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Great article as always. Missing a word here?

“Put simply, they wanted to play ‘DOOM’ on their and DOOM used VGA graphics:”

PCs maybe?

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Thanks so much, Paul. It is PCs and thanks for spotting - I read this so many times!

Hope all is well and best wishes for 2025!

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Great writing Babbage. I can't wait to read it in 2025!

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Thanks so much, Nick. Hope you enjoy it.

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Been enjoying the book and good suggestion on the Acquired podcast. Might be worth a relisten while making holiday meals!

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My copy just arrived!

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I couldn't wait for the printed version. Hope you enjoy as much as I did.

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I don't blame you. But, I have a "queue" I'm trying to make my way through. NVIDIA Way has jumped the line a bit. Good problem to have.

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With 3dfx, the secret weapon was the Glide API. Nvidia had no recourse but to adopt the OpenGL and eventually the DirectX API. By then 3dfx was buried. There were no others.

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