SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/snes-consoles-appear-to-run-faster-with-age-apu-frequency-increased-by-up-to-182-hz-after-35-years
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kane@femboys.biz · 86 pts · 1y
It is awesome to see how the environment affects electronics, and this is a prime example of such.
It’s also funny that this is impacting speed runners lol, imagine having an advantage/disadvantage based on the age of your console.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 1y
Congress will move swiftly to ban old consoles from competing with young consoles.
TwanHE@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Wouldn't be the weirdest thing, binning consoles and diskdrives is a common strat.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · -9 pts · 1y
sorry but you misspelled it twice. it's adventiage
kane@femboys.biz · 7 pts · 1y
Fixed! Now I noticed that the phone app doesn’t properly show the red squiggly lines 😅
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Sweet. At least you have a sense of humor 👍
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 1y
What was the original tolerance for these chips?
Limonene@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 1y
Ceramic resonators have a typical accuracy of +/-0.5%. An error of +182Hz is a +0.57% error rate.
Here is a datasheet cited by the Wikipedia article. It says 0.5% initial error, another 0.3% over its full temperature range, and another 0.3% over 10 years of aging.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 1y
I guess "SNES operating within spec after 30 years" doesn't grab attention the same way.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Maybe in time consoles will be aged like fine wine or cheese.
JustZ@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
You don't keep your Sega Genesis in an oaken cask?
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
My NES has notes of citrus
blinkfink182@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
That's an oaky afterbirth
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 1y
Wouldn't this be fun to find out is true of every computer? Dust off that old Eniac! That shits probably the fastest thing on earth now! 🤣
epyon22@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
How do you check?
brossman@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1y
if you've got a snes and a flashcart, iirc the rom is available in the tasbot discord at discord.tas.bot. discussion is happening in #tasbot-dev
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Give it a swirl, a sniff, and check the legs.