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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Fred Zeats IV)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: End this nonsense comparison
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.120314.4121@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 12:03:14 GMT
References: <6852@crash.cts.com> <22977@frog.UUCP>
Reply-To: kreme@isis.UUCP (Fred Zeats XLIV)
Organization: Pseudo-Dragon Protection League
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In article <22977@frog.UUCP> rmk@frog.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>In article <6852@crash.cts.com> joeq@pro-odyssey.cts.com (Joe Quilici) writes:
>>In-Reply-To: message from rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu
>
>>> They're already ahead of you!  The current Nintendo uses an '816!
> 
>>No it doesn't, the Nintendo is not a 16 bit machine, I believe it uses a
>>custom microprocessor.  

HOWEVER, I do believe that the new nintendo (Famico, whatever) which is rumored
to be ready for release 3rd quarter of '91 [to coincide with SMB IV] uses
a 68C816.

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| kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu |Growing up leads to growing old, and then to dying, and|
|---------------------|dying to me don't sound like all that much fun.        |
|                     I said, I TRIPPED! -  Opus                              |