fredoralive 16 hours 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 12 hours ago

    Not sure what you're trying to say. The full name of Epson is Seiko Epson.

    • fredoralive 11 hours 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 14 hours ago

Wow this is amazing work!

bitwize 17 hours ago

A fucking built-in genlock? For years I thought only Amigas had those!

  • ggm 17 hours ago

    Put on the die, but only expose on the $$$$ builds using it?

    • fredoralive 16 hours ago

      The article mentions that it is brought out to the connector, multiplexed with the monitor ID pins.

    • skissane 12 hours 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...