Hello, JDS
JS> videochip because it is put in a cartridgeslot and cartridges can't
JS> do
JS> 'OUTs'. Therefore it will not be possible to run 'old' programs on the
JS> Z380. (Even programs getting their vdp portnumbers from the bios,
JS> won't work. So probably a second VDP has to be plugged in into the
JS> Z380 board?!
JS>
JS> More or less this Z380 board is gonna be a kind of coprocessor ?! (or
JS> of course: the Z80 can be 'VDP coprocessor' for the Z380)
Well .... this Z380 project is really part of MMSX project. Not only the Z380
cortridge will be released ..... A new VDP was presented in Madrid a few months
ago. This new VDP is very-very-fast and it will be compatabilized (does this
word exist?) with the old V9958. Also, Padial is working on a 3D engine for
MMSX which is more than 5 times faster than a PSX (something like a voodoo2
chip).
I hope it'll be an interesting machine.
JAM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *MSX Dreams*
Apdo. Correos 3294 18080 Granada
... Z A N A C. DIRECTOR: MOO COMPILE
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