Re: Hey, idiots!

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <Jul.14.18.24.00.1994.17729@er5.rutgers.edu> neiderma@eden.rutgers.edu (Kid) writes:
>irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
>>In article <1994Jul10.065003.23736@k12.ucs.umass.edu> nraym
>>>In a previous article, irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) says:
>[snip]
>>Hmm.  The rec.games.video FAQ (from which I yanked most of that list),
>>says 65C02 as the main CPU.  They may be in error, who knows.  It's all
>>trivia :)
>
>Then why is it called a Turbografx-16?  I thought the thing was supposed
>to be 16bit.  It's always placed head-to-head with the SNES and
>Sega.  And it is the #1 or #2 selling system in Japan, it's a little
>hard to belive that an 8bitter outsells 16bit systems in this day
>and age of CPU number hype.

Because it has "16-bit" graphics, whatever that means (well, given the
specs, I'd guess that means at least 2 hardware planes, tons o' sprites,
at least 64 colors on screen at once, etc, etc).  The common thread is
that none of these features depend on the main CPU, although these kinds
of features typically require a goodly portion of CPU power to utilize
them.
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Ian Schmidt / irsman@iastate.edu / irsman@cs.iastate.edu / BAZ IS RIGHT!!!