Re: Something else... 8501 GATE-IN

From: Konrad B <konrad0x42_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:53:51 +0100
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2018-03-14 20:45 GMT+01:00 Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de>:
> On 03/14/2018 08:22 PM, Mia Magnusson wrote:
>>
>> Den Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:08:56 +0100 skrev Gerrit Heitsch
>> <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de>:
>>>
>>> On 03/14/2018 07:47 PM, Hegedűs István wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What could we win with those extra 5 CPU cycles per scanline? Comparing to today's fast CPUs its nothing.
>>
>> (Well, in theory for some people it might be usable for learning 6502 assembler which still is a skill that's requested by employers).
>
>
> Not surprising:
>
> https://hackaday.com/2018/03/14/teardown-the-oregon-trail-handheld/
>
> Seems to contain a NES-on-a-chip which means a 6502.

https://hackaday.com/2018/03/14/teardown-the-oregon-trail-handheld/#comment-4422988

Must be some unusual "NES on a chip" - or maybe this is how the
"NOAC-s" are designed now. We need to wait for the EEPROM contents
analysis.

Regards,
Konrad
Received on 2018-03-15 10:07:22

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