Subject: RE: [stella] Midified VCS... From: Mark De Smet <de-smet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:50:00 -0600 (CST) |
Ok. You got me wondering if I was mistaken, so I've taken mine apart again. It has 2 40pin chips, U2 and U3. With further inspection, U3 appears to be the TIA, and U2 both the PIA and the 6502. Mark On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, dboris wrote: > There must have been more then one version of the Gemini. The one I have has > three chips, the stock 6507, and 6532 and a 40 pin chip with Coleco's name > on it which must be thier TIA clone. > > Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx]On > > Behalf Of Mark De Smet > > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:36 PM > > To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [stella] Midified VCS... > > > > > > > > No. A Gemini is a 2 chip solution. Both are asics. I don't recall > > exactly what I figured when I was looking at it, but I think they > > integrated the graphics portion of the tia with the 6502 core > > in one chip, > > and the PIA and the I/O poriton of the tia in the other. > > > > Mark > > > > On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Glenn Saunders wrote: > > > > > At 02:36 AM 11/17/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Easy. They bought machines and took the chips from them. > > Same thing I did > > > >before I finally broke down and bought chips from Best. I > > mean...you have > > > >to engineer the entire system anyway. > > > > > > > > > You mean every Gemini is actually the result of a cannibalized 2600? > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------- > > > Archives (includes files) at > > http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------- > > Archives (includes files) at > > http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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