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fredoralive 1 days ago [-]
It’s interesting that the gate arrays are supplied by Seiko, and the only known MCGA systems apart from IBM are from Epson. The bit of Seiko that made the gate arrays appears to be… Seiko Epson. So is it a coincidence? Sub-licensing? Skullduggery?
andrewshadura 1 days ago [-]
Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson.
fredoralive 1 days ago [-]
Seiko can cover a fairly large group of companies, Seiko Epson is a particular subgroup of it (now somewhat detached from the main group).
bananaboy 1 days ago [-]
Wow this is amazing work!
bitwize 1 days ago [-]
A fucking built-in genlock? For years I thought only Amigas had those!
ggm 1 days ago [-]
Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it?
skissane 1 days ago [-]
Maybe it's buggy or something? Unreliable? Use causes overheating or RF interference issues?
Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...
fredoralive 1 days ago [-]
The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins.
Maybe IBM added it for project X, and then project X got cancelled, and everyone else forgot it was ever there...