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I took the post about the same way. Thought it excellent because of depth.

Often, we don't get that and this topic, plus my relative ignorance on it, welcomed the post as written.

Just out of curiosity since your profile suggests your from an older cohort. Do you actively remember the Pixelmatix tone mapping era, or where you already old enough to see this as a passing fad, or was this a more niche thing than I remember?

Now I even remember the 2005 HDR HL2 Lost Coast Demo was a thing 20 years ago: https://bit-tech.net/previews/gaming/pc/hl2_hdr_overview/1/

I was old enough to see it as the passing fad it was.

Niche, style points first kind of thing for sure.

Meta: old enough that getting either a new color not intended, or an additional one visible on screen and having the machine remain able to perform was a big deal.

I missed the MDA/EGA/CGA/Hercules era and jumped right into glorious VGA. Only start options for some DOS-games informed you about that drama in the mid 90s not having any idea what that meant otherwise.

It is a fun era NOW. I love the pre VGA PC and earlier systems, like Apple 2, Atari. Am building a CGA system with a K2 CPU to go hacking on to see what was possible. I have, as do many, unfinished business :)

Back then, it was fun at times, bit was also limiting in ways sometimes hard to fathom ways.

Things are crazy good now, BTW. Almost anything is a few clicks away. The CRT is old, panels so damn good..

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