Comments on: O-Scope Pong http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/ Fresh hacks every day Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: NLP Editor http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-71540 NLP Editor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:19:08 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-71540 What an excellent blog, I've added your feed to my RSS reader. :-) What an excellent blog, I’ve added your feed to my RSS reader. :-)

]]> By: wim http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28230 wim Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:36:05 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28230 holy crap, that's cool. okay, yes, the game doesn't look great, but getting that functionality out of six SSI chips is definitely a nice hack. holy crap, that’s cool. okay, yes, the game doesn’t look great, but getting that functionality out of six SSI chips is definitely a nice hack.

]]> By: agent420 http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28229 agent420 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:19:18 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28229 Never heard the term "o-scope"???? <br><br>Perhaps not an original idea, but cool nonetheless. I agree with the sentiments that it was done with hardware instead of ucontrollers... <br><br>I built a scope clock a while back... they're good converstaion starters ;)<br><br><a href="http://www.webx.dk/oz2cpu/clock-scope/scope.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.webx.dk/oz2cpu/clock-scope/scope.htm</a><br> Never heard the term “o-scope”????

Perhaps not an original idea, but cool nonetheless. I agree with the sentiments that it was done with hardware instead of ucontrollers…

I built a scope clock a while back… they’re good converstaion starters ;)

http://www.webx.dk/oz2cpu/clock-scope/scope.htm

]]> By: neoxide http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28228 neoxide Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:02:56 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28228 It's a nice little device. I don't think it's a 'hack', though, since it's an (as far as I can tell) original design and not a modification. I think I've seen something similar in my magazine library.<br><br>And it is pretty much how video games got started got started. It was a much more frivolous use of equipment back then, due to the expensive computer and probably costly extra machinery.<br><br>And whats with the term 'o-scope'? I've never heard it before today, and it sound like it has the potential to be adopted by snots. It’s a nice little device. I don’t think it’s a ‘hack’, though, since it’s an (as far as I can tell) original design and not a modification. I think I’ve seen something similar in my magazine library.

And it is pretty much how video games got started got started. It was a much more frivolous use of equipment back then, due to the expensive computer and probably costly extra machinery.

And whats with the term ‘o-scope’? I’ve never heard it before today, and it sound like it has the potential to be adopted by snots.

]]> By: jim http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28227 jim Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:09:34 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28227 @Suggestable<br><br>I don't know what's more asinine; the fact that you're more impressed with Adblock Plus that you found on Digg earlier today rather than an analog pong game that runs on the kind of oscilloscope you can pick up on eBay for $10, or the fact that you think 'I'm not trolling' is a get out of jail free card.<br><br>Oh, and dude, regular Adblock with Filterset G is a lot better and less bloated than the plus version.<br><br>Back to Digg and eBaums' with you, and I mean that in the nicest possible way :D @Suggestable

I don’t know what’s more asinine; the fact that you’re more impressed with Adblock Plus that you found on Digg earlier today rather than an analog pong game that runs on the kind of oscilloscope you can pick up on eBay for $10, or the fact that you think ‘I’m not trolling’ is a get out of jail free card.

Oh, and dude, regular Adblock with Filterset G is a lot better and less bloated than the plus version.

Back to Digg and eBaums’ with you, and I mean that in the nicest possible way :D

]]> By: Marco http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28226 Marco Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:50:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28226 A friend of mine built a similar device for (single-player) break-out on an oscilloscope some 10 years ago. However it was using two digital chips instead of an all-analog solution. The circuit fit nicely on top of its 9V battery too. A friend of mine built a similar device for (single-player) break-out on an oscilloscope some 10 years ago. However it was using two digital chips instead of an all-analog solution. The circuit fit nicely on top of its 9V battery too.

]]> By: RevWaldo http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28225 RevWaldo Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:05:39 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28225 I recall seeing an oscilloscope Pong project in "Popular Electronics" back in the late 70s (back when owning your own Pong game was still a big deal.)<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Electronics" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Electronics</a><br><br>Good ol' "Popular Electronics" - I still have a stack of back issues that I'll have to put on eBay - someday. :-) I recall seeing an oscilloscope Pong project in “Popular Electronics” back in the late 70s (back when owning your own Pong game was still a big deal.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Electronics

Good ol’ “Popular Electronics” – I still have a stack of back issues that I’ll have to put on eBay – someday. :-)

]]> By: pokey http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28224 pokey Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:49:49 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28224 The implementation is what makes these kind of posts fun. There's nothing new about a DIY Pong game. The implementation is what makes these kind of posts fun. There’s nothing new about a DIY Pong game.

