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- From: Jason <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Is there a 6502 CPU in a Nintendo?
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 96 20:10:40 GMT
- Organization: Cosine Systems
- Message-ID: <9604152010.AA001hj@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- uglmiller@cc.memphis.edu wrote:
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- Re: NES processor speeds:
- : 4 MHz? If that's true, it's not much slower than a SNES (which has the
- : advantage of 16-bit instructions)...
-
- Well, you can't compare an 8 bit and a 16 bit processors mhz directly.
- The SNES is a lot faster. I can't confirm the actual speed as 4mhz but
- I do remember a friend who was doing some work on it saying that every
- op-code bar about three took one cycle!
-
- : If Superman can fly, why can't super models?
-
- Weight distribution problems.
-
- Jason =-)
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