Re: [stella] 3D game

Subject: Re: [stella] 3D game
From: "Clay Halliwell" <clay.h@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 11:33:22 -0500
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From: "Matthew Ozor" <matto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: [stella] 3D game


> Ok I just saw over at ticalc.org that someone wrote a version of
Wolfenstien
> for the TI-83. I know that the hard part of programming the VSC is the VIA
> chip and not the 6502. The Z80 and the 6502 are very similar in abilities
so
> one would think this is possible. http://www.ticalc.org scroll down about
> halfway you'll see it.

First, it's VCS and TIA, not VSC and VIA.

Second, the TI-83 has:
- Z80 CPU @ 6MHz
- 32K RAM
- 96 x 64 pixel screen

Compare to the 2600, which has:
- 6507 CPU @ 1.19MHz
- 128 bytes RAM
- 40 x 200 pixel screen (best-case)

-- Clay

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