2 Dec
2008
2 Dec
'08
4:39 p.m.
On 3 Dec 2008 at 12:06, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I don't know where Z80s came into this. The VT-4
uses a 30ish-MIPS
microcontroller (to keep up with the demands of squirting out VGA
video). The video is essentially software-generated, keeping the
part count way down. Low part-count == low price.
Ah, I get confused a lot in these threads. Sort of something like
the ATMega8 TV terminal, except with a faster dot clock and more RAM?
Cheers,
Chuck