Re: R: [stella] PCMSG 2.5 (Oystron?

Subject: Re: R: [stella] PCMSG 2.5 (Oystron?
From: Piero Cavina <p.cavina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:48:48 +0100
At 13:01 -0400 9-09-1997, Dan Boris wrote:

>> >> Has the O2 any video memory, unlike the 2600?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Yes, the video controller has a 256 byte memory space, but not all of that
>> >is actually used.
>>
>> Wasn't it designed more or less at the same time of the 2600?
>>
>
>The O2 came out in 1978 the 2600 in 1977 so they where probably both being
>designed at the same time.

Now it seems stranger to me why the 2600 has no video memory at all. I
thought it was because at the time it was too expensive...

P.



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