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- From: uglmiller@cc.memphis.edu
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- Subject: Re: Is there a 6502 CPU in a Nintendo?
- Date: 15 Apr 96 20:03:37 -0500
- Organization: The University of Memphis
- Message-ID: <1996Apr15.200337@msuvx1.memphis.edu>
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- In article <9604152010.AA001hj@cosine.demon.co.uk>, Jason <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk> writes:
- > uglmiller@cc.memphis.edu wrote:
- >
- > 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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- I am aware of the difference between 8-bit and 16-bit processors, etc.
- But 4MHz would put the NES in the general vicinity of the SNES, and make
- it faster than any of the common computers of the time when it was released.
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- If Superman can fly, why can't super models?
-