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Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full(fabiensanglard.net)

459 points by shdon 2 months ago | 200 comments

Fabien Sanglard blog post about the 1996 Quake shareware CD-ROM, how id Software distributed it, and why the disc was nearly too full.

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail(fabiensanglard.net)

823 points by vinhnx 3 months ago | 213 comments

Fabien Sanglard's blog post cataloguing every computer and piece of software visible in the movie Jurassic Park, starting with an Apple PowerBook 100.

The art and engineering of Sega CD Silpheed(fabiensanglard.net)

242 points by ibobev 3 months ago | 50 comments

Don't you mean extinct?(fabiensanglard.net)

179 points by zdw 3 months ago | 107 comments

A dock that wakes up reliably(fabiensanglard.net)

93 points by ingve 3 months ago | 57 comments

My favorite keyboards(fabiensanglard.net)

114 points by tmach32 3 months ago | 109 comments

Let's compile Quake like it's 1997(fabiensanglard.net)

182 points by goranmoomin 5 months ago | 58 comments

Magic the Gathering format: Fun 40(fabiensanglard.net)

66 points by ibobev 5 months ago | 77 comments

The Hearts of the Super Nintendo (2024)(fabiensanglard.net)

36 points by droppedasbaby 5 months ago | 5 comments

The Super Nintendo Cartridges (2024)(fabiensanglard.net)

146 points by offbyone42 6 months ago | 19 comments

USB Cheat Sheet (2022)(fabiensanglard.net)

479 points by gwerbret 6 months ago | 82 comments

Fabien Sanglard's cheat sheet table mapping USB marketing names to version aliases, signal speeds, wire counts, and maximum cable lengths.

Mo RAM, Mo Problems (2025)(fabiensanglard.net)

185 points by blfr 6 months ago | 34 comments

Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s(fabiensanglard.net)

158 points by adunk 6 months ago | 29 comments

Let's compile Quake like it's 1997(fabiensanglard.net)

143 points by birdculture 8 months ago | 53 comments

Street Fighter II, the World Warrier (2021)(fabiensanglard.net)

421 points by birdculture 9 months ago | 75 comments

Fabien Sanglard's article on how Capcom fixed the "World Warrier" typo in Street Fighter II's title screen just before shipping, part of his CPS-1 series.

Why WinQuake exists and how it works(fabiensanglard.net)

133 points by wicket 10 months ago | 27 comments

Quake Engine Indicators(fabiensanglard.net)

285 points by liquid_x 11 months ago | 56 comments

How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack(fabiensanglard.net)

457 points by billiob 11 months ago | 118 comments

Fabien Sanglard article explaining how Quake.exe, a DOS game from 1996, gained TCP/IP networking support amid the shift from DOS to Windows.

Building my childhood dream PC(fabiensanglard.net)

183 points by joexbayer 1 year ago | 68 comments

Building my childhood dream PC(fabiensanglard.net)

148 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 67 comments

Driving Compilers (2023)(fabiensanglard.net)

72 points by misonic 1 year ago | 23 comments

Why fastDOOM is fast(fabiensanglard.net)

638 points by wicket 1 year ago | 201 comments

Fabien Sanglard's blog post explaining the optimizations that make FastDOOM, a DOS port of Doom, run faster on 486-era PCs like the IBM PS/1.

The Quake III Arena Bot (2001) [pdf](fabiensanglard.net)

33 points by mmh0000 1 year ago | 12 comments

Quake 3 Source Code Review: Network Model (2012)(fabiensanglard.net)

316 points by mmh0000 1 year ago | 75 comments

How the SNES Graphics System Works(fabiensanglard.net)

70 points by grigy 2 years ago | 14 comments

How the SNES Graphics System Works(fabiensanglard.net)

128 points by ingve 2 years ago | 7 comments

SNES Graphics: 186.2ns or Bust(fabiensanglard.net)

17 points by ingve 2 years ago | 0 comments

Understanding the design of the the Super Nintendo video system(fabiensanglard.net)

211 points by guiambros 2 years ago | 77 comments

Driving Compilers(fabiensanglard.net)

101 points by ibobev 2 years ago | 4 comments

The Hearts of the Super Nintendo(fabiensanglard.net)

188 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 48 comments

How the Devteam Conquered the iPhone(fabiensanglard.net)

324 points by jdkee 2 years ago | 41 comments

Fabien Sanglard's article recounting how the iPhone Dev Team jailbroke and unlocked the original iPhone in the summer of 2007.

Let's compile like it's 1992 (2014)(fabiensanglard.net)

298 points by sysoleg 2 years ago | 101 comments

Why Android Developers No Longer Need Windows USB Drivers(fabiensanglard.net)

12 points by trelane 2 years ago | 1 comments

Android developers no longer need Windows USB drivers(fabiensanglard.net)

157 points by titaniumtown 2 years ago | 51 comments

Street Fighter II, subtile accurate animation (2021)(fabiensanglard.net)

103 points by Amorymeltzer 2 years ago | 24 comments

The bash book to rule them all(fabiensanglard.net)

203 points by tosh 2 years ago | 105 comments

Apple's Pro Display XDR takes Thunderbolt 3 to its limit(fabiensanglard.net)

202 points by WithinReason 2 years ago | 130 comments

0XReasons to Write and Publish(fabiensanglard.net)

42 points by signa11 2 years ago | 10 comments

The bash book to rule them all(fabiensanglard.net)

72 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 29 comments

Forty years of programming(fabiensanglard.net)

246 points by billiob 3 years ago | 138 comments

Exploring Linux command-line space time(fabiensanglard.net)

234 points by bertman 3 years ago | 34 comments

Ode to the M1(fabiensanglard.net)

169 points by guiambros 3 years ago | 146 comments

Commander Keen's adaptive tile refresh(fabiensanglard.net)

369 points by atan2 3 years ago | 135 comments

Fabien Sanglard article explaining how Commander Keen's Adaptive Tile Refresh scrolling technique worked on EGA hardware, and what the second trilogy used instead.

10NES(fabiensanglard.net)

115 points by WithinReason 3 years ago | 12 comments

A History Of Nvidia Stream Multiprocessor(fabiensanglard.net)

60 points by tim_sw 3 years ago | 2 comments

Good Vibrations(fabiensanglard.net)

45 points by lycopodiopsida 3 years ago | 8 comments

Street Fighter II, paper trails (2021)(fabiensanglard.net)

319 points by tangue 3 years ago | 35 comments

Fabien Sanglard article on how Capcom developers tracked Street Fighter II's CPS-1 ROM budget using paper sheets and scissors.

Driving Compilers(fabiensanglard.net)

145 points by fredoralive 3 years ago | 34 comments

The Joy of Computer History Books(fabiensanglard.net)

213 points by WithinReason 3 years ago | 76 comments