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Vector-based Pong on an Oscilloscope

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Edmond put pong on an Oscilloscope, he writes - "...I created a vector-based, two-player Pong game on an analog oscilloscope. Two potentiometer knobs functioned as the paddle controllers, and A/D converters translated the voltage set by the controllers into coordinate information for the players' paddles. The XY mode of oscilloscope enabled two voltage inputs to direct the cathode-ray tube's electron gun around the display to generate 2D vector graphics." - Link.

Related:

DIY Pong @ MAKE - Link.
DIY Oscilloscopes @ MAKE - Link.

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Posted by: Oracle1729 on November 15, 2006 at 11:34 AM

For those who don't know, the original pong game made in 1958 that kicked off the video game revolution was played on an oscilloscope.

Still, this is a cool project.

Posted by: lentilinux on November 15, 2006 at 12:33 PM

An additional oscilloscope factoid is the existance of two easter eggs in the software of the common HP digital scopes used in the electronics labs of UIUC in the late 1990's. One menu-key combination would drop you off into a playable tetris game, an other combination would give you a [Peanuts] cartoon.
Tetris Picture
Unable to find picture of the cartoon.

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