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- From: brackney@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry J Brackney)
- Subject: Re: Sega CD the early days...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.162102.679@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:21:02 GMT
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- conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei) writes:
- tehyang@sal-sun60.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang) writes:
- >> Oops! Look like you forgot one important thing, Steve! What's going to be
- >> doing the compression in a Turbo Duo? It has no internal CPU.
- >
- >Any upgrades to the OS can be installed with a system card. I assume a
- >new system card could include the appropriate decompression routines.
-
- I believe NEC has been working on compression algorithms for the Turbo
- for several years now. They just haven't been brought to market. I remember
- EGM's attitude about this development after a CES some years back - "Ho Hum..."
- or something along those lines. I found it amusing that they took so little
- interest in a topic that will be increasingly important in the months (and
- years) to come.
-
- On another (hopefully) related note - in the International section of the
- new EGM, there is a blurb on the NEC 32 bit system. Apparently NEC is
- considering making this an upgrade for the PCEngine/Duo, in lieu of a System
- 4.0 card. An official announcement was expected in late October. Should
- be interesting to see if anything comes of the rumor.
-
- All this technology talk is fine, but I'm just waiting for Time Cruise
- to come out for the Duo. It's slated for December, and I can hardly wait!
- IF you liked Devil's Crush, you'll LOVE Time Cruise. (Sorry Steve, I guess
- you'll have to wait a bit longer for the ultimate video pin! ;-) )
-
- - larry
-
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