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- From: primus@netcom.com (Robert keng)
- Subject: Re: 16 bit graphics or cpu?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.013710.10535@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec21.223418.12136@clark.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:37:10 GMT
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- gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow) writes:
- : In article <n1283t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Scott.Thomas@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- : >
- :
- : Then its pretty awsome for an 8 bit system don't you think?
- :
- : >As with the vaporware SNES "CD" rom, 10 to 1 it will have a 68000 in it.
- : >Hmmm something to think about aint it!
- :
- : No, all reports say that it will be a CUSTOM RISC processor, perhaps produced
- : by Nintendo, perhaps by Sony, at this point its all really conjecture.
- :
-
- So the SNES is NOT a true 16-bit system....
-
- Custom RISC processor?!? The CD-ROM for the SNES sounds more
- expensive by the minute. The more specs I read, the more I get the idea that
- the CPU on the base unit will not be functional at all when attached to the
- CD-ROM drive. Hell, who knows, maybe that way, the slowdowns on the regular
- cart games will go away once you attach it to the CD-ROM drive...
-
- Kind of like buying a new system. Really, this mirrors the case
- with the 486SXes (you know, how the CPU is turned off when you add in the 487?)
- Of course, this is all just speculation.....
-
-
- -Rob
-
- primus
- primus@netcom.com
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