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Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?

Subject: Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
From: A936@hotmail.com
Date: 28 Dec 2005 14:45:46 -0800
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kerpan@attglobal.net wrote:
> >The fact that the 65xx was cheaper than the z80 which allowed the
> >companies to spend more money on the graphics actually does show that
> >the cpu (the cost of it) did influence the display in a small way.

> That could be something... But then again, the Sega Master System had
> better color graphics capabilities than the NES, yet the SMS had a Z80
> and the NES had (a rather fast) 6502 clone. So no, I don't think CPU
> really influenced display type.

The SMS and NES were 1985/1986ish and by that time there
wouldn't have been much (if any) price difference between
the 8 bits.

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- Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
  - From: "Bill H" <bill@ts1000.us>
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- Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
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- Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?
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