Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!pyramid!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: SEGA goes to 68000, news at 11! Message-ID: <5916@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 7 Feb 89 19:12:52 GMT References: <890206083933.01k@Janus.MRC.AdhocNet.CA> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 35 In article <890206083933.01k@Janus.MRC.AdhocNet.CA> svermeulen@Janus.MRC.AdhocNet.CA (Steve Vermeulen) writes: > | From: Randell Jesup > | > | In article <8511MSPINNER@POLYGRAF> MSPINNER@POLYGRAF.BITNET writes: > | > Well, I've been told by a friend that > | > a) Ninentendo and Sega system games are prototype on Amigas > | > b) and that these games are ported to their respective ROM's > | > | Highly unlikely. Nintendo is 6502, Sega is Z80. > ^^^^^^^^ > | > +-------- HA, he says!!!! > A Japanese toy maker expects to make Christmas happier for > Signetics Corp., the Sunnyvale, Calif., subsidary of Philips > international NV, of the Netherlands. Sega Enterprises Ltd. > of Tokyo, a leading Japanese manufacturer of electronic games > and toys, has announced that it will buy Signetics' version > of the 68000 16-bit microprocessor. This is the first time > that a Japanese toy maker has contracted to buy its chips in > the U.S. Sega will buy one million pieces during the first > year of the multiyear arrangement." > > So I wonder what they are going to use these for? Probably a combination > electronic toaster and bread maker :-) > > So Commodore, it looks like these guys are going to be interested in > a high performance, 68000 compatible, video graphics chip set soon... They have one. The Sega 68000 machine has already been released in Japan (some time ago). It has a 68000 and Z80, and is by NO means even slightly compatible with the amiga (except they use the same processor). -- Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup