[Coco] Lonnie Falk once defended the Coco once by saying "It never slows down" - but the SNES actually speeds up

[John Guin]

Near the end of the Coco heyday, Lonnie had an editorial that was trying to make the point that, unlike perhaps a car, the Coco does not slowly degrade.  It just keeps going at the same speed as when it was made (and IIRC he mentioned that most of the time it was in use was technically spent waiting on user input).

But could it go faster over time?  Apparently, the Super Nintendo actually does speed up a bit the older it gets https://www.404media.co/super-nintendo-hardware-is-running-faster-as-it-ages/ (needs an account to read - sorry).  And here https://bsky.app/profile/tas.bot/post/3lj47u3fga22n

So I wonder if the clock in the older Cocos has altered in speed over the last 40+ years, or if some other component might fall into this bucket.  I do not have an oscilloscope myself to check, nor do I have a baseline from my Cocos that far back, but it might be an interesting avenue of exploration for someone with that gear.

Cheers!