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- From: rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.video
- Subject: Re: Genesis Color upgrade paths....
- Message-ID: <RJC.92Nov20165344@daiches.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:53:44 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.181254.21312@nrc.com> <1992Nov19.035922.28968@admiral.uucp>
- Sender: rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
- Organization: Human Communication Research Center
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- In-reply-to: dave@admiral.uucp's message of 19 Nov 92 03:59:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.035922.28968@admiral.uucp>, Dave Litchman (dl) writes:
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- dl> Not possible. Video output is a hardware item. Cartidges are software.
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- Take an old and crap cartridge, one you dislike and can't flog to a
- passing sucker.
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- Place on floor just in front of foot.
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- Swing foot.
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- If you have followed these instructions carefully, the foot should
- have imparted kinetic energy to the cartridge.
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- You can kick it, ergo it's hardware.
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- On the otehr hand, the cartridge isn't the obvious place to do it.
- There is a bus port on the side and another one on the back which
- claims it is for a modem. They are the obvious places to stick
- graphics improvement hardware.
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- Getting existing cartriges to use new hardaware is, of course,
- another matter. Just this side of impossible, but only just.
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