]]> By: Ziggit http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28223 Ziggit Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:18:23 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28223 Hey! I am a child of the nineties, bit I will agree, there doesn't seem to be much interest in things of the sort from my peers. Everybody seems to like "clean and tiny" and don't really want to get their hands dirty, it is really quite sad. Hey! I am a child of the nineties, bit I will agree, there doesn’t seem to be much interest in things of the sort from my peers. Everybody seems to like “clean and tiny” and don’t really want to get their hands dirty, it is really quite sad.

]]> By: corruptio http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28222 corruptio Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:59:14 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28222 nothing new... :-p<br><br><a href="http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp</a> nothing new… :-p

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp

]]> By: Andrew http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28221 Andrew Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:33:41 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28221 Absolutely love this hack. I may just build it too for the sheer cool factor. The twitt who claims this is sad must be a byproduct of the 90s childhood that completely obliterated one's interest in true hacks. I've seen so many of those kids who, if it doesn't run on some consumer equipment, just ain't interested. This is a very riteous hack, and my hat is off to the designer. Kudos to you. It's a minimalist design that can be expanded upon, and it shows the greenhorns out there that there was life before the compiler (or assembler, for that matter). Absolutely love this hack. I may just build it too for the sheer cool factor. The twitt who claims this is sad must be a byproduct of the 90s childhood that completely obliterated one’s interest in true hacks. I’ve seen so many of those kids who, if it doesn’t run on some consumer equipment, just ain’t interested. This is a very riteous hack, and my hat is off to the designer. Kudos to you. It’s a minimalist design that can be expanded upon, and it shows the greenhorns out there that there was life before the compiler (or assembler, for that matter).

]]> By: kstokes http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28220 kstokes Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:01:27 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28220 Absolutely bonkers. I love it when people come up with completely -bizarre- ideas and then go ahead an implement them using completely non-standard methods. I mean, using an o-scope as a video monitor for an all-analog "gaming machine"... What the hell? That's Brilliant!<br><br> Absolutely bonkers. I love it when people come up with completely -bizarre- ideas and then go ahead an implement them using completely non-standard methods. I mean, using an o-scope as a video monitor for an all-analog “gaming machine”… What the hell? That’s Brilliant!

]]> By: Marcello http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28219 Marcello Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:56:05 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28219 Love this stuff. Love this stuff.

]]> By: m4dm4n http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28218 m4dm4n Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:40:30 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28218 Oh suggestable, that "waste" of lab equipment started the very video game craze that inspired the PSP so many years later. In fact, pong was originally made in this exact fashion.<br><br>A fun little hack, although it does look a tad glitchy. Oh suggestable, that “waste” of lab equipment started the very video game craze that inspired the PSP so many years later. In fact, pong was originally made in this exact fashion.

A fun little hack, although it does look a tad glitchy.

]]> By: Phrogg http://hackaday.com/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/comment-page-1/#comment-28217 Phrogg Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:50:39 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/09/02/o-scope-pong/#comment-28217 @Suggestable - <br>"kind of sad, really" is a compliment, then?<br>Sure, this may be a "complete waste of expensive lab equipment", but alot of people don't have the money to spend and "buy a psp or something to mess about with".<br>Personally, i just don't see fit to give sony a dime for their hardware.<br>Plus, this IS a hack website, so there's going to be off-the-wall stuff. Maybe tomorrow you'll submit something that you've done with your psp?<br><br>As for the ads, they've got to support this site somehow, right? @Suggestable –
“kind of sad, really” is a compliment, then?
Sure, this may be a “complete waste of expensive lab equipment”, but alot of people don’t have the money to spend and “buy a psp or something to mess about with”.
Personally, i just don’t see fit to give sony a dime for their hardware.
Plus, this IS a hack website, so there’s going to be off-the-wall stuff. Maybe tomorrow you’ll submit something that you’ve done with your psp?

As for the ads, they’ve got to support this site somehow, right?

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