NES Graphics – Part 3
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NES Graphics – Part 3
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#3Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
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#4Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
electron beam would fit better in the sentence
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#5Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
Right; the gun is fixed and the beam is "deflected" (that's the term).
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#6Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
No the gun does not move. The author appears to have misunderstood this. I don't find it likely that he would have used the words "physically moves to point" if he meant that the electron beam is deflected magnetically. Still, great article.
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#7Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
The gun fires straight ahead. The electrons it produces are deflected in the desired direction by electromagnets.
I don't think it's possible to create a mechanical way of moving the gun fast enough to achieve the needs of even a low-res TV screen. If it was a physical mechanism, you can imagine it'd break all the time.
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#8Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
The gun fires straight ahead. The electrons it produces are deflected in the desired direction by electromagnets. I don't think it's possible to create a mechanical way of moving the gun fast enough to achieve the needs of even a low-res TV screen. If it was a physical mechanism, you can imagine it'd break all the time.
Not to mention your TV would sound like it was possessed by a banshee from the servo (presumably) noise.
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#9Does the electron gun physically move, though? I thought it was fixed and the beam is just steered with magnets.
The gun fires straight ahead. The electrons it produces are deflected in the desired direction by electromagnets. I don't think it's possible to create a mechanical way of moving the gun fast enough to achieve the needs of even a low-res TV screen. If it was a physical mechanism, you can imagine it'd break all the time.
There was such a thing as a mechanical television:
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#10but how does the NES know what the CRT is doing? It's not like they are synced up.