FPGA Based Videogame System

[Atariboy]

The point being made is that when it comes right down to it, we don't know know for certain. It's logical enough, but that doesn't make it the fact that you act like it is.

 

Thus, there's reason to act annoyed if somebody's placeholder name doesn't follow the conventions you've read into Analogue's current product line.

[NE146]

That's the problem.. it's just placeholder names for the sake of discussion. So who cares.

 

I'm going to call it the Sega NT, and claim the NT means Nintendo and it's worth just about as much as any other name

[mario64]

Yeah I'm kicking around, reading the thread every day but busy working on stuff I can't talk about :-)

Great to hear. Thanks for the update Kevtris. Are you still working on the rewrite for Super NT scanlines?

[kevtris]

 

Pretty sure Kevtris doesn't even know what "NT" stands for.

 

Definitely not Nintendo however, lol.

I know what it stands for, but I can't tell ya :-)

[phoenixdownita]

I know what it stands for, but I can't tell ya :-)

Or you could but then you would have to kill him .... maybe we should open a poll on that

 

 

EDIT: and to be precise Analogue Inc released products not Nintendo related without the Nt particle in their names:

 

This from their wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue_(company)

 

 

Its hardware products include the Analogue Super Nt, Analogue Nt mini, Analogue Nt, Analogue CMVS, Analogue NEO and the Analogue Arcade Stick. Analogue has offices in Seattle and Hong Kong.

[scott64]

If Analogue wants to suck endless money out of us they should create a service similar to what X-band was back in the day. It would be a lot easier to pull off now than in the mid '90s.

[Andromeda Stardust]

To me anyways, if I wanted a two letter Super Nintendo acronym, I think I'd go with SN. In that form or extended to SNS for Nintendo's product codes, it's one that has actually seen some usage like with my ASCII arcade stick that incorporates it right in the name. NT on the other hand doesn't particularly bring Nintendo to mind for me.

 

And even if Analogue's thinking with NT is what LewisD is so sure it was (And Lewis very well may be right on the money with his belief), it doesn't mean that they're going to let their hands be tied by it. They've established a bit of a naming convention here with NT. People see those two letters and immediately think of Analogue's products.

 

So even if NT equates to Nintendo when they first used those two letters, they may not want to ignore that value they've created with a future non-Nintendo associated product. They've never publicly acknowledged what, if anything, those two letters are supposed to mean. So they're free to use it as they see fit without appearing to contradict themselves.

Thank you.

[Andromeda Stardust]

I know what it stands for, but I can't tell ya :-)

NT = Never Tell!

[atmn]

NT = New Technology. Like Windows NT

 

Kind of true, its new built tech.

 

Or its short for two original investors names...

[Riptide]

Have you guys ever heard of Occums razor? The simplest explaination is always the correct one.

Analogue decides to make their own NES FPGA clone, but needs a name that identifies it as being based on Nintendo hardware without using their trademarks = NT

Analogue decides to make a Super Nintendo FPGA clone = Super NT

Do you see a pattern? Can you honestly tell me that the simplest explaination for the name NT is that it means new tech and not Nintendo?

I don't actually really care about the NT meaning debate, but I'm pretty sure Occam's Razer states that the explanation with the lowest number of assumptions is most likely true. What assumptions are being made in each scenario?

[atmn]

One thing I have wondered lately about the Super Nt.

I have tried it with some HDMI switches, HDMI->DVI converters but it mostly wont work. Things that draw somewhat of a current wont work. My guess its because the 5V USB power. Tried a beefy 3A USB but it didnt make any difference.

 

Are the micro USB power unregulated, its 5V only?

[LewisD]

I'm pretty sure Occam's Razer states that the explanation with the lowest number of assumptions is most likely true.

Correct. Thus, explaination with the lowest number of assumptions = simplest

[LewisD]

NT = New Technology. Like Windows NT

No.

[Riptide]

Correct. Thus, explaination with the lowest number of assumptions = simplest

So what are the assumptions being made in each scenario?

[F34R]

Until someone that actually KNOWS says anything different, NT is for Nintendo. All the Nintendo products have it, none of the non-Nintendo products have NT. Done. Goodness.

[cacophony]

Until someone that actually KNOWS says anything different, NT is for Nintendo. All the Nintendo products have it, none of the non-Nintendo products have NT. Done. Goodness.

 

Agreed. Plus that's consistent with Kevtris not being able to say what it stands for.

Edited May 3, 2018 by cacophony

[phoenixdownita]

Wow kevtris is on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Horton

 

"he was profiled in Vice Media's Motherboard as one of their Human's of the Year"

 

What does Human apostrophe s mean in this context?

And what's next, the Nobel?

I envy him so much .... I am green with envy.

[thetick1]

What does Human apostrophe s mean in this context?

 

It means the author has a typo.

[kwnage]

NT != Nt

[Toth]

Have you guys ever heard of Occums razor? The simplest explaination is always the correct one.

 

Analogue decides to make their own NES FPGA clone, but needs a name that identifies it as being based on Nintendo hardware without using their trademarks = NT

 

Analogue decides to make a Super Nintendo FPGA clone = Super NT

 

Do you see a pattern? Can you honestly tell me that the simplest explaination for the name NT is that it means new tech and not Nintendo?

Yeah. To me it means Nintendo even if they won't confirm it. The abbreviation immediately makes me think Nintendo.

[F34R]

NT != Nt

Oh lord. I use it as emphasis..

[phoenixdownita]

 

It means the author has a typo.

The author (or someone that cares) must be reading this thread as the typo's gone

The IP listed in wikipedia on the edit history of that page seems to be from Sweden .... maybe Stockholm ....

[spoonman]

Is there any ETA on the new and improved scanlines?

[Andromeda Stardust]

NT != Nt

[F34R]

You're applauding the obvious in the sense that a capital T is not the same as a lower case t? The lowercase t just affirms even more that it is for "Nintendo".

Edited May 5, 2018 by F34R