Re: Hey, idiots!

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <2vodh1$nr7@crl3.crl.com> dwssteve@crl.com (Steven Chiang) writes:
>In article <1994Jul10.065003.23736@k12.ucs.umass.edu> nraymond@k12.ucs.umass.edu (Nathan Raymond (Phillips Academy 94)) writes:
>>In a previous article, irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) says:

>>>TurboGrafix-16 65C02  Unknown video/audio chips
>>                ^^^^^
>>Sorry to nit-pick, but I love stats like this (thanks for the list!) and I
>>always buy the Electronic Gamer's Magazine Video Game Buyer's Guide at the
>>end of the year just for these stats, and picking up the 1993 edition it
>>says NEC TurboGraphic 16 CPU is a 6820 (but it doesn't mention the
>>supporting processors, and there may be a 6502 in there somewhere).  No
>>hard feelings, I hope.
>
>	Actually, the TG-16 and the predecessor (PC-Engine) both used
>6502s or a variant of.
>
>	I also believe the Intellivision and Coleco's system both used
>6502s...

The Intellivision used an Intel 8048 and the ColecoVision and Adam were
Z80 beasts, as are the Sega Master System and Game Gear, and Nintendo
Game Boy (Steve knows this, I'm posting for the benefit of others :)

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