader may get too tired and lose int…

If you are referring to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, I think it's been decommissioned (their project is now archived https://web.archive.org/web/20090426190617/https://www.…

Alternative edition without styles: https://classic.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation-3/ (ideal if you use accessibility tools, like text to speech, or want to read from an…

I don't mind being wrong and I will correct the article if needed. That being said, I'm interested in debating this, what if the PS1's GPU had implemented some sort of sub-pixel pr…

> Or is it that it isn't a problem of PS1 but a problem of games Yes, this is what I wanted to emphasize. My intent wasn't to say that the 'lack of z-buffering' statement was incor…

The lack of floating point unit on the PS1 is commonly misinterpreted, see https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation/#tab-5...

Ah don't worry about that, I use Hugo which has a ToC generator. My problem is regarding the style (CSS) which I need to spend more time to make it blend better with the rest of th…