21 Oct
2011
21 Oct
'11
10:39 a.m.
I am also the proud owner of a Mattel Battelstar
Galatica anno 1979 week 14.
The chip used in this vintage handheld game is labeled B6001EA
and I guess it's a Rockwell International PPS-4/1 micro controller
(a PPS-4 cpu with clock, ram and rom) from sources I found on the net.
Many of the Mattel games of that era were variants on Rockwell calculator chips.
Not unrelated to 4-bit general purpose CPU's of the era, but the game chips were
way closer to the calculator chips.
Read the interview with the game's designer, Mark Lesser:
http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_mark_lesser.html
Tim.
21 Oct
21 Oct
10:51 a.m.
Wasn't the PPS4 or PPS8 used in a number of arcade games back when?
One or the other was also used in the Diablo dot-matrix printer. I
remember seeing the odd-looking packages when I had one open.
--Chuck
11:42 a.m.
On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:51 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Wasn't the PPS4 or PPS8 used in a number of arcade
games back when?
One or the other was also used in the Diablo dot-matrix printer. I
remember seeing the odd-looking packages when I had one open.
--Chuck
Hi Chuck
Yes it was.
I think it was the PPS-8 (the 8 bit version of PPS-4).
The odd looking package looks like this :
http://www.cpu-museum.com/Bilder/Rockwell-PPS-4_1.jpg
Regards
Benjamin
1:13 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Wasn't the PPS4 or PPS8 used in a number of arcade
games back when?
One or the other was also used in the Diablo dot-matrix printer. I
remember seeing the odd-looking packages when I had one open.
--Chuck
PPS4 was used in both Gottlieb pinballs (System 1) and also Recel
(Europe) pinballs.
John :-#)#
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22 Oct
22 Oct
7:13 a.m.
Hi
I have a Gottlieb Gene in my garage right now.
It needs a couple lamp drivers replaced but otherwise
in fine shape.
Dwight
From: cclist at sydex.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:53:47 -0700
Subject: Re: Information on the PPS-4/1 4 bit microprocessor wanted
On 21 Oct 2011 at 13:13, John Robertson wrote:
PPS4 was used in both Gottlieb pinballs (System
1) and also Recel
(Europe) pinballs.
Thank you for the memory jog! All I could remember is that the
maker's name started with "G".
--Chuck
21 Oct
21 Oct
11:39 a.m.
On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
Hi Tim
Wow that was a really cool read.
I eat it all.
Thank you very much for the link!
But now I have to live with scattered dreams about emulating the CPU and the game.
Only chance is to simulate the game which isn't that interesting I guess...
Regards
Benjamin
I am also the
proud owner of a Mattel Battelstar Galatica anno 1979 week 14.
The chip used in this vintage handheld game is labeled B6001EA
and I guess it's a Rockwell International PPS-4/1 micro controller
(a PPS-4 cpu with clock, ram and rom) from sources I found on the net.
Many of the Mattel games of that era were variants on Rockwell calculator chips.
Not unrelated to 4-bit general purpose CPU's of the era, but the game chips were
way closer to the calculator chips.
Read the interview with the game's designer, Mark Lesser:
http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_mark_lesser.html
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