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This is a normal post You are wrong.
Firstly, the tech inside an electronic pregnancy tester includes "a "surprisingly complicated chip, more powerful than the CPU used in the original IBM PC."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54025997


And secondly, it actually says in the Twitter post it was just playing a video before, but now it is the actual game playing.
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post still not the original display
or the original innards
 (piss and shit, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 14:56, Reply)
This is a normal post You're obviously more familiar with pregnancy testers than me.

(I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 15:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Ewww!
You mean he's done it with a girl??!?
 (Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 8 Sep 2020, 15:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't is just a scam?
Like, all the computer does is figure out if one of the old paper tests has changed colour.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 15:21, Reply)
This is a normal post I think the argument in favour of them is
it takes the guesswork out of trying to work out if there's a line or not.

Peeing on a computer and then immediately throwing it away does seem like a terrible waste, especially as these devices are going to end up in landfill and the e-waste isn't going to be put out with the recycling.

But then removing the lcd and fitting an oled instead and using it as a display also seems to slightly misrepresent the amount of tech in there
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 16:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep.

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 17:18, Reply)
This is a normal post They used to be a lot more complicated.
I only barely remember now, but when I qualified as a pharmacist, there weren't cheap mass-produced pregnancy tests.

The lady in question would have to bring in a urine sample, then you'd have to mix it with two different reagents in sequence on a glass surface, and then try to work out how fluorescent it was it determine the result of the test. Then write the result on a piece of paper and give it to her in an envelope, keeping your tone of voice entirely neutral (because you can never assume that you know which result they want, and even implied congratulations/commiserations might be horribly misplaced).

And that was only in 1998. You young people don't know if you were going to have been born.
 (Plague Hedgehog 'posting crap', Tue 8 Sep 2020, 22:22, Reply)
This is a normal post better than killing rabbits

(Mehitabel_Itrang, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 23:40, Reply)
This is a normal post The most basic of modern microcontrollers are more powerful than early home computers
are a fraction of the size and use a fraction of the power.

Edit: but not powerful enough to play Doom...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 15:42, Reply)
This is a normal post You are wrong
Neither the CPU nor the display being used is original to the pregnancy tester, the only thing from the original tester is the case
twitter.com/Foone/status/1302453805057896448

It's a fun project, but it's not /quite/ "doom running on a pregnancy tester"
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 16:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Like an orthopaedic shoe
I stand corrected, and the maker of the Doomtester is a disingenuous charlatan.
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Tue 8 Sep 2020, 18:23, Reply)