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- From: tclark@hptc.mentorg.com (Tony Clark)
- Subject: Re: SNES CD Drive: Fact or fiction?!?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:24:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.200536.9087@clark.edu>, gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec18.231455.10588@netcom.com> primus@netcom.com (Robert keng) writes:
- |> >
- |> > So the "rumored" SNES CD is supposed to be 32 bit? How are
- |> >they gonna pull that off? (please, no flames. I'm only a Sophemore Computer
- |> >Science major...) Does that mean there will be a separate processor with the
- |> >CD-ROM unit itself? What will they do with the hardware on the base unit then?
- |> >Please, someone out there enlighten little 'ol me :-)
- |>
- |> Yeah, it will be very much like the SEGA CD does it, an extra processor on
- |> the CD unit. Not too sure what they will use the console processor for
- |> (except to maybe remain compatable). I am sure that they will probably
- |> use the consoles on board graphics chips and such. This is all speculation
- |> though of course.
- |>
- |> Gary
- |>
- |> --
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- |> Gary Snow
- |> uunet!clark!gsnow or gsnow@clark.edu
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- Which brings up a very interesting question. Even if the processor in the
- CD is 32 bits, the console is still a "16-Bit" graphics system. How will
- Nintendo improve the graphics capability? Does anyone know if "16 bit"
- graphics are sufficient to support video quality images? Also, I am sure that
- this has been discussed here before, but how does the term "16 Bit" graphics
- relate to the screen resolution, number of colors on screen or number
- and size of sprites?
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