29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
4:03 p.m.
--- Mike van Bokhoven <mike at ambientdesign.com> wrote:
How about the Sega MegaDrive/Genesis? That ran a
68000 and Z80. If I
remember rightly, the Z80 handled the startup
procedure, handing off to the
68000 when things seemed to be under control. After
that point, I think it
was still available for parallel tasks, and was
often used for sound
processing. Its main purpose seemed to be to
maintain backwards
compatability with the prior model, the Master
System.
I didn't know the Genesis was backwards compatible
w/the Master system? Or are we not talking about the
stock Genesis. Never played with one, but I want one!
Yeah I want it! Gimme gimme.
So maybe that's not exactly the sort of example
that
was expected, but I
think it's a good one nonetheless!
Bravicimo! Or however you spell it. Excellent in fact.
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