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From: rzimbins@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (robert zimbinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Sega specs (was Re: 2600 games on the 8bit?)
Message-ID: <334@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Date: 20 May 88 02:23:30 GMT
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In article <3543@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (john->kawakami) writes:
>
>>does anyone know what kind of CPU that Sega or Nintendo use in their 
>>game machines (I assume proprietary...)
>>
>I hear the Sega uses the 68000 and the Nintendo uses a some 8-bit chip
>(Z-80? 6502? 65xxx?)  It appears that the Nintendo has a more sophisticated
>display system (support chips), but the Sega has more computing power.
>The XEGS has a Keyboard.!.!.
>
>     John Kawakami    kawakami@zen.Berkeley.edu


  I happened to have a Sega machine in front of me, so I checked it's stuff.
  It doesn't use a 68000, but a plain old Z80. (I had to take it apart to find
  that out, but what the heck...(-: ))
  Other misc stuff:
  128k ROM
  64K RAM
  128K video RAM
  64 Colors
  256x192 screen resolution
  Horizontal,Vertical,Diagonal and Partial scrolling
  3 four octave sound generators, 1 white noise generator
  Maximum of 256 sprites

  Nobody probably cares, but it's here in case you do....