On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Nick S Bensema wrote:
> >> A 2600 game kernel in ROM kinda IS the video memory. It is the algorithms
> >> and supporting data which generate the display on a scanline by scanline
> >> basis. PMG data for animations, color data for register changes, all that
> >> takes memory, sometimes much more than the video memory in rival 1st gen
> >> consoles. ^^^^^^^
> >
> >Um, somebody *please* correct me if my interpretation is correct, but
> >these comments seem to me to say that the ram+rom of a 2600 game is larger
> >than the screen buffer/display ram of a modern console.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Consider yourself corrected.
>
> 1st gen == archaic.
>
> Next gen == Ultimate Virtual Mortal Cyber-Fighter 3 Alpha Turbo Championship
> Versus the Teenage Mutant Samurai X-Men version of NBA JAms, with play-by-
> play by Ben Stein.
>
> Hope this helps.
All right, all right! Stop the email flood =) I stand corrected. I
wasn't 100% sure I knew what Glenn was saying, that's why I asked to be
corrected if I was wrong. Thanks for the clarification =)
ps I still think that a) using the modern paradigm of video memory, the
2600 has 'none', and b) that calling the addressable ram+rom of the 2600
'video memory' because code that controls video lives there is a stretch
=)
***Mike St. Clair***mstclair@xxxxxxxxx***irc:SaintMick***
